Hi guys,
Would really appreciate if some one can help with what is becoming a huge headache for me. I am having this issue for a few days.
My browsers, both IE and Chrome do not work. I click them, either I get a message saying that the program stopped responding, or they freeze or they open the startup page in a weird configurations, as if the graphics are not set properly (text mushed together, flickering screen etc). None of the browsers stay stable after a second or so. I see the same problem with Steam client - the text gets jumbled up and it freezes. It also fails to load at system startup. The problem started with Windows 7, and I tried everything, ultimately doing a clean install of Windows 8, but the problem continues.
My specs:
i5 3570K processor, Asus PZ68V-LX board, corsair 8MB ram (4x2) 1300, Asus Radeon 7850 Graphics, 128 GB SSD (system), 500W power supply.
These are the things I have already tried.
1. Replaced the graphics card with an Nvidia 280 card, same problem.
2. Tried to boot in safe mode with networking, problem persists.
3. Uninstalling and then reinstalled video drivers, flash player and browsers, no help.
4. Reinstalled windows 7 (atleast 4 times, once after disconnecting the other hard disks and formatting my SSD). No help.
5. Malwarebyte and Avast scans, nothing found.
7. Disabled page file, set page file to 16mb, disabled DEP in BIOS - no change.
8. Reset winsock, ipv4 and ipv6 - nothing.
9. Core temp failed to show temp spikes, CPU-Z also failed to show any processor issues. Memtest from clean USB boot and windows' own disk scanner could not find any errors.
10. Finally, upgraded to windows 8 but browsers still crash when started.
Interesting to note, IE8 (only the 64bit) was relatively stable. Also, the metro, fullscreen version of IE10 in win 8 also does not crash.
I am at my wits end here. Can anyone please help? I have scoured the internet and tried most of the solutions provided, as you can see above but so far nothing has helped. Would really appreciate your help.
Would really appreciate if some one can help with what is becoming a huge headache for me. I am having this issue for a few days.
My browsers, both IE and Chrome do not work. I click them, either I get a message saying that the program stopped responding, or they freeze or they open the startup page in a weird configurations, as if the graphics are not set properly (text mushed together, flickering screen etc). None of the browsers stay stable after a second or so. I see the same problem with Steam client - the text gets jumbled up and it freezes. It also fails to load at system startup. The problem started with Windows 7, and I tried everything, ultimately doing a clean install of Windows 8, but the problem continues.
My specs:
i5 3570K processor, Asus PZ68V-LX board, corsair 8MB ram (4x2) 1300, Asus Radeon 7850 Graphics, 128 GB SSD (system), 500W power supply.
These are the things I have already tried.
1. Replaced the graphics card with an Nvidia 280 card, same problem.
2. Tried to boot in safe mode with networking, problem persists.
3. Uninstalling and then reinstalled video drivers, flash player and browsers, no help.
4. Reinstalled windows 7 (atleast 4 times, once after disconnecting the other hard disks and formatting my SSD). No help.
5. Malwarebyte and Avast scans, nothing found.
7. Disabled page file, set page file to 16mb, disabled DEP in BIOS - no change.
8. Reset winsock, ipv4 and ipv6 - nothing.
9. Core temp failed to show temp spikes, CPU-Z also failed to show any processor issues. Memtest from clean USB boot and windows' own disk scanner could not find any errors.
10. Finally, upgraded to windows 8 but browsers still crash when started.
Interesting to note, IE8 (only the 64bit) was relatively stable. Also, the metro, fullscreen version of IE10 in win 8 also does not crash.
I am at my wits end here. Can anyone please help? I have scoured the internet and tried most of the solutions provided, as you can see above but so far nothing has helped. Would really appreciate your help.