Adobe Flash Player causes overheating?

[Bean_BR]

Already did that even before starting this thread, but I haven't tried disabling hardware acceleration yet because I can't install flash player again, also, it is enabled on Chrome, so it couldn't be the problem.

 

[Rydian]

But Chrome's versions of flash is not the same as other browsers.

http://prodesigntools.com/fpdownloa...ensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin.exe

 

[gamefan5]

Flash has it's bugs. But from all the comp I've used,I never had an overeating issue. And that's a physical defect of the comp. HTML5 is better though. Can't wait to find an anime site that has completely converted to HTML5.

 

[Bean_BR]

But Chrome's versions of flash is not the same as other browsers.

http://prodesigntools.com/fpdownloa...ensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin.exe

then isn't better to stay with Chrome?

 

[Rydian]

then isn't better to stay with Chrome?

Flash is the program you're running when you experience the overheating.

But the overheating is a problem with your computer in general.

So we want to narrow down if this is a heat issue and if so what is overheating.

So that it can be fixed.

 

[Originality]

If flash can make your system overheat, then so can playing games. So can watching movies (with certain codecs). So can opening a few too many media-enriched websites. Basically any activity that stresses your CPU will cause overheating.

If that can be fixed by buying an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro (they were something like $17 iirc) and a bit of thermal paste ($4-5), then your system will be cooler, quieter and last longer (and not crash anymore). That is of course assuming that its the CPU that's overheating.

 

[Bean_BR]

Flash is the program you're running when you experience the overheating.

But the overheating is a problem with your computer in general.

So we want to narrow down if this is a heat issue and if so what is overheating.

So that it can be fixed.

I installed Firefox again, installed the flash plugin in your link, started watching a video in youtube and in the first minutes, shit, the pc shutdown. Then I watched the same video in the same quality setting on Chrome without problem.

 

[Bean_BR]

If flash can make your system overheat, then so can playing games. So can watching movies (with certain codecs). So can opening a few too many media-enriched websites. Basically any activity that stresses your CPU will cause overheating.

If that can be fixed by buying an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro (they were something like $17 iirc) and a bit of thermal paste ($4-5), then your system will be cooler, quieter and last longer (and not crash anymore). That is of course assuming that its the CPU that's overheating.

I can, for example, play MW3 on highest settings without problems for hours, and many other games.

 

[Rydian]

What temperatures are you seeing before and after your computer crashing? What temperature is it on idle (with Windows running and nothing else open) and what temperature does it reach when running flash? What about when playing games? You can use apps like SpeedFan to find your system temperatures.

 

[Bean_BR]

ok, installed SpeedFan and here it is without running anything:

CPU usage: 0~12% Temp1: -55C
Fan1: 1718~1726 RPM Temp2: -128C
Fan2: 0 RPM Temp3: -68C
Fan3: 0 RPM HD0: 33C
Fan4: 0 RPM Core0: 33C
Fan5: 0 RPM Core1: 33C

Pwm1: 71%
Pwm2: 100%
Pwm3: 100%

Edit: I analyzed the status chart after playing a game and there were not much change.

 

[LockeCole_101629]

you need to check HSF installation of your system.

worst case you need better cooling device for your system

 

[MegaBassBX]

Did you overclock your CPU,or GPU , also note that your CPU is your GPU in your case if you overclock your CPU without proper cooling it might increase the heat and Adobe Flash it might actually just be a symptom of the main problem.


It also might be per-overclocked , but of course the manufacturer will never make such a grave mistake unless,they added the proper cooling fans.

 

[Bean_BR]

Did you overclock your CPU,or GPU , also note that your CPU is your GPU in your case if you overclock your CPU without proper cooling it might increase the heat and Adobe Flash it might actually just be a symptom of the main problem.


It also might be per-overclocked , but of course the manufacturer will never make such a grave mistake unless,they added the proper cooling fans.

yeah, I know. The only change I've made was setting the shared video memory to 128MB and DVMT/FIXED memory to Maximum.

 

[MegaBassBX]

yeah, I know. The only change I've made was setting the shared video memory to 128MB and DVMT/FIXED memory to Maximum.

Did you try to set it back to normal.


Did the problem got resolved by doing so ?

Note: that there is two heat sensors in your computer one is on the processor it self, and the other is on the motherboard IF either one of them is damaged it might be malfunctioning , sadly you'll need to change the damaged piece,but again you don't have to worry till we find the problem.

Another Note: Your CPU doesn't have an overclocking function ,but in case you increase the shared memory of the CPU with the GPU this is considered overclocking in a sense and resetting them back to default will fix the problem IF the CPU did not get damaged.

 

[Bean_BR]

No, I already had the problem before doing any change. I'm sure the problem is in the flash plugin of Firefox. Also, a lot of people with the same problem said that it started after the latest flash updates.

 

[MegaBassBX]

I had a similar problem with overheating but did not shutdown unexpectedly like yours, also I own a Mac and PC and both of them are fine even after the update so if you want to fix the problem I encourage you to go to an IT guy or go with the warranty so they can fix the issue , finally I did some research about your CPU most people had similar issues some on FaceBook using Adobe Flash to play games other are with YouTube so if you started to notice the patterns here the problem is connected to your CPU because of the GPU over heating you CPU as a whole which causes it to shutdown.

Anyway if you need more help post again,sorry for not able to help you .

 

[Bean_BR]

I had a similar problem with overheating but did not shutdown unexpectedly like yours, also I own a Mac and PC and both of them are fine even after the update so if you want to fix the problem I encourage you to go to an IT guy or go with the warranty so they can fix the issue , finally I did some research about your CPU most people had similar issues some on FaceBook using Adobe Flash to play games other are with YouTube so if you started to notice the patterns here the problem is connected to your CPU because of the GPU over heating you CPU as a whole which causes it to shutdown.

Anyway if you need more help post again,sorry for not able to help you .

no problem, at least I'm avoiding the problem using Google Chrome.
Thanks for the help