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Firefox version 103.0 causes Windows (intel HD) graphics driver to crash and restart repeatedly. Temporary fix = disable hardware acceleration in firefox
Firefox version 103.0 causes Windows (intel HD) graphics driver to crash and restart repeatedly. Temporary fix = disable hardware acceleration in firefox. I had to force … (funda kabanzi)
Firefox version 103.0 causes Windows (intel HD) graphics driver to crash and restart repeatedly. Temporary fix = disable hardware acceleration in firefox. I had to force a shutdown by holding down the power button on my laptop to get out of this infinate loop. Mouse becomes unresponsive and does not appear or move after a few crash and restarts of graphics driver. One way to stop it early on is to close firefox by keep clicking the tab close x or top right firefox page close x. Problem only on one website that i listed below.
here is the windows events entry(i edited out my computer name)... Log Name: System Source: Display Date: 26/07/2022 18:14:11 Event ID: 4101 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: edited out Description: Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System> <Provider Name="Display" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">4101</EventID> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-07-26T17:14:11.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>1117438</EventRecordID> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>edited out</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>igfx</Data> <Data> </Data> </EventData>
</Event>
I have 5 of these events but the crash and restart happened many more times than that. I believe the first happened yesterday.
System details... Laptop Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit - many updates installed but not the last years worth before EOL Kaspersky Total Security 21.3.10.391(j) Database release date 26/07/2022 15:02 Firefox version 103.0 (64 bit) Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0.9600/18163. update versions 11.0.27 (kb3124275). Wifi internet via netgear dongle Intel HD graphics (this is either 2000 or 3000 or inbetween). Driver version: 9.17.10.4229. Driver date: 26/05/2015. Driver provider: Intel Corporation. Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher. Processor Intel Pentium B960 Ram 16GB HDD 750GB around 15GB free
website i loaded in firefox that gives me this problem... cams.omexxx.com (note it is a pron site). I did not even click aree to terms.
To troubleshoot i did the following... 1) opened command prompt with admin priveledges and ran sfc /scannow it found no errors. 2) i reset all kaspersky settings back to default. 3) I refreshed firefox back to default settings. my addons were deleted after doing so and i did not add them back. 4) i uninstalled the intel hd graphics driver from device manager 5) i reinstalled the intel hd graphics driver downloaded and hash checked today same version as old driver. 6) even after the above problem remains 7) I tried loading the website that gives me this problem in microsoft internet explorer and i did NOT get the problem. 8) Done some google research online and then i went to... firefox menu - tools - settings - general - Performance - this was selected so i unselected it = Use recommended performance settings i unselected this option = Use hardware acceleration when available 9) I went to the problem website and i no longer got the problem/bug so now i have a temporary workaround/solution.
Please investigate and fix this at your end if you can or find out what is going on. Think about turning off hardware acceleration by default in firefox as it is obviously bug prone. This problem only started in the last couple/few days. Did the website in question change something in the last days? before that i accessed it with no problems. Did firefox update recently? I had not changed my intel driver until i got this bug. I have other event viewer errors here is an example of one that may or may not be relevant that has appeared a lot lately (it states atal error)...
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Schannel [ Guid] {1F678132-5938-4686-9FDC-C8FF68F15C85} EventID 36887 Version 0 Level 2 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000000 - TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2022-07-26T19:25:32.755463700Z EventRecordID 1117465 Correlation - Execution
[ ProcessID] 800 [ ThreadID] 6412 Channel System Computer edited out - Security
[ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
AlertDesc 70