Seriously. I'm not kidding.

Normally, I use Firefox 3.0b5, but the "quick reply/quick edit" box doesn't work great, and I wanted to edit a post (add a new picture), so I loaded IE7 instead (the 32-bit executible). I don't like IE7 much, so I tend to only use it when obligated.

The sequence of steps which causes the crash:

I went to my last post in the "Scratchboarded case" thread.

Edit.

Go Advanced.

Press "Manage attachments".

Select the photo I want. It's attached here to prove that Firefox can work it just fine.

Select "upload".

The system hangs hard (screen freezes, keyboard LEDs don't respond, popping a CD in and out doesn't trigger autoplay, control-alt-delete doesn't work). Nothing shows up in the logs except the notification that the reboot I engineered with the reset switch was unexpected. DUH.

I repeated the process three times to the exact same result.

Present setup:

OS: Vista SP1 Ultimate, x86-64 edition.
Mainboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3L PCB 2.0, BIOS F7, the same Intel chipset drivers they've been offering since like last year.
Video drivers: Catalyst 8.4 on a HD3650.
There's no OCing (E6750 at 2666MHz, memory at DDR2-800 timings)-- the only thing running out of spec is VDDR is 2.0, which one pair of sticks demands, while the other is listed by the vendor as "intended for 1.9, not reccomended to run over 2.1".

It wows me that, after all the "Let's make IE less of a security mess", I can repeatedly bring down IE with normal user actions.

Is this repeatable for anyone else? Is it a problem with the site, the browser, or both?

I may have to punt and go back to Firefox 2 or Opera, although I do find the Awesome Bar has grown on me.

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I went back to FF2, because none of the edit/rep functions worked for me. I still have problems in FF2 as on occasion Facebook and PCA lag for a few moments then return to normalcy.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hak Foo It wows me that, after all the "Let's make IE less of a security mess", I can repeatedly bring down IE with normal user actions.

Yes, but you can't get viruses from websites if IE can't browse those sites ... so ... in one sense, they've succeeded.



-godling

ps -- PCApex lags a bit for me, too -- particularly when I'm on a wireless router. That FrozenCPU banner pops up almost immediately, then everything else takes its own sweet time.

I've actually found that PCApex loads quicker than ever, even faster than back in the old days when there were no advertisers. I'm using FF, but it loads almost as quick in IE.

Quote: Originally Posted by BigAkita I've actually found that PCApex loads quicker than ever, even faster than back in the old days when there were no advertisers. I'm using FF, but it loads almost as quick in IE.

I would have to strongly disagree. I takes a good 5-10 sec to load AFTER the frozen cpu banner appears all by its lonesome.....and my computer is on a fresh format as of last week...

Quote: Originally Posted by LwrS10 I would have to strongly disagree. I takes a good 5-10 sec to load AFTER the frozen cpu banner appears all by its lonesome.....and my computer is on a fresh format as of last week...

Damn thats some slow connection, sh1t loads instantly here.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dex Damn thats some slow connection, sh1t loads instantly here.

i dont have a slow connection. every other page loads nice and fast. this also happens on my work computer, and the wifes computer.

think it has something more to do with the new firefox release clients. sure, it loads google mail faster, but it is not so friendly with flash ads. in fact, when i wrote this message, i decided to right click on the flash ad on top of this screen and firefox froze. i terminated the program (i just love hitting ctrl+shift+esc) and restarted firefox. i love the "restore previous session" bit.

Brand new build, e8400, 4 GB DDR2, FIOS internet connection.

Microsoft IE 7 : loads the FrozenCPU banner first, big lag, then eventually the rest of the site loads.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 (latest): Site loads almost instantly, followed eventually by the FrozenCPU banner.

No idea why. Site code seems to be optimized for Mozilla. Exact same thing happens when I browse from my x31 laptop, or my office laptop (Dell 630). All using WinXP 32-bit.

FYI.

-godling

i tried this on safari (for pc, of course) and it's pretty much the same performance with mozilla. my best guess is it has something to do with the ad server where frozencpu is stored (coincidentally, the ad is for "frozencpu" - ah, serendipity ^o^)