Having fun watching YouTube, eh, suddenly your PC freezes or crashes? Don't worry about it, just check out Jaka's way of dealing with it.
YouTube of course it is not foreign to us. Video sharing sites and tools streaming videos It has been used by many people all over the world. YouTube more needed because it can be used as a means of entertainment, knowledge, and information dissemination.
But, sometimes problem arises when we play a video on YouTube, the PC that we use suddenly experiences crash and freezing. Well, for that, here's how Jaka will tell you how to solve it freezing and crashing when playing YouTube on PC.
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Perform Driver Checks Manually
When your PC crashes and freezes while playing YouTube, it's good for you check first is video drivers what you have already up-to-date. Or try to find out if anyone else is using the drive, is there anyone? reported the same problem. If there is, then you should uninstallvideo card driver and replace it with the old version.
Here are the steps:
- Press **Windows Key + R** and type **devmgmt.msc** in the Open box. Then click OK.
On Device Manager, click ** Display adapters **. Then, double click on the video card.
Then it will appear as shown below. Select the Driver tab and click **Roll Back Driver**. Then, click OK.
Disable Hardware Acceleration
Usually, compatibility issues between web browser and the graphics card is one of the causes of the crash when playing YouTube videos. Generally this can also result in blue screen on PC. Therefore, the way to overcome YouTube freezing is to disable hardware acceleration for videos.
Here's how to disable hardware acceleration in some browsers:
- Chrome
Open the ** 3-dot ** icon menu in the top right corner. Select ** Settings > Show Advanced Settings **, then scroll scroll down until you find the system option and uncheck the **Use hardware acceleration when available** box.
- Firefox
Open the ** 3-bar ** icon menu in the top right corner Firefox then select ** Settings > Advanced **. Then it looks like the picture below, select the ** General ** tab. On that tab, under ** Web Browse **, uncheck the ** Use hardware acceleration if available ** box.
- Edge
open Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Advanced. Then check the **Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering** box. Then, click OK.
Disable Flash
Usually, Flash always disabled by all browsers and websites. But, flash can still work in background and perform activities that may result in a crash.
VIEW ARTICLE Here's how to disable Flash in some browsers to fix crashing:
- Chrome
Type **chrome://plugins** on address bar. Then in the Adobe Flash Player, click Disable .
- Firefox
When a page is opened in Firefox with a Flash element in it, it will a window appears asking for approval you to turn it on. However, you can also uninstall Flash. The method open Control Panel, click Programs > Programs and Features. Search for **Adobe Flash Player** and then uninstall the program.
Well, that's him how to fix freezing and crashing problems on YouTube. If the problem still appearing after doing the methods above, then the best solution is to bring it to service center to do reinstall system. Hope it is useful!
