Graphical issues and frequent browser crashes

[crocswithsocks]

Hello all, first time post, apologies in advance.

 

Problem:

About a month ago I started experiencing my Firefox browser tabs crashing (see screenshot) when watching Twitch livestreams or Youtube videos. After a while the crashes became more frequent, about once every 5 minutes, and increasingly frustrating. Chrome also crashes and instead of crashing just the one "problem" tab, the whole application crashes and I have to task manager force close it. Some websites (including this one) also crash my tab sometimes. Discord also seems to have strange graphical bugs such as black lines across the window and flashing sections (which seem to flash in sync with the text cursor???).

 

Note: All of the games I play (Overwatch, CS:GO, Call of Duty, World Of Warcraft Classic, etc) run perfectly without glitches.

 

System Specs:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hhNZx6

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB GAMING X Video Card
Case: NZXT S340 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor: Asus VE278Q 27.0" 1920x1080 Monitor
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Main Monitor)
Monitor: LG 27UD68-W 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor
Keyboard: Ducky One 2 Mini Wired Standard Keyboard
Headphones: Astro A50 + Base Station XB1 7.1 Channel  Headset
Mouse: Ultralight Phantom

 

Attempted solutions:

Here's some things I have tried doing so far (all of which have not solved the problem or helped in any way):

- Disabling add-ons/extensions in my Firefox and Google Chrome

- Uninstalling and reinstalling browsers

- Disabling hardware acceleration for browsers

- A bunch of other stuff that a quick Google search might tell you to do if your browser is crashing
- Updating drivers for GPU

- Installing old/outdated drivers for GPU

- Reinstalling display adapter in Windows

- Flashing motherboard BIOS to latest version: 7B45vA9 from https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z370-GAMING-PRO-CARBON

- Clearing CMOS on motherboard (removed the motherboard battery for 1 minute while computer unplugged)

- Re-seating GPU

- Using the CPU's Intel integrated graphics

- Fresh installing windows (completely wiped all 3 drives and reinstalled via USB)

- Updating Windows

- Updating drivers that Driver Talent utility suggested

- Using only one monitor

- Run anti-virus

 

Conclusion: I have tried literally everything I can think of doing to diagnose/fix the problem and I am out of ideas. What do I do? I am happy to provide any helpful information or screenshots necessary to solve this issue.

 

Thank you.

[TheBean]

ddu your gpu driver?

[TheBean]

10 minutes ago, crocswithsocks said:

Updating drivers that Driver Talent utility suggested

umm....

https://www.howtogeek.com/198758/never-download-a-driver-updating-utility-theyre-worse-than-useless/

^^ article from 2016. slightly outdated but still applies

 

[crocswithsocks]

17 minutes ago, Saksham said:

ddu your gpu driver?

I have already uninstalled the driver, tried different drivers, uninstalled the device via device manager, etc.

[TheBean]

10 hours ago, crocswithsocks said:

I have already uninstalled the driver, tried different drivers, uninstalled the device via device manager, etc.

ddu is different. ddu can help sometimes

[crocswithsocks]

On 9/22/2019 at 10:37 AM, Saksham said:

ddu is different. ddu can help sometimes

okay, tried DDU, still no luck. My browser crashed 5 times while I was typing this by the way, I ended up using my laptop to reply.

[TheBean]

1 hour ago, crocswithsocks said:

okay, tried DDU, still no luck. My browser crashed 5 times while I was typing this by the way, I ended up using my laptop to reply.

idk what to tell you man.

which antivirus did you use?

[crocswithsocks]

idk how to delete failed comments

[crocswithsocks]

15 minutes ago, Saksham said:

idk what to tell you man.

which antivirus did you use?

I use Malwarebytes but I only run it once in a while and it rarely finds anything

[lais]

Hello OP

 

Maybe it's time to check your hardware for errors

 

Check your RAM with the windows tool

Check your ssd/hdd with Easeus partition master (i don't recommend windows scandisk)

Check your system temperatures with aida64
Check your refresh rate settings/screen resolution
Try to dissconnect old hardware from your computer and see if the problem is gone

This is all i can think of for now