computer freez

[nielski55]

every time i start up chrome my entire pc freezes after a while and i have to restart. this started when i swaped my old gtx 970 out for a gtx 1070. it kinda varies how long it takes to freez and by witch exact actions. sometimes when i click a youtube video and sometimes when i click a photo.

i run windows 8.1 pro and these are my specs

mobo: msi B85-G43 gaming

processor: i5 4460

videocard: asus gtx 1070 strix oc

ram: 8gb corsair vengeance

[Guiltyxz]

I run Windows 8.1 Home and I experienced the same issue when I upgraded to the new model of my CPU. It seems Windows 8.1 has trouble recogniseing new hardware. I backed up my files and did a reinstall and that fixed it. I cant say that that will definetly fix it for you though because I use Firefox but it should fix. Or if you dont want to reinstall Windows, you could perhaps reinstall Chrome.

[dotchetter]

Check the System log in Eventlog, sort for errors and see if you can trace it down to the application or service that is causing the problem. It might be an issue with hardware accelerated rendering since it seems to occur during video or image processing and a recent change in hardware.