BSOD when on heavy flash sites

[2DoorImpala]

Doesn't matter what type of browser I use, I get get the BSOD when i load heavy flash sites. Starts of first as a "Video driver has stopped responding" Then if i reload it would cause the BSOD. Flash is current

PC is clean no viruses. Windows 7. Video is built in, not really a card since i never upgraded due to I use this PC for very minor stuff.

Would a video card solve this? Maybe up my RAM? I have 2gb at the momment

[zfields]

Does it crash doing any other high system requirement related? I would start with doing a memory check. Ive been surprised the goofy issues that have turned out to be bad memory related.

[2DoorImpala]

No it doesnt crash. Did a memory test and it checked out fine. Thinking of upgrading my ram anyways since firefox seems to eat it all up.

[Jeepers]

have you checked to see if there is a updated driver for your onboard video ?

[nmerced]

What was the BSOD error message?

[wadalaba]

RAM is cheap these days, wouldn't hurt to buy more.

[shadowofnight]

Go to youtube, pick any movie...put the cursor in the movie field and right click the mouse. Adobe flash menu pops up, pick settings... pick far left bottom tab ...UNcheck the box for " Enable hardware acceleration "

[2DoorImpala]

Go to youtube, pick any movie...put the cursor in the movie field and right click the mouse. Adobe flash menu pops up, pick settings... pick far left bottom tab ...UNcheck the box for " Enable hardware acceleration "

This seemed to do the trick.

Im going to upgrade my video card and ram anyways.

Thanks everyone

[Smokeybehr]

If you've got an ATI card for video, DO NOT download the drivers that are in the MS Update. They'll crash the computer every time. Instead, get the driver pack straight from AMD and install that.

I have several hundred Dells with X2400 and X3300 video cards, and the MS Update driver makes them BSOD all the time..

[Nose Nuggets]

What was the BSOD error message?

this, is by far, the most relevant question.

[2DoorImpala]

I haven't gotten a BSOD yet, to write it down.