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by clearsmashdrop 1 view

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I get a lot of IE crashes on my system. Usually of the "exeption not handled" type or it opens to the debugger.

This happens even on fresh installs of Windows.

Im running IE 5.5 sp2 with all critical updates.

My pet theory is that its hardware related. Just wondering if any of you have had hardware crash the browser.

My hardware is: Celeron 333
Abhit BH-6 rev.1
2x128 PC 100 Ram
Viper 700 TNT
Creative Labs DVD
Kingston 10/100 NIC
USR 56K
Sounblaster AWE 64
motherboard monitor indicated a temp of 95F

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by b_pope

Have you tried fixing IE5.5 through add/remove programs instead of reinstalling Windows.
You also never mentioned what version of Windows your running.

by clearsmashdrop

Sorry, I forgot to mention I was using Windows98 and if I remember correctly the browser also crashed when it was version 5.0.

When I reinstall windows its with a ghost image, but Ive also done it from scratch. Either way the drive gets wiped.
I have not tried add/remove for IE. Im not sure the option is even there. I will take a look

by timthetoolman

Hi,

I dont think its hardware related or it would happen in programs other than IE. Your temp seems to be in spec so nothing there...

I'd say it could possibly be your display drivers. Try updating to the latest versions from nvidia. Or maybe even going backwards with them - the Viper700 is an older card now and may not be as thouroughly tested with the latest one-driver-fits-all driver from nvidia...

Also I'd try IE6. Its a little better, anyway.

Cheers,
Tim.

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