Chrome + NVidia intermittent BSOD with physics forums

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The discussion highlights an intermittent blue screen of death (BSOD) issue occurring when using Google Chrome on Windows XP with an NVidia GeForce 780 Ti video card (drivers 353.62 or 355.60) while browsing physics forums. This problem is not replicated with an AMD video card or when using Internet Explorer. The user experiences additional issues such as text display errors and functionality problems with Chrome's "watch thread" feature. The recommendation is to consider upgrading to Windows 10 or switching to Ubuntu, which has proven stable for the user.

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  • Understanding of Windows XP operating system
  • Familiarity with NVidia GeForce 780 Ti graphics card
  • Knowledge of Google Chrome browser functionalities
  • Basic troubleshooting skills for BSOD errors
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  • Research solutions for BSOD issues related to NVidia drivers on Windows XP
  • Learn about compatibility issues between Chrome and older operating systems
  • Explore the benefits of upgrading to Windows 10 for improved browser stability
  • Investigate Ubuntu as an alternative operating system for web browsing
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This discussion is beneficial for users experiencing BSOD issues on Windows XP, particularly those using NVidia graphics cards, as well as developers and IT professionals looking to optimize browser performance on legacy systems.

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When browsing physics forums using Chrome with Windows XP on an NVidia video card, I occasionally get a blue screen of death. I don't recall this every happening with an AMD video card. With the NVidia video card, it only happens when I'm using Chrome and browsing physics forums. I've never seen a BSOD when browsing other forums or any other web site, or if using Internet Explorer with physics forums. So it's the combination of Windows XP, NVidia video card (GeForce 780 Ti, 353.62 or 355.60 driver), and physics forums that occasionally results in BSOD.

I do get other occasional errors with Chrome and physics forums, such as no text display when trying to compose a post. Using Internet Explorer sometimes gets the same no text error, or it keeps jumping to the end of the web page instead of the end of a post when I'm trying to compose a post.

With Chrome, "watch thread" doesn't work, but it does work with Internet Explorer.

My system is multi-boot, Win XP Pro (32 bit), Win XP Pro X64 (64 bit), and Win 7 Pro (64 bit), but currently, I do most of my browsing with Win XP.
 
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I've never had a crash when using Chrome with facebook or youtube, only physics forums, and even in that case, it's intermittent.
 

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