Computer continues to freeze every time I play YouTube Videos

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MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010

Mid 2010 Model A1278 / 2.4 or 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo processor

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Taiga Aisaka @aisaka

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Posted: Aug 30, 2015

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Computer continues to freeze every time I play YouTube Videos

Hi there! So after installing a brand new keyboard and 1TB Crucial SSD, once I finally turned on my computer and began listening to YouTube music while applying for other jobs, my computer would inexplicably freeze for absolutely no reason.

I'm assuming it's a RAM, temperature (needing thermal paste) or a motherboard issue. I really need help because now it's becoming EXTREMELY bothersome and keeping me from using the computer entirely. Now, I did recently spill soda on the keyboard and had to replace it and clean out all the sticky residue, but I know that everything inside works just fine. New battery from last year (bought it here), keyboard with an accident warranty from Amazon, and a brand new hard drive disk cable + bracket.

My MBP is completely Windows OS on the inside, the only resemblance of Mac OS is the chime when I boot it up, and obviously the outside is Apple product. I use Windows 7 Ultimate, my 120GB SSD from OWC is the boot drive and my 1TB Crucial SSD is the storage unit for ALL my games and other downloads.

Could really use some help here.

Thanks!~ ^_^

EDIT September 14, 2015:

So... I've completely wiped my boot drive (120GB OWC SSD) AND reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate and downloaded all my other applications to get my computer back to how it was before it began to freeze.

Unfortunately, just now, it froze. Again. I'm really not sure why it still continues to freeze when I've even wiped the system. So now I really do think it's a temperature issue OR a RAM one. Somebody help, please. :(

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Hopefully people find this question and help me out. I'd be forever grateful!!

Sep 14, 2015 by Taiga Aisaka

Just so were clear here you are not running Windows inside of BootCamp correct?

Sep 15, 2015 by Dan

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Hopefully people find this question and help me out. I'd be forever grateful!! — Taiga Aisaka
Just so were clear here you are not running Windows inside of BootCamp correct? — Dan

Dan @danj Rep: 479.3k Self employed contract worker 35 329 971 · Answer 1 · 2015-09-15T03:40:37-07:00

Running Windows straight up while doable makes diagnostics harder as the diagnostic tools one would use here are designed for OS-X.

If you can find a friend with a Mac that is running OS-X see it they can help you here. What you want to do is create a bootable USB thumb drive with OS-X. That way you can boot up under it.

I would recommend you re-do your system running OS-X and then run BootCamp which then allows you to run Windows inside of OS-X. This setup allows OS-X access the the hardware and allows Windows to run con-currently in a Virtual Machine (VM).

There is no performance loss doing it this way. Then we can jump between the different OS's so we can check things out. Yes, it does use up more space on your SSD.

What types of Apps are you using here under Windows? Some require a fair amount of RAM & storage space.

While you noted the problem running music via YouTube most of the stuff on YouTube is running under Adobe Flash which is not a very good app from a processing standpoint. It tends to push systems hard (vids or audio) overheating the system. Do you have a problem when not running the music concurrently with your other apps?