I'm assuming it was something related to windows updates and the total system setup with gfx drivers and/or hardware acceleration in firefox. Whatever it was, it's gone! Yay.
I think the freezing/crashing issue is limited to a small subset of specific applications that are known to conflict with firefox. Generally you want firefox to shift the load from the CPU to the GPU (i.e., enable hardware acceleration) unless there is a specific problem or conflict with your setup.
For me and my setup, it was turning hardware acceleration off.
However, as @r72019 has stated, it might just be my specific setup and the interactions between all of the things and configurations on my system.
It's been over a day without any crashes, which has been nice. I do a lot of work on the computer and the unexpected freeze/restarts were not enjoyable.
Also, @r72019 , I had already been keeping my GPU drivers up to date in a consistent fashion. Thank you so much for the help, however. If I run out of options, I will definitely be posting here and following your suggestions.
So, I've had no freezes since turning off hardware acceleration in Firefox. Between 11/28/2020 and 12/03/2020 (12:00 am), my computer ran perfectly. Been working on some new things, including some OCR analysis in 'Abby Finereader', which I had just installed prior to the crash. I can only assume that the way Abby Finereader interacts with my system was the cause of the crash? Considering that firefox hardware acceleration is driven by the GPU (so far as I understand it), could it have been Abby's accessing of the GPU to render pages that caused the freeze/restart? Thankfully, all of my work was saved prior to the crash. Just installed the newest drivers for my GTX 3080... Driver version 457.51 is installed now (installed after the crash). I guess it's just bugginess with the new graphics cards? Thanks for any responses or help! -- mika
Successfully made it through a day+ without any freezes.
I noticed that Windows hadn't updated in a while. Somehow, the update service was not set to automatic. Was set to manual, even though I hadn't adjusted anything. Went into services.msc and changed it.
As soon as I updated, everything seemed to start working reliably. Can't be 100% sure, but will update in a week if I get through without any crashes. If I do, then it must be the way that my system interacts with firefox/windows/gfx card drivers collectively.
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December 14th, 2020 10:00
It's been a week without a freeze.
I'm assuming it was something related to windows updates and the total system setup with gfx drivers and/or hardware acceleration in firefox. Whatever it was, it's gone! Yay.
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Huge thanks to you! Do you mean Firefox's 'hardware acceleration' should be turned on for R11 to run stably, or turned off to run stably?
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November 29th, 2020 03:00
For me and my setup, it was turning hardware acceleration off.
However, as @r72019 has stated, it might just be my specific setup and the interactions between all of the things and configurations on my system.
It's been over a day without any crashes, which has been nice. I do a lot of work on the computer and the unexpected freeze/restarts were not enjoyable.
Also, @r72019 , I had already been keeping my GPU drivers up to date in a consistent fashion. Thank you so much for the help, however. If I run out of options, I will definitely be posting here and following your suggestions.
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December 2nd, 2020 21:00
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December 3rd, 2020 19:00
Another freeze and restart at 10pm, 12/03/20. Again, while using 'Abbyy Finereader'.
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December 6th, 2020 11:00
Successfully made it through a day+ without any freezes.
I noticed that Windows hadn't updated in a while. Somehow, the update service was not set to automatic. Was set to manual, even though I hadn't adjusted anything. Went into services.msc and changed it.
As soon as I updated, everything seemed to start working reliably. Can't be 100% sure, but will update in a week if I get through without any crashes. If I do, then it must be the way that my system interacts with firefox/windows/gfx card drivers collectively.