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Attempted install of firefox trashes my system.

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John
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I have a clean install of windows 10 Home. When I try to install Firefox the screen flickers, I get a blank black screen and then windows crashes. After the attempted install of firefox (71.0) windows 10 Home will not boot. I get a black screen. I have to re-image windows using imaging software. I have tried this numerous times.

I have a clean install of windows 10 Home. When I try to install Firefox the screen flickers, I get a blank black screen and then windows crashes. After the attempted install of firefox (71.0) windows 10 Home will not boot. I get a black screen. I have to re-image windows using imaging software. I have tried this numerous times.

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rjt69
rjt69
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Have you looked in EventVwr.msc for some logs that give concrete details. Wonder if Firefox is the only program using your video card and it is actually a video card problem or not enough power to the video card.

John
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I can't look in event viewer because I can't boot windows.

FredMcD
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Do you have an emergency Windows boot disk? It might be with the install disks.

rjt69
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Bummer,

have you updated windows beforehand? Rebooted? And checked for updates again? Especially check for video driver updates. Then attempt the install of firefox. This does not sound like a firefox issue as much as a hardware issue. Or the computer came with an infection.

Check for bad RAM using the Windows builtin utility or memtest on the SysRescCD.org versions from 2018.

It may also be a power supply issue.

gsmartcontrol is a free opensource tool to check on the condition of the harddrive. May want to have it run an extended test to see if your harddrive is healthy.