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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1611394" data-attributes="member: 190607">A kernel panic is a major crash of your entire computer.&nbsp; Generally, an ordinary application that doesn't use kernel extensions to do its job won't cause a kernel panic.&nbsp; At most, if you have a corrupt application, it will suddenly quit, but it won't take down your entire computer.Remember that I said that kernel panics are usually caused by hardware?&nbsp; And that most often they are due to something like bad RAM?&nbsp; You've just described a typical situation where I would very much suspect that you have problematic RAM.As your browser opens more tabs, and therefore fills up available RAM, at some point it hits a bad register in your RAM, and boom, you get a kernel panic.I usually troubleshoot that by removing all third party RAM (for one reason or another the OEM RAM is very rarely the culprit; the vendor will most likely want to blame it on the installer not being properly grounded while installing the RAM) and seeing if things get better.&nbsp; If they do, I send the third party RAM back for a replacement.&nbsp; Generally if you have purchased your third party RAM from a reputable source it has a lifetime warranty.You can also use this excellent free utility to test your RAM:Rember (free)<a href="http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember/" target="_blank">Rember - Kelley Computing</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1611394, member: 190607"] A kernel panic is a major crash of your entire computer. Generally, an ordinary application that doesn't use kernel extensions to do its job won't cause a kernel panic. At most, if you have a corrupt application, it will suddenly quit, but it won't take down your entire computer. Remember that I said that kernel panics are usually caused by hardware? And that most often they are due to something like bad RAM? You've just described a typical situation where I would very much suspect that you have problematic RAM. As your browser opens more tabs, and therefore fills up available RAM, at some point it hits a bad register in your RAM, and boom, you get a kernel panic. I usually troubleshoot that by removing all third party RAM (for one reason or another the OEM RAM is very rarely the culprit; the vendor will most likely want to blame it on the installer not being properly grounded while installing the RAM) and seeing if things get better. If they do, I send the third party RAM back for a replacement. Generally if you have purchased your third party RAM from a reputable source it has a lifetime warranty. You can also use this excellent free utility to test your RAM: Rember (free) [url=http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember/]Rember - Kelley Computing[/url] [/QUOTE]

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