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When I access video sites, Firefox has hiccups, crashing my USB keyboard. Opera and IE do not. Why?

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While displaying a video/audio, such as Coffee with Haley or Rush Limbaugh, both audio and video will stop for a quarter second or so every 5 to 10 seconds. The cursor also stops while this is happens and my USB keyboard is being interrupted. Eventually, the keyboard stops entirely and a reboot is necessary. This does not happen if a use Opera or Internet Explorer.

While displaying a video/audio, such as Coffee with Haley or Rush Limbaugh, both audio and video will stop for a quarter second or so every 5 to 10 seconds. The cursor also stops while this is happens and my USB keyboard is being interrupted. Eventually, the keyboard stops entirely and a reboot is necessary. This does not happen if a use Opera or Internet Explorer.

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Have you tried disabling hardware acceleration? Do that from Options > Advanced > General.

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I unchecked the "Use hardware acceleration when available". This did not help.

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I did a search on Startpage using these keywords: video interfere usb firefox, and some of the results lead me to think that WiFi can interfere with USB. Are you using WiFi to access these videos?

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Turned off wifi. Still is a problem that doesn't exist in Opera of IE.

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I am stuck then. Somebody else want to join in?