Display driver stops working on Rumble.com

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oldyellr
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Display driver stops working on Rumble.com

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I'm running Windows 7 on a Dell E6420 laptop. Firefox 103.0.2 (64-bit). In the last week or so, when I go to Rumble.com the screen goes black intermittently and I see a message about the display driver stopping and recovering. Sometimes I lose the mouse and keyboard if I don't close the tab fast enough and I have to power reboot. It's been suggested I "upgrade" to Windows 10, but that would be the very last resort for me. Oddly enough, when I use Chrome, this doesn't happen, but I hate Chrome. What can I do with Firefox to fix this?
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DanRaisch
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Re: Display driver stops working on Rumble.com

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Make sure that hardware acceleration is switched off under Tools->Settings->General->Performance.
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Re: Display driver stops working on Rumble.com

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I unchecked [Use hardware acceleration when available] and that worked. Thanks!
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You're welcome.
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(I had similar happen on https://www.msn.com. [I disabled hardware acceleration.])
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