How does Google Chrome manage to freeze my entire PC?

Solution 1:

Every extension, tab, etc. in chrome runs as a new process. This, and the actual chrome processes. For example, having 6 pages open and three plugins brings this:

This is part of what makes chrome so fast. However, all these process can bog down a lower-end PC. Running a lot of tabs with webpages that use other resource-intensive programs such as java or flash can even bog down a high-end PC like mine.

Solution 2:

A popular solution is to upgrade your realtek driver to 6.0.1.6662 (R2.71) founded by the google team http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/71CLxvV8VPo%5B1-25-false%5D

It does seem that the issue is linked back to a conflict with the Realtek audio driver that may be currently installed on your machine. We've seen reports that upgrading to the driver version 6.0.1.6662 (R2.71) will likely solve the issue.