SSL? errors on my Windows PC

Question

For the past month or two, I've been getting SSL connection errors randomly when loading sites or playing games that request external resources from sites.

This is not 100% of the time but is still very annoying

I don't know if this is an SSL issue or whatever but I have done as much research as possible and have found nothing that replicates my issue, sorry if that seems ignorant, I just don't have a clue what it is I'm looking for.

All the details I have:

Windows 11 (happened on 10 too)

Network Adapter: KILLER E2600 Gigabit Ethernet Controller/ KILLER AX1650i

Connection Type: Wired Ethernet

Error message in games: SSL_connect failed with error -308: error state on socket

Error 400 in chrome (I think?) when sites don't load (I just refresh)

Usually does this on Reddit and Github from what I can notice

Tried with firewall off

Tried with VPN on (worked, but not a solution)

Tried using alternative anti virus software

Tried resetting PC and upgrading OS to Win11

Tried enabling SSL 3.0 and all those Internet Option settings things to fix this sorta thing

Tried Troubleshooters

Tried using WiFi connection

Tried Restarting PC (obviously)

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Answer 1

This is on all browsers. I have tried resetting chrome just now and still occurs every now and again.

The sites are: https://github.com and https://reddit.com

I doubt the issue is the site.

Answer 2

Hello thieif,

Thanks for your post in Microsoft Community. 

May I ask do you get the same error when you open website through browsers other than Chrome, such as Edge? And can you provide these sites for us to test to see if the problem is the site itself.

You can try to reset Chrome browser to check whether it is caused by some settings in the browser:

![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/3465057c-5698-4e65-b4e9-f94a5b6eb0c4?platform=QnA"https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/1b1e1cf3-82e9-4831-be50-7b1594ee5081?platform=QnA" rel="ugc nofollow">

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Best Regards,

Sawa - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist