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    firefox process 107MB!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lokster, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. lokster

    lokster Notebook Deity

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    i was just checking the task manager, firefox with 3 tabs and 1 downloading file and it takes up 107MB resource! is this right? tell me it is. :)
     
    lokster, Apr 27, 2006
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    Ive seen it take 90 RAM and 90 Virtual memory on my laptop. It sux! I can tell firefox is monopolising the RAM beause it becomes really sluggish!

    Some memory fixes are here though:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=49612&highlight=firefox+memory

    Have you tried them?
     
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    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    It is more than Firefox uses on mine- around 50-60 MB. Pls try to post in firefox official forums, that might help u.
     
    aigle, Apr 27, 2006
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    Depends how long you've had Firefox running for, there has been some memory leak problems with the program, just try to save what you can and give Firefox a restart and it should run back to normal.
     
    Bwen, Apr 27, 2006
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    aigle, Apr 27, 2006
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    i think its how long youve used it. i remember it was on for around 4 hrs with fire fox on. aha so thats why it shuts down all of a sudden and i get errors. i mustve gotten 100% on the cpu process. or it was just taking up too much. thanks for the knowledge and help
     
    lokster, Apr 27, 2006
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    4 Hours? I've left mine on for over 3-4 days and the mem usage gets to around 100k mb.
     
    Bwen, Apr 27, 2006
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    Try this as well. Small trick, works well for me although I am not using it.

    http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=128021

    Just try it and please give us feedback. It definitely works.

    BTW, no offense, Opera is really so good in memory and in amany other respects, much better than firefox, just my opinion.
     
    aigle, Apr 27, 2006
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    yes, FF is not efficient with RAM at all. it's the dirty little secret that nobody wants to talk about when talking about how great FF is compared to IE. however, even with that, i prefer it over IE.

    so, for OP, i'm not surprised it's grabbing a lot of RAM, but that does seem a little high. maybe just a quick reinstall of FF?
     
    drumfu, Apr 27, 2006
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