firefox uses up a lot of ram

demon102 · #1 10-11-2007, 06:41 PM

after using firfor for a while on my pc it starts to use up all my cpu and I have to exit it and reopen it. When I reopen it, it doesnt use that much pcu. What can I do about this and y does it happen. I am using internet explorer now cuz firfox is annoying.

erbbysam · #2 10-11-2007, 07:34 PM

reinstall Firefox and only install the extensions that you need or just uninstall extensions. You can back up all your Firefox data... recently Firefox has become a bit buggy but there working to fix that I believe.

demon102 · #3 10-11-2007, 08:35 PM

what are extensions and how do I go about messing with all that? Is there a site to help me out?

a nonymous · #4 10-11-2007, 11:32 PM

If you don't know what extensions are, you probably don't have any installed.

splashpot · #5 10-11-2007, 11:35 PM

I don't know if there is a solution for this. Get more RAM? My FF does the same thing but I have enough RAM so it doesn't bother me.

jjshabado · #6 10-11-2007, 11:39 PM

Firefox uses a lot of RAM and has a number of memory leaks. Its just the way it is.

demon102 · #7 10-12-2007, 01:53 AM

it seems that internet explore does the same thing takes up about 65% on average, where as firefore was taking up 90%+
which reall effects how things run on my pc

choccypie · #8 10-12-2007, 10:42 AM

My firefox uses up quite a lot too, but my PC has 2GBs of RAM so it doesn't affect anything.

erbbysam · #9 10-12-2007, 01:35 PM

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Firefox uses a lot of RAM and has a number of memory leaks. Its just the way it is.

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... I gave bad advice up there... thought there was a software stability problem... this is correct.

funkyworms · #10 10-12-2007, 02:28 PM

Firefox does have memory leaks but this doesn't explain why his cpu usage is so high. Demon, I think you may have issues with your PC other than Firefox.

Please submit a HijackThis log if you're interested in diagnosing this problem. In your post include what type of processor you have, amount of RAM, how full your hard drive is, and how long it has been since you defragged.