[NFL]

Noticed my computer acting pokey, so I checked my mem usage and THIS is what I discovered

It's a clean install of FF 3.6, only add-ons are Flash and Shockwave, and currently, it sits on Google...any ideas why its using this much of my resources?

 

[djsi38t]

That is odd.Have you tried a reboot?

 

[NFL]

System reboot, no, but re-install of FF, yes, restarting FF just brings me back to all the resource usage, not immediately but it always happens

@444k as I type this

 

[djsi38t]

Maybe your chrome installation is causing it?I suppose its possible.

 

[NFL]

FF(3.5) doing this was the reason I went Chrome in the first place. I figured anything was better for my resources. But Chrome started acting up so I went for a clean install of FF 3.6...and it acts up...I don't know what to do?

 

[Trav1s]

Isn't that the classic firefox memory leak?

 

[NFL]

Any fixes if it is the memory leak?

 

[Trav1s]

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ak-on-windows/

Or maybe try there latest beta if you haven't already?

 

[NFL]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trav1s http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ak-on-windows/ Or maybe try there latest beta if you haven't already?

Could you provide a link to the beta...it's not on Mozilla's site

 

[Trav1s]

Latest is 3.6, which you already got, did you try that memory leak fix?

 

[NFL]

In process of testing it

Edit-sitting at 66K at the moment, so it seems to be working

Edit 2-Up to 212K

 

[NFL]

Okay, the config. is not working...still wants to climb, up to 240K while not even in use

 

[NFL]

So any other ideas?

 

[B-Con]

You can try these 2 add-ons by Mozilla that were designed to help determine the memory leak...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2490

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5972

Main page for your issue - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/high+memory+usage

 

[NFL]

No luck with add-ons either...this is driving me crazy!!!!!!

Edit-I'm giving up on FF, and trying to replace Chrome, any suggestions for a new web browser?

 

[B-Con]

Try Apple's Safari browser for Windows...

http://www.apple.com/safari/

 

[NFL]

Trying Safari...nice browser...thanks for the help

 

[SuppA-SnipA]

restarting firefox helps

 

[B-Con]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NFL Trying Safari...nice browser...thanks for the help

N.P. Thanks for the rep!

 

[NameUnknown]

I pushed Firefox to 1.8GB on my netbook that had 2Gb granted I did it on purpose but its still not hard to make Firefox go really high on RAM usage. The way around it is to just restart the program periodically and the RAM usage drops a lot. And unless Safari has gone through vast improvements like Chrome did, then its like all Apple products, it looks great but it really sucks.