Firefox 4 was the problem

Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by Speedy113, Mar 31, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Speedy113, Mar 31, 2011

    Speedy113 macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2011
    #1
    I started a thread not to long ago saying that after the 10.6.7 update i noticed the fans were like jet engines when just watching basic videos. This is not the case, I just restored my macbook pro from a time machine backup which still had Firefox 3.6 on it and 10.6.6 update and everything was running smoothly again. I've just updated Firefox to number 4 and all the excessive heating and fan noise is back.

    I hope this helps some of you that might of been having the same problems.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. gorskiegangsta, Mar 31, 2011

    gorskiegangsta macrumors 65816

    gorskiegangsta

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2011
    Location:
    Brooklyn, NY
    #2
    Yeah, well, there are both pros and cons to hardware acceleration.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. kappaknight, Mar 31, 2011

    kappaknight macrumors 68000

    kappaknight

    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2009
    #3
    You can also turn it off in the settings.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. Inara, Apr 1, 2011

    Inara macrumors member

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2011
    #4
    Modern internet browsers use hardware acceleration, thus if you don't want to use the discrete card to watch just a video, install gfxcardstatus and force your MBP to use the integrated video card all the time, switch to the discrete one only when you need it.

    Example: If I use Steam to play L4D, then I quit and use Steam to download an another game, the discrete card remains active, which is a situation that I don't want to happen, for this reason I control manually the video card switching.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. mark28, Apr 1, 2011

    mark28 macrumors 68000

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2010
    #5
    I don't think the problem is firefox 4.

    It's dead quiet over here watching video's ( with Flash ofcourse ) on firefox 4.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. Bathplug, Apr 2, 2011

    Bathplug macrumors 6502a

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2010
    #6
    how do you turn off hardware acceleration?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  7. AlanFord, Apr 2, 2011

    AlanFord macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Feb 26, 2011
    Location:
    Cro
    #7
    Useing firefox 4 for 2 days now and dont have any problems.Nor with the fans, (2k rpm) or the temperatures.It goes arround 45 to 60 C, and the max is when useing youtube.Got 5-6 tabs open regulary.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  8. scupking, Apr 2, 2011

    scupking macrumors 6502a

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2010
    #8
    No problems on my 13" with FireFox 4.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  9. Speedy113, Apr 3, 2011

    Speedy113 thread starter macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2011
    #9
    I'm just reporting what I found. You tube never really set it off which was strange but it definitely ran about 10 degrees hotter with Firefox 4. I was watching a lot of BBC iPlayer and after about 1 min with Firefox 4 the temps were really high and the fans were like jet engines! I'm now using Firefox 3.6 and watching the same videos and its absolutely fine.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page