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Macbook PRO fans at 6000rpm using Firefox ?

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rwdebes

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Jun 28, 2007
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Sup guys , i dont know whats going on but my macbook is getting very hot sometimes , becames really noisy aswell, the main thing is most of the time im not using photoshop or any other heavy software, just firefox !!

right now i have open MSN , FIREFOX .

FAN SPEED: 6000 rpm L/R

temperature: CPU 155 F

GPU diode: 156
GPU Heatsink: 135

the rest are around 120 F ..

so whats going on ?

thanks
 
Open up "Activity Monitor" in your applications/utilities folder (or spotlight search), select "all processes" and post a screenshot. Check to see what's taking up CPU %.
 
rwdebes said:
the main thing is most of the time im not using photoshop or any other heavy software, just firefox !!

right now i have open MSN , FIREFOX
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If a web page has a lot of Flash animations on it, that can cause heavy use of your CPU (which generates heat and causes your fans to run).

Like someone said, launch the Activity Monitor program (which is in your Applications > Utilities folder) and see what's going on.

After you launch Activity Monitor, set it to show All processes, and then click the CPU tab so that the arrow points down. This will show the processes that are using the most CPU on top.

Sometimes it's a process that you don't see in your dock that's causing the problem...
 
also if you're viewing something flash intensive on firefox it tends to get hot.
 
Hi there,

I've encountered a web page (local TV listings) that for awhile would run one of the CPU's at 100% on FireFox, heat up the computer and tend to slow down other processes. I ran another browser app for that page until that issue went away - probably an ad :)

Cheers!

Glen
 
That's the primary reason that I quit using Firefox, the second being that you lose the numerous advantages of using a Cocoa-based app.
 
I'm a TOTAL mac newb... but I thought I read a few days ago about some 'print' bug that maxes out the processor... to the point that it is 'always' at ~70% or something...

could that be the problem?
 
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