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High CPU usage

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Jitanshuvora2002
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I have ryzen 5 3400g, 16 GB dual channel ddr4 RAM,WD sn550 NVME SSD.

i never have trouble running firefox and can open right after booting up too.

but the problem i have is that after few minutes of using firefox will take up more than 50% of CPU. (which doesnt slow down firefox but heats the CPU up and makes multi tasking slower obviously)

And the unique part is if i click end task on that particular process it will end that CPU drain and firefox will still remain open without affecting any of my open tabs.

once i end task forcefully it wont happen again in that session but will happen again the next time i boot up my pc and use firefox.

In some cases it happens even if i dont open firefox and just connect the internet to my pc.

I have ryzen 5 3400g, 16 GB dual channel ddr4 RAM,WD sn550 NVME SSD. i never have trouble running firefox and can open right after booting up too. but the problem i have is that after few minutes of using firefox will take up more than 50% of CPU. (which doesnt slow down firefox but heats the CPU up and makes multi tasking slower obviously) And the unique part is if i click end task on that particular process it will end that CPU drain and firefox will still remain open without affecting any of my open tabs. once i end task forcefully it wont happen again in that session but will happen again the next time i boot up my pc and use firefox. In some cases it happens even if i dont open firefox and just connect the internet to my pc.

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-takes-long-time-start-up

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/quick-fixes-if-your-firefox-slows-down


MemTest LAST UPDATED : 12/04/2020 Could you please run a tool from http://memtest.org/ in order to check the integrity of your RAM?

You will need a thumb or disk drive to install it on.


Do you let Windows handle the page file or did you set a fixed size ? Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Performance -> Settings

If you use a fixed size for the page file then try the former and let Windows handle the page file. How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows {web link}