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Fan loud while using firefox

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Mory Kaba
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My computer fan gets loud while using Firefox to watch videos on Youtube but this does not happen when I use Chrome or Edge.

My computer fan gets loud while using Firefox to watch videos on Youtube but this does not happen when I use Chrome or Edge.

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It could be its using more resources, or any gpu is enabled. I was having the same problem on the site https://citizenshiptests.au/ Practice Citizenship Test Questions and it get resolved. there was some extesnion running in firfox and try render quickly

zeroknight
zeroknight
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Does it still happen in a new profile? An easy way to test a new profile is to install Developer Edition and see if it happens there or refresh your existing profile.

cor-el
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