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  1. Bug #425448
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 425448

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bill czermak (bcz) wrote : Re: [Bug 425448] Re: http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/todayAnns.do hogs cpu

Micah Gersten wrote:
> Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. I could not reproduce this.
> Please try the following:
>
> Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt and/or extensions can
> conflict. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the
> problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to
> test. If this helps, you might want to try to disable all your
> extensions and re-enable them one by one until you find the problematic
> one.
>
> You can start the profile manager with the following command:
> firefox -ProfileManager
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>
 Further information

CPU goes to 100% when Quantas advert at top of page is active. I am
using onboard gpu on K8M800-M2 Rev 2 motherboard. S3 UniChrome Pro
2D/3D Graphics with standard Ubuntu driver install.

It I page down so advert is not visible, then CPU usage reverts to normal.

I think it is a case of slow video chipset with fancy 3D effects. I
notice other sites also run slow at times. ie Melbourne age newspaper
and suspect similar issues.

Guess its old hardware and not worth the effort to improve the drivers

Rgds Bill