Brain
Lost in thought
I noticed that sometimes Firefox drives CPU usage to 100% when viewing this web site, but it never happens for other sites. Are your ads doing something weird by any chance?
100% CPU usage
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I haven't encountered anything like that yet. But someone mentioned a Dungeon Siege ad in another thread... Could that be the ad you saw when that happened?
I occasionally get/got 100% CPU usage and that was well before the DS ad. Once it started it stayed. I would just have to close out of all my CFC windows for it to go away.
madviking
north american scum
I'm using the Crtl+atl+del pop up to track my cpu usage. So far it hasn't gone more than 30%
MarineCorps
Explosion!
madviking said:
I have a little program called Ram Idle that tells me my CPU usage and it sits in the taskbar.
MarineCorps
Explosion!
Ok this just happened to me. I tried to see the ad but the computer wouldn't scroll up to it. The CPU was at 100% my computer locked up, I couldn't call up the task manager and my keyboard would lock up every so often. I was able to close Firefox after 5 minutes but that didn't solve the problem. Had to shut the computer off manually 
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I've now got it with other adds than the Dungeonsiege one.Duke of Marlbrough said:
It goes away if you click away to another page ... most of the time.
Brain
Lost in thought
I never look at the adds anyway so I wouldn't know, but I know some bad Flash plugins use 100% CPU.Thunderfall said:
Blasphemous
Graulich
I have the same problem with some of the ads. It usually doesn't cause lock-ups or crashes but it's still annoying to need to reload things, especially since I browse with tabs and usually have 2-3 tabs open on CFC.
sabo
My Ancestors were Vikings
Duke of Marlbrough said:
So it must happen with IE also, I've never really noticed but I'm assuming these ads are animated graphicly intense which would cause the hogging of processor usuage.
GenMarshall
Highborne Night Elven Ghost Agent
It often happens to me, most oftenly it also happens when I reach 100% RAM usage. Ill post up a screenshot of my CPU monitor.
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
Could be coincidence, but I've not had the problem since I reinstalled WinXP on monday.
MarineCorps
Explosion!
The Last Conformist said:
I haven't seen it in a little over a week and I haven't reinstalled XP.
