Recent answers to My laptop's fan makes noise when i surf heavy sites like Youtube and Facebook on Firefoxhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/12192452018-05-25T23:14:01-07:00Try:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix
You can try2018-05-25T23:14:01-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1219245#answer-1115534<p>Try:
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix</a>
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<p>You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
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<ul><li>Options/Preferences -&gt; General: Performance<br>remove checkmark: [ ] "Use recommended performance settings"<br>remove checkmark: [ ] "Use hardware acceleration when available"
</li><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings</a>
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<p>Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting to make the change effective.
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems</a>
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<p>You can check if there is an update for your graphics display driver and check for hardware acceleration related issues.
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration</a>
</li></ul>Is the fan making noise? That would be a maintenance issue.
Is the fan running fast a lot? That woul2018-05-25T18:47:44-07:00fredmcd-hotmailhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1219245#answer-1115496<p>Is the fan making noise? That would be a maintenance issue.
</p><p>Is the fan running fast a lot? That would be a heat issue.
This could be caused by several things.
</p><p>Buy a can of compressed air, and blow out the air ducts.
</p><p>The CPU is being overworked.
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