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 : 27/09/2013 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 ? If you use a fixed size for the page file then try the former and let Windows handle the page file.

You can check the Firefox Task Manager (about:performance) and about:memory pages. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/task-manager-tabs-or-extensions-are-slowing-firefox *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-or-cpu-resources Start Firefox in <u>Safe Mode</u> to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if <u>hardware acceleration</u> is causing the problem. *switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes *do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems ---- If you use Adblock Plus then you can consider uBlock Origin as a replacement to see if that works better (lower memory footprint). *https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/