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laptop overworking? only 2 windows open..

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brightonman123
brightonman123 Posts: 8,535 Forumite
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fan been going for about 20 mins now..

here's task manager screengrab, if any help..

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Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)

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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    reboot ....
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • Splott
    Splott Posts: 225 Forumite
    brightonman123 wrote: »
    fan been going for about 20 mins now..

    How old is the laptop and when was the last time you cleaned the dust out the heatsink?
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    brightonman123 wrote: »
    here's task manager screengrab, if any help..
    In Task Manager you may need to click the "Show processes from all users" option to reveal the culprit. Then you may need to click on the CPU column in Task Manager (you may need to do it twice), to sort the task with highest CPU to the top.
  • Lucero_2
    Lucero_2 Posts: 283 Forumite
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    How many tabs do you have open to warrant a 500mb IE commit?
  • brightonman123
    brightonman123 Posts: 8,535 Forumite
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    thanks for pointers..

    I had one window, two tabs open..

    just one user setup. perplexed why 5 x 'ieexplore.exe' running??

    I have got on a stand now, hopefully more air getting in.
    Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
    Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
  • Lucero_2
    Lucero_2 Posts: 283 Forumite
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    Looks like IE has developed a memory leak of some sort. I had 10 tabs open this morning when looking at this and I was using 300mb. What browser version are you on?
  • brightonman123
    brightonman123 Posts: 8,535 Forumite
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    IE9, with windows 7 home premium. factory nstalled software, afaik- laptop bought 2nd hand..
    Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
    Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
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