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Old 11-01-2011, 09:21 PM   #376 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by K.9 View Post
I have an old macbook, like a 2005, but it has served me faithfully. I recently upgraded to OSX 10.6.8 to squeeze a few more years out of her. Well, things were going ok, until a couple days ago my macbook crashed while watching a vid on youtube. Next it crashed while watching hulu. Now it crashes about 10 seconds after I start any video. Yup, you guessed it, I can't even watch porn anymore! I had no idea what was up until someone suggested I open activity monitor while watching a video. Lo and behold, this is what happens:
WTF?? No wonder, the CPU is running at 150%! Is there anything I can do to fix this??
friend of mine had a problem with firefox chewing CPU and battery life on a 15" MBP, uninstall upgrade to Firefox 7 and re-install flash.

hope that helps
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