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Firefox crashes

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HI GUys

im getting constant crashes and hangs - with FF for no repeatable reason

crashed in safemode as well

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HI GUys im getting constant crashes and hangs - with FF for no repeatable reason crashed in safemode as well bp-11f61d4e-99dd-4674-9249-78e6e2150825

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Hi, the crash seems as if it may be caused by your NVIDIA graphics drivers, so perhaps you could try updating or turning off hardware acceleration. More - Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you.

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hi upgraded the video driver but alas still crashed

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Product Firefox Version 41.0b4

Release Channel beta OS Windows NT OS Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The crash report flagged these programs;

Nvwgf2um.dll = NVIDIA Compatible D3D10 Driver = NVIDIA Corporation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Total Virtual Memory 2147352576

Available Virtual Memory 1082912768

System Memory Use Percentage 80

Available Page File 2236370944

Available Physical Memory 637349888


check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also:


Firefox uses too much memory (RAM) - How to fix This article describes how to make Firefox use less memory to make it run faster and prevent crashes.

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-hangs-or-not-responding

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Thanks Fred ive been through all that except adding RAM - nothing seems to have changed

ive started to use Chrome as i havent been able to fix this problem - so far no issue with chrome.....but would like to get it solved in FF

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Do the crashes also happen with the current release (40.0.2)?

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problem.

See "Creating a profile":

If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.