# Browser eating up cpu resources.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-eating-up-cpu-resources/616255>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-eating-up-cpu-resources/616255 "2012-03-19T21:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-eating-up-cpu-resources/616255/21 "2012-03-21T20:23:14Z")

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> [@obbn](#):
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> _Sigh_ Update V2.0 Still having problems. Just got a blue screen of death while using Opera and it stopped responding several times.

BSOD is a hardware fault, or possibly (but very unlikely) a faulty driver.

If you get a BSOD, you have a physical problem with the computer’s physical hardware-- reinstalling software won’t fix it. (Well, maaaybe drivers.)

My new guess is that Facebook, or Flash-in-Facebook is exercising your video card in a specific manner which causes a BSOD. Probably from overheating. You could try just opening up the case and blowing all the grime out, that might be all it is.

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**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-eating-up-cpu-resources/616255/22 "2012-03-22T01:26:18Z")

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It’s very easy to turn off Flash in Opera. Go to Settings \> Quick Preferences, and click on “Enable plug ins” to de-select it. Now you can go to Facebook and see if Flash is triggering your problem.

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