Firefox freezing for seconds randomly

ChrisD. · 2 Aug 2011 at 07:12

As per the title, Firefox comes up (not responding) in the toolbar for 5-10 seconds, seemingly at random intervals. It's really bizarre as it's a new build, all other browsers work fine and I've never had it before.

Any known issues with the browser and a SSD (reason for new build)? I don't really know what to check, I don't really have many add ons.

ChrisD. · 2 Aug 2011 at 11:43

I don't run many add ons and the ones I run worked on the previous build so I am unsure why they would cause this now. I will disable them tonight non-the-less and see if it makes a difference.

I did a bit of Googleing and it appears it might have something to do with Disk caching however this seems to be an issue with older SSDs with slower speeds. I might move the cache to a spare drive and see if that helps, will update later on.

ChrisD. · 4 Aug 2011 at 15:29

Okay, I tried moving the cache to another disk and it doesn't seemed to have worked. I have also tried disabling every add one and I reinstalled W7 last night (for a separate issue) and it's still not cured.

It must be to do with the SSD, but I've no idea what?

ChrisD. · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:26

Mine's a Crucial SSD as well, but the M4. Is there a way to email the firefox devs?

ChrisD. · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:52

Those with the same issue, are you using Firefox Sync?

ChrisD. · 8 Aug 2011 at 19:03

Since moving the cache and clearing out the history I haven't had this for a while.

ChrisD. · 23 Sep 2011 at 09:03

Bump for this, it's still happening.

I'm almost certain it's something to do with Firefox Sync.

Anyone else having these issues at all since my OP?