Adobe Flash Player causes overheating?

[Bean_BR]

Adobe discontinued the 64 bit edition of flash a while back, you got an update that required a reboot. That was the update.

You can still download and install the 64 bit version but it is not updated or supported.

ok, but I have a question, I'm using Chrome 64-bit, the built-in flash player is 32-bit?
EDIT: nevermind, there isn't a 64-bit version of Chrome

 

[Rydian]

Tested more videos on Chrome, with highest quality (even at full screen) without problems. So the problem must be in Firefox, probably. Shit, I always liked to use Firefox.

No, the problem is with your computer. Flash is simply bringing out a symptom of an issue that already exists. We should find what the problem is and fix it.

Do what I said earlier, we need more info on your setup and what tends to trigger it, then we can find what's causing the issue (if it's overheating or a kernel panic or what).

It's normal for a PC to over heat while using Adobe Flash, and there is no solution for this problem(Unless you will stop using it like I did), but in the other hand you can add more fans also YouTube uses Flash not HTML5,if it helps try different web browsers,some good choices will be , Safari,Chrome,Maxthon.

No it's not normal, that's stupid advice. There's a problem with his computer that needs to be fixed.

 

[Minox]

It's normal for a PC to over heat while using Adobe Flash, and there is no solution for this problem(Unless you will stop using it like I did), but in the other hand you can add more fans also YouTube uses Flash not HTML5,if it helps try different web browsers,some good choices will be , Safari,Chrome,Maxthon.

It is absolutely not normal for a computer to overheat while using software. There is something seriously flawed within a computer if it starts malfunctioning due to high load.

 

[MegaBassBX]

No, the problem is with your computer. Flash is simply bringing out a symptom of an issue that already exists. We should find what the problem is and fix it.

Do what I said earlier, we need more info on your setup and what tends to trigger it, then we can find what's causing the issue (if it's overheating or a kernel panic or what).

No it's not normal, that's stupid advice. There's a problem with his computer that needs to be fixed.

Flash has a long time been the cause of over heating for every PC I ever owned, and this because the CPU and GPU are on the same main chip(in the asker case), to fix such an issue you need to add thermal pest if that didn't work you need to send that Machine to be checked up.

As for the stupid advice I made Go here :http://forums.adobe.com/message/4753975#4753975

 

[MegaBassBX]

It is absolutely not normal for a computer to overheat while using software. There is something seriously flawed within a computer if it starts malfunctioning due to high load.

True its not normal for any computer to overheat with any other software expect flash,and yes I know there is a problem and conventional ways wont fix it.

 

[Rydian]

No, it's not normal. If the computer is overheating because of flash, then the computer itself has a heating/cooling issue.

 

[Minox]

No, it's not normal. If the computer is overheating because of flash, then the computer itself has a heating/cooling issue.

This, a computer should not overheat no matter what task you throw at it.

 

[MegaBassBX]

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[Originality]

It's normal for a PC to over heat while using Adobe Flash, and there is no solution for this problem(Unless yo will stop using it like I did), but in the other hand you can add more fans also YouTube uses Flash not HTML5,if it helps try different web browsers,some good choices will be , Safari,Chrom,Maxthon.

Troll much? Your information is backwards.

It's not normal for a computer to overheat using flash. It's not normal for a computer to overheat, period. Sure, flash isn't optimised and can become a memory/resource hog, which in turn means the computer has to work harder than under idle conditions (not as bad as gaming or multimedia playback), but that doesn't automatically result in overheating.

Extra fans only help if it improves airflow through the heat sink. Fans on top of the graphics card won't help the CPU. Also, for your comment on thermal paste (not pest), if it does not have thermal paste, it won't be able to run Windows for much longer than 10 minutes on idle, flash or otherwise.

YouTube uses both HTML5 and Flash. How do you think iOS works with YouTube?

Also... What does P2P have to do with overheating computers? They cause routers to overheat, not computers. Honestly...

 

[MegaBassBX]

Lets make a test to remove any doubts.

download.php

Download this app then Run a CPUCCT for one hour then post the result.

This will help us to check out if the problem is with the software or hardware.

 

[MegaBassBX]

Troll much? Your information is backwards.

It's not normal for a computer to overheat using flash. It's not normal for a computer to overheat, period. Sure, flash isn't optimised and can become a memory/resource hog, which in turn means the computer has to work harder than under idle conditions (not as bad as gaming or multimedia playback), but that doesn't automatically result in overheating.

Extra fans only help if it improves airflow through the heat sink. Fans on top of the graphics card won't help the CPU. Also, for your comment on thermal paste (not pest), if it does not have thermal paste, it won't be able to run Windows for much longer than 10 minutes on idle, flash or otherwise.

YouTube uses both HTML5 and Flash. How do you think iOS works with YouTube?

Also... What does P2P have to do with overheating computers? They cause routers to overheat, not computers. Honestly...

Thank you for my pointing my mistakes, And I do not agree with you an app can certainly overheat a computer, and in this case until we role out hardware problems we need to check for the common causes which is Flash , and viruses so now for the P2P if there is a virus it might increase the load on the CPU which of course since most GBATemp users are pirates in the first place so most likely he uses Utorrent which indicate that he might have a virus,as for "They cause routers to overheat, not computers. Honestly" I guess this is the definition of stupidity you have earned it .

 

[Originality]

Overheating is a hardware issue, not software. Laptops and computers are designed to work with stress tests (100% CPU and GPU usage) for extended periods to make sure they are fit for duty. If one fails, then it is either a factory fault, or a design fault. In both cases, they are considered faulty and unfit as a commercial product (some companies have more lax tests than others - like HP). Selling a faulty product with inherent heating/cooling issues (two halves of the same problem)... Actually, I don't need to continue.

Back to the point. A CPU on stock speed is supposed to downclock itself when the temperature gets too high. If that fails to control temperatures, it will power off to prevent damage. It gets this high because the cooling is not working effectively. In computers, the CPU must always have a heatsink attached, and often the stock heatsink provided by the
CPU OEM is enough for operations on stock speeds (at 100% usage I might add). Between the CPU and heatsink is the thermal paste. Too much paste will act as an insulator and cook the CPU. No thermal paste and little heat at all will be transferred. This is why ideally, it should have about the same thickness and consistency as nail polish. Finally, the case should have at least one exhaust fan (and ideally an intake fan at the front) in order to maintain airflow to carry heat from the air sink.

If the above aren't covered, there's a serious problem. If the heatsink has ever been removed, the thermal paste will be ruined and a new application required to transfer heat properly. Also if the fans are dusty, then they may move as little as half their normal airflow. All these factors affect cooling in a system. If the cooling is adequate, like in every system I've ever built, then it will never overheat (never meaning, at least not before one of the fans dies).

Now, just to humour you... What temperatures are you seeing before and after your computer crashing? What temperature is it on idle (with Windows running and nothing else open) and what temperature does it reach when running flash? What about when playing games? You can use apps like SpeedFan to find your system temperatures.

 

[Bean_BR]

Please people don't get mad, but I think it is overheating because many others users of Flash have the same problem, say that it makes much use of CPU and as result make it overheat. I don't know if it is my case, but the fact is that my pc shutdown when using Adobe flash player on Firefox. But with Google Chrome there is no problem so far.
Now another thing, i uninstalled Adobe flash player plugin (and deleted all leftovers), and uninstalled Firefox too (also deleted all leftovers), restarted the system, did a freshly new install of Firefox, but when I tried to install the flash player plugin I got a error in the middle of the installation, tried again and the same error (exactly at the same point, 47%), the problem is "download timeout". Before all of this I've made a restoration point, just to be safe.

 

[Rydian]

Please people don't get mad, but I think it is overheating because many others users of Flash have the same problem, say that it makes much use of CPU and as result make it overheat. I don't know if it is my case, but the fact is that my pc shutdown when using Adobe flash player on Firefox. But with Google Chrome there is no problem so far.

No, read more of what's been posted. If your computer is overheating, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH YOUR COMPUTER.

Now another thing, i uninstalled Adobe flash player plugin (and deleted all leftovers), and uninstalled Firefox too (also deleted all leftovers), restarted the system, did a freshly new install of Firefox, but when I tried to install the flash player plugin I got a error in the middle of the installation, tried again and the same error (exactly at the same point, 47%), the problem is "download timeout". Before all of this I've made a restoration point, just to be safe.

Tried connecting wired instead of wireless?

 

[nukeboy95]

you might wanna be carefull it might start a flash fire

 

[Bean_BR]

No, read more of what's been posted. If your computer is overheating, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH YOUR COMPUTER.

Tried connecting wired instead of wireless?

But then why the hell it happens only on Firefox but not on Chrome? And, no, I don't have wireless connection.

 

[Bean_BR]

you might wanna be carefull it might start a flash fire

my old computer was literally falling apart, so, it wouldn't surprise me, lol

 

[Rydian]

But then why the hell it happens only on Firefox but not on Chrome? And, no, I don't have wireless connection.

Avoiding the issue isn't solving it.

Uninstall flash and then install the latest version, does it still happen?
Right-click a flash window and go to the settings, disable hardware acceleration then restart, does it still happen?

 

[nukeboy95]

my old computer was literally falling apart, so, it wouldn't surprise me, lol

i was joking read the joke a couple time you might get it

 

[Bean_BR]

i was joking read the joke a couple time you might get it

I know, I had already understood it.