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Help Needed With Online Video Content

Hi All,

I am fairly new to Mac's and have a MBP 2.2 with Tiger installed. I have Safari & Firefox installed for web browsers. My software is all up to date. I am finding that most times (but not all) I have great difficulty in viewing any online video's from websites - it either takes an absolute age to load, loads a bit at a time, repetitively freezes & starts, breaks up or won't load at all. I would say it happens about 80% of the time. I have tried to do what little I can with my very novice knowledge of computers and the Mac system but this is just as bad as it was when I was on a PC.

I have checked adobe flash player and am up to date and only have either Safari or Firefox on at any one time with no other programmes running. My activity monitor usually shows that the CPU is idle between 85% and 95%.

I found a programme called Speedbit but it only works for PC's (I would have to find that after I had made the switch to Mac's!) but I cannot find anything similar for Mac's.

Can anyone please help me out as I am at a loss. Why is this happening and what is the solution? Please feel free to give me guidance and instructions as if I were a complete idiot! This is really doing my head in!

Thank You,

SuaveBhav!

MacBook Pro 3.1, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 15"/Intel 2.2 Core2Duo/120GB HDD

Posted on Jan 9, 2008 9:05 AM

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Jan 11, 2008 7:41 AM in response to Klaus1

Hi Klaus & Rik,

Thanks for your help - It looks like the Apple store is the best bet - I am way out of my depth and in my case, as a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, I do not want to try random things myself! I don't feel good energy on this one! It is usually quite cool and operates at about 40ºC - 45ºC and is very well ventilated. I had checked for tape or blocked vents when I first got it and made sure they were all clear. If I ever get to find out what it is/was that caused the problem, I will let you know!

SuaveBhav!

arri

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Jan 24, 2008 8:10 PM in response to SuaveBhav

although i would go back with the device,
i wouldn't stress about hw damage through overheating.

even the most stupid €0.02-electronic-parts nowadays
have built-in heat-protection.
a regular cpu has several sensors built-in to protect
against total melt-down.

after bringing it to apple, and getting-back a healthy device,
i'd advice to trash all the temperature-sensor-reading
utilities you have on your computer just for your own health.

in case of a mac-/power-book, the fan's activity usually is
enough to know about the temperatue house-hold.

if your cpu would hit a critical barier, your machine just hangs,
there's no need for personal guerrilla against cpu temps..

peace
.a

Help Needed With Online Video Content