Is this a common problem with Chrome?

[pctutor]

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit with 8 gb of RAM, and my computer has been randomly freezing up lately. No cursor or keyboard response and I can only do a forced shutdown with the power button.

The screenshot of Task Manager below was taken shortly after a reboot. At that time I had Chrome open with 11 tabs. Why does it need all these processes, which eats up the available RAM? I like Chrome, but this is making me consider setting Firefox as default browser.

 

[GCS]

This is how chrome is made, it's not a problem per-say, it's a feature.

If one tab crashes they all have their own instance so the others stay open.

 

[Xander]

Open up Chrome's internal manager (Shift-Esc) and you'll see that each process is independent.

 

[bigdessert]

This is how chrome is made, it's not a problem per-say, it's a feature.

If one tab crashes they all have their own instance so the others stay open.

Not sure I have ever seen this "feature" even work. Almost any time I have a chrome crash the whole browser goes down.

 

[angry_geek]

This is a good opportunity for an experiment. Open those same tabs in Firefox and ie 11. See which of the three is the less hungry and more stable. Try to get similar plugins in all three.

Edit: In my own tests, I've found Firefox to be the worst offender.

You could try opera too.

 

[jft135]

Chrome has major stability issues in my experience. On one of my bench PC's, if it is open, it wants to be the ONLY thing open or the whole PC crashes. Given it is an older PC, but still. I can open 30+ tabs in Firefox before I start having issues. I'm too lazy to track down the exact issue since this PC is slated for replacement at the end of the month.

 

[Encrypted Existence]

Open up Chrome's internal manager (Shift-Esc) and you'll see that each process is independent.

Brilliant! I did not know about this. Thanks.

 

[nlinecomputers]

In Chrome every tab and every extension has it's own thread. So if one thread crashes the whole browser is not lost. There is also a thread for the core items and if that goes you lose it all.

Despite the number of threads running I've found Chrome to run faster then FF and more stable. Ditched FF some time ago and not looked back.

 

[Vicenarian]

I've had nearly 150 tabs open in Chrome with no crashes

 

[jft135]

I've had nearly 150 tabs open in Chrome with no crashes

I think it depends on the system. My home computer handles it fine, but I've seen others cry for mercy with just a few chrome tabs open. I rarely have that issue with Firefox. They both have their pros and cons.

 

[bertie40]

Am I alone here thinking that having all these tabs (11+)open are a bad idea ?
I'm always telling customers to keep the number of open tabs down.
When I'm finished with a tab, I always close it.

 

[pctutor]

11 tabs open in a browser should not crash the computer.
What I didn't realize is that each EXTENSION in Chrome is also a separate process, with each one chewing up more memory as well.
Just seems excessive and inefficient.

 

[damitman]

I think if you un-tick, use hardware acceleration in settings tab, this may help.
I uncheck continue running background apps when chrome is closed too.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

11 tabs open in a browser should not crash the computer.
What I didn't realize is that each EXTENSION in Chrome is also a separate process, with each one chewing up more memory as well.
Just seems excessive and inefficient.

hmm yeah maybe a little inefficient but consider the advantages. sure there are other ways to do multithreading and error handling but remember that they arent developing each extension so no matter how badly an extension is coded its in a seperate process.

 

[mikeroq]

Despite the number of threads running I've found Chrome to run faster then FF and more stable. Ditched FF some time ago and not looked back.

Same here.

 

[Tekguy]

When I saw the title of this thread I thought for sure it was going to be about Chrome always getting a corrupt profile when you clean out the temp files. It seems like every time I run CCleaner this happens.

 

[CLC]

When I saw the title of this thread I thought for sure it was going to be about Chrome always getting a corrupt profile when you clean out the temp files. It seems like every time I run CCleaner this happens.

I use Glary utilities, has a portable version, it seems to cause less problems overall. Last time I used ccleaner on a customers computer it broke quickbooks pro.

 

[jft135]

Am I alone here thinking that having all these tabs (11+)open are a bad idea ?
I'm always telling customers to keep the number of open tabs down.
When I'm finished with a tab, I always close it.

I use an extension called The Great Suspender that unloads inactive tabs from memory. It helps immensely on older hardware. There is a similar extension for Firefox.

 

[colonydata]

Am I alone here thinking that having all these tabs (11+)open are a bad idea ?
I'm always telling customers to keep the number of open tabs down.
When I'm finished with a tab, I always close it.

psh 11 tabs open for me is a good day. normally its probably 50+. never had any issues, but then I am on a mac most of the time.

 

[tankman1989]

Have you installed new windows updates recently? I'm running the same OS on a number of systems and they all have been acting up for a few days and 2 are fresh installs.

As for Chrome, I'd look into a program called "Process Hacker" which is a very in depth task manager which will show you the bandwidth each instance of an application is using and you can terminate them or the process tree if you like.

This is happeneing with FF as well for me and I've actually moved to Chrome to see if it was FF or the OS. It'd be nice to see if you move to FF and the problem follows (b/c I was still using FF but with only a couple tabs - because of security).