Flash Stops Responding, have to reboot

K so, i would check the other posts about this issue, but most are unhelpful and are full of people with no computer literacy who just say "i have the same problem"
Anyway, i'm running Windows 7, Firefox 4.0.1, Adobe Flash 10.3.181.1
As i'm browsing the internet, whether it be watching a youtube video/watching a flash movie, the flash stops, i can't click anywhere and the cursor icon remains the same until i get the aggrivating "firefox has stopped responding" message. When i stop the firefox.exe process and restart, the same issue happens, and i cant run ANY flash. And i'm sure this is also related to the problem: I use PVP.NET which runs off of Adobe AIR, and at the same time that Flash stops responding, so does my PVP.NET, and i cant start either of them back up. The only solution is to restart my computer only to use it for 40 - 70 minutes before it happens again.
ANY help would be appreciated.

I just had the same problem under Windows. Flash is CPU intensive and raises the core temp of the CPU. Overheat activated auto safemode in my BIOS slows the CPU down to prevent damage to the CPU and motherboard. My issue was the CPU was overheating because a gap had developed between my heatsink and CPU. I solved it by removing the heatsink and respreading the thermal compound. Then I reinstalled the heatsink and blew the dust out of the fins of the heatsink.
You can test for this issue by booting into your BIOS after a slowdown and examining the temp from there. Another way to test is by running a free program called Core Temp - available at download.com Running another CPU intensive program,such as a 3D game, while your machine is in "Flash slowdown mode" will show the effect of the auto safemode also.

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''klear101 [[#question-1038386|said]]''
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