Switching tabs causes an automatic tab reload in safari... how do I stop that?

I generally keep 20 or so tabs open in my safari window. A month or so back, suddenly, each time I click over to a diffent tab the tab reloads. How do I stop this? And is this problem making my computer (fan or hard drive?) wind up for long periods of time? Sounds like a little jet engine about to overload.
Thanks so much

Hi..
Yes. With that many tabs open, the CPU has to work that much harder and in turn the fans run more often. If possible, reduce the amount of tabs you have open simultaneouslly.
For the tabs reloading issue...
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Empty Cache
If that doesn't help, back to the menu bar click Safari > Reset Safari. Select the top 5 boxes, click Reset.
If that didn't help, go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Helps when you post to tell us which Mac OS X you have installed and which version of Safari. v10.5.2 is outdated.

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