Comment 15 for bug 1321623

Adding my experience.

Aspire 5630 64bit, dual core.
Ran Opensuse and all Mint iterations from 14-16 using 32 bit install with no problems whatsoever.
Complete reformat and fresh install of LM17 64 bit Quina.
Have spent months trying to resolve hang ups and freezes.

Installed graphics drivers via Intel Graphics Installer.
Done every mod I can find to modify Firefox.
IPv6 is disabled, and all the pipeline mods are done, hardware accelaration is off.
I only use the machine to browse, check hotmail, and play YouTube videos, swappiness was lowered with no effect, and is now 0.

The problem exists in Chrome and Firefox, just open a few tabs, use a browser as normal etc, then the busy light comes on, and then it stays on longer and longer until the machine freezes and I have to do a hard reboot. The browsers run so slowly that I keep getting Script Error messages due to the load time lag.

All updates are installed as soon as they arrive on my 'shield'.

A search around the web has revealed that many 64 bit users are getting these problems. Would the 32 bit install work any better, even though it is a 64 bit laptop, as all of my previous installs were 32 bit?

Hope someone can resolve this issue.

Kind regards

Rob