cpu overheating when watching youtube
i run fedora 29 on amd athlon ii x2 240 with 4gb ram. today suddenly cpu started overheating and shutting down while watching youtube videos. i'm not sure is problem with os, browser (google chrome) or something else. last os update i ran 3 days ago and it started happening today. sorry for poor information but i have no idea why is this happening so i don't know which information is relevant. if you need some information please ask and i will post it.
If this is on a laptop, then often overheating can occur if ventilation is blocked into the case, especially when running tasks with heavy cpu/gpu loading. Run on a hard surface, such as a desk, rather than on carpet or bedspread. If system is tower case, then possibly dust is accumulating in the case blocking proper cooling to cpu or graphics devices. This is often the cause of overheating issues.
Click edit & enhance the question w/ info we need to help you. 1) Laptop or desktop? 2) Make & model of PC from serial # plate. 3) Video adapter used (run lspci | grep -i --color 'vga\|3d\|2d' to find Device ID then run sudo lspci -v -s 0X:00.0 replacing "X" w/ the DeviceID #) . 4) Which video driver used (found in prior step)? 5) Has the PC been cleaned? 6) Does it overheat in Firefox?