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50-60% CPU usage at all time
Name: raver Date: January 16, 2006 at 20:23:33 Pacific OS: WinXp sp2 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ 1
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everytime i start my PC it always on 50~60% usage and friend told me to re-install WinXp! so did last night and now still have same problem! SIP on 96~99
Name: jam Date: January 16, 2006 at 20:36:23 Pacific
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hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, then click on the Processes tab....at the top of the columns, you'll see: Image Name, User Name, CPU, Mem Usage. Click on "User Name" to sort the Processes...if your name doesn't come to the top of the list, click it again. How many processes are listed with your User Name? Are they all necessary?
Name: Sabertooth Date: January 16, 2006 at 20:48:24 Pacific
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"SIP on 96~99 ".
Dude!, you have no worries. SIP commanding 96%-99% is actually pretty good. It simply means your CPU is in 96%-99% idle state.
Leadtek sucks BIG TIME
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: January 16, 2006 at 21:04:39 Pacific
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LOL...didn't realize what SIP was
This space for rent
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Response Number 4
Name: raver Date: January 16, 2006 at 22:18:28 Pacific
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k but did u see the pic i posted and the CPU usage at bottom!
here a other pic showing kernel times!
think it got something to do with kernel whatever that is!
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Response Number 5
Name: Sabertooth Date: January 17, 2006 at 07:15:41 Pacific
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Something tells me the discrepancy may have something to do with your AV, eTrust (CA).
Let try this, disable your internet access for a few seconds, completely uninstall eTrust; reboot and check the CPU usage numbers in the task manager, see if the numbers now make sense.
Don't forget, you'll need to reinstall your AV after all this is done.
Leadtek sucks BIG TIME
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Response Number 6
Name: raver Date: January 17, 2006 at 16:40:50 Pacific
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i totally foramted my comp coz of the problem reinstalled WinXp and it was stil there! so i installed AV and scanned my comp but no change :/ no virus!
but last nite went on safe mode and looked at cpu usage it was fine :/
try what u said still not changed :(
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Response Number 7
Name: roshur Date: January 28, 2006 at 12:44:22 Pacific
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Just a silly thing to ask but how do you know which processes are necessary?
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