Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Click here to start participating now! Also, check out the New User Guide.
cpu usage out the roof!!
Name: Drew Date: November 3, 2003 at 08:22:10 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.4/1g DDR
Comment:
brand new computer built and after installation of windows, everything is moving extreemly slow. i brought up the task manager and noticed that cpu usage is always at 10% when i'm doing nothing and nothing is open, as soon as i open anything it shoots to 100% and nothing responds for about 30 seconds while the window is opening. also, just moving my mouse shoots the usage up to 25%-30%. now i know xp eats up a lot of reasources but with a 2.4 pentium and a gig of ddr memory i shouldn't be having this prob, any suggestions?
Name: Sabertooth Date: November 3, 2003 at 09:30:58 Pacific
Reply:
This appears to be software related.
Scan for spyware/adware or trojans or you can download Hijackthis and see what's really going on. Goodluck
0
Response Number 2
Name: dru987 Date: November 3, 2003 at 09:45:20 Pacific
Reply:
can it be software relateed if i just did a clean install of xp with no connection to the internet?
0
Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: November 3, 2003 at 09:50:18 Pacific
Reply:
If you are positive your PC has not established any connection to the internet it could be two things.
1.You may have errors on your HDD. 2.You may have a bad load.
0
Response Number 4
Name: dru987 Date: November 3, 2003 at 09:54:27 Pacific
Reply:
i scaned my harddrive last night and it showed no errors, but what do you mean by bad load?
0
Response Number 5
Name: Sabertooth Date: November 3, 2003 at 10:04:33 Pacific
Reply:
Bad Load = Flaky windows installation???
Did you use a Harddrive diagnostic tool to test or you ran chkdsk..When you test HDD's you use a diagnostic tool..
If you harddrive is error/defect free..then wipe the partitions and reload the PC.
0
Response Number 6
Name: dru Date: November 3, 2003 at 10:39:55 Pacific
Reply:
i used this program that some guy refered me too to check the hdd, it came back error free. the thing is, i've installed windows three times already. each time i delete the partition and reformat the hdd. very confusing, could it be a hardware prob, maybe bad m/b or cpu? i hope not cause it all new and not cheep, but i'm not sure what else it could be...
0
Response Number 7
Name: Sabertooth Date: November 3, 2003 at 10:55:04 Pacific
Reply:
@ this point it could be a some other hardware..memory,mobo or like you said the CPU..
Remember a new component does not mean a defect free component.
Goodluck
0
Response Number 8
Name: blender Date: November 3, 2003 at 14:48:23 Pacific
Reply:
Hi
I have read on some other posts having same problems...it turned out they had too much RAM ...just for the heck of it try removing a stick and see if you have any improvement. It seems that some computers with xp can't handle 1 gig of ram and it actually slows things down to a crawl.
0
Response Number 9
Name: dru987 Date: November 3, 2003 at 18:38:20 Pacific
Summary: not much time im crashing... my cpu usage is through the roof and im not doing anything... i just reformated and really haven't even finished installing everything... WHAT IS GOING ON!?!? ok i...
Summary: I am having major difficulties with my system. My cpu usage is way out of control, the monitor says I am using 100% of my cpu. There are things running that I can shut down, and I have a list that I ...
Summary: I noticed my computer running rather slow recently and checked performance tab in task mgr. only to find that my cpu usage was running at a constant 50-60%. When looking at the processes tab, the onl...
0 
Internet Explorer
