David Jones
December 12th 03, 06:39 PM
When this happens (no usage in processes but the CPU is
at 100%), the common culprits are usually hardware
drivers, or the hardware itself.
Disconnect any network cables, USB devices, IEEE 1394
devices, etc, that you have and see if the problem goes
away. Another key question is the timeframe that this
started. Has this always happpened? Did it just start
up? Did you install or change anything on the system
around the time it started happening?
A virus scan is probably also a good idea just to make
sure nothing sinister is lurking.
>-----Original Message-----
>Anyone know why my cpu is running at 100% when there are
>no open applications? The computer performance is
degraded
>significantly. It's a 2.4 Mhz 1gig RAM dell. The cpu
>column in processes doesn't show cpu activity that seems
>to have any relation to the usage. All the updates have
>been downloaded from the windows site.
>.
>
at 100%), the common culprits are usually hardware
drivers, or the hardware itself.
Disconnect any network cables, USB devices, IEEE 1394
devices, etc, that you have and see if the problem goes
away. Another key question is the timeframe that this
started. Has this always happpened? Did it just start
up? Did you install or change anything on the system
around the time it started happening?
A virus scan is probably also a good idea just to make
sure nothing sinister is lurking.
>-----Original Message-----
>Anyone know why my cpu is running at 100% when there are
>no open applications? The computer performance is
degraded
>significantly. It's a 2.4 Mhz 1gig RAM dell. The cpu
>column in processes doesn't show cpu activity that seems
>to have any relation to the usage. All the updates have
>been downloaded from the windows site.
>.
>