cpu usage

[val]

Thanks Dave, thanks Chris. Dave was right. I pulled out
the last thing I installed which was a CF card reader a
few wks ago. Normally they run cool. This one ran hot so
there was prob something wrong with it. Before my eyes the
cpu went from 100 to 0-2. Hee hee. Many thanks. I was
lucky for once.



>-----Original Message-----
>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.
>>.
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