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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Hello
A friend asked me to format and re-install XP on PC with an ECS RS482-M m/b, Athlon 64, on-board ATI Radeon Express and 512mb of RAM. It was starting to run slow but with without random crashes or other problems. The format was so long winded I had to do a quick format and the XP installation took 90 minutes. I suspected the h/d was faulty and replaced it with a known good drive. This made no difference to the install time. When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. The only way to get some of the drivers on was to hook up and old PCI video card to take some load off the CPU but the task manager still reports 98% under the System Image name in Processes. I have checked the Bios and all looks OK to me, resetting the defaults or tweaking makes no difference. The system sits there perfectly happily with the desktop displayed with no crashes, blue screens etc so I reckon the PSU and the memory must be OK and the system temperature is only 47C. I have been building my own systems for 10 years and repairing family and friends PCs so I reckon I'm fairly knowledgably but this one has got me beat. Has anyone got any suggestions / advice befor I bite the bullet and swap out the m/board. Thanks for any help. Conrad |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
If you look at the task manager process list (not apps), which process is
consuming the most resources? -g |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
"Conrad" wrote in message ... Hello A friend asked me to format and re-install XP on PC with an ECS RS482-M m/b, Athlon 64, on-board ATI Radeon Express and 512mb of RAM. It was starting to run slow but with without random crashes or other problems. The format was so long winded I had to do a quick format and the XP installation took 90 minutes. I suspected the h/d was faulty and replaced it with a known good drive. This made no difference to the install time. When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. The only way to get some of the drivers on was to hook up and old PCI video card to take some load off the CPU but the task manager still reports 98% under the System Image name in Processes. I have checked the Bios and all looks OK to me, resetting the defaults or tweaking makes no difference. The system sits there perfectly happily with the desktop displayed with no crashes, blue screens etc so I reckon the PSU and the memory must be OK and the system temperature is only 47C. I have been building my own systems for 10 years and repairing family and friends PCs so I reckon I'm fairly knowledgably but this one has got me beat. Has anyone got any suggestions / advice befor I bite the bullet and swap out the m/board. My System idle process is showing 98%. That means it`s just ticking over, doing very little. What`s yours doing ?. |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
"1932" wrote in message ... "Conrad" wrote in message ... Hello A friend asked me to format and re-install XP on PC with an ECS RS482-M m/b, Athlon 64, on-board ATI Radeon Express and 512mb of RAM. It was starting to run slow but with without random crashes or other problems. The format was so long winded I had to do a quick format and the XP installation took 90 minutes. I suspected the h/d was faulty and replaced it with a known good drive. This made no difference to the install time. When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. The only way to get some of the drivers on was to hook up and old PCI video card to take some load off the CPU but the task manager still reports 98% under the System Image name in Processes. I have checked the Bios and all looks OK to me, resetting the defaults or tweaking makes no difference. The system sits there perfectly happily with the desktop displayed with no crashes, blue screens etc so I reckon the PSU and the memory must be OK and the system temperature is only 47C. I have been building my own systems for 10 years and repairing family and friends PCs so I reckon I'm fairly knowledgably but this one has got me beat. Has anyone got any suggestions / advice befor I bite the bullet and swap out the m/board. My System idle process is showing 98%. That means it`s just ticking over, doing very little. What`s yours doing ?. What speed CPU? What speed does display show at boot? What speed shown in Start-Control Panel-System-General tab? Try running Sandra and CPU-Z. Mike. |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Conrad wrote:
When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. snip Thanks for any help. Conrad One possibility, would be if there was a broken piece of hardware which was constantly interrupting. This article describes how to add performance counters to the performance graph. I had a game running in the background, and alt-tabbed out of the game to the desktop, and the interrupts still seemed to be happening in the background. About 2090 per second. Once I quit the game and just have ordinary 2D applications running, the number is around 130 per second (this is in Win2K). The second link below is to a thread where someone reports something similar to your symptoms. (Note - Site has a "welcome page", which will disappear after 30 seconds) "Monitoring CPU Performance Counters" http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...990/21990.html http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...56b416560ca143 HTH, Paul |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
You have installed the proper motherboard drivers?
"Conrad" wrote in message ... Hello A friend asked me to format and re-install XP on PC with an ECS RS482-M m/b, Athlon 64, on-board ATI Radeon Express and 512mb of RAM. It was starting to run slow but with without random crashes or other problems. The format was so long winded I had to do a quick format and the XP installation took 90 minutes. I suspected the h/d was faulty and replaced it with a known good drive. This made no difference to the install time. When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. The only way to get some of the drivers on was to hook up and old PCI video card to take some load off the CPU but the task manager still reports 98% under the System Image name in Processes. I have checked the Bios and all looks OK to me, resetting the defaults or tweaking makes no difference. The system sits there perfectly happily with the desktop displayed with no crashes, blue screens etc so I reckon the PSU and the memory must be OK and the system temperature is only 47C. I have been building my own systems for 10 years and repairing family and friends PCs so I reckon I'm fairly knowledgably but this one has got me beat. Has anyone got any suggestions / advice befor I bite the bullet and swap out the m/board. Thanks for any help. Conrad |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Paul wrote
Conrad wrote When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. snip One possibility, would be if there was a broken piece of hardware which was constantly interrupting. This article describes how to add performance counters to the performance graph. I had a game running in the background, and alt-tabbed out of the game to the desktop, and the interrupts still seemed to be happening in the background. About 2090 per second. Once I quit the game and just have ordinary 2D applications running, the number is around 130 per second (this is in Win2K). The second link below is to a thread where someone reports something similar to your symptoms. (Note - Site has a "welcome page", which will disappear after 30 seconds) Not here, 'IE cannot open... operation aborted" once the 'welcome page' goes, on two separate machines. "Monitoring CPU Performance Counters" http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...990/21990.html http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...56b416560ca143 |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Paul wrote
Conrad wrote When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. snip One possibility, would be if there was a broken piece of hardware which was constantly interrupting. This article describes how to add performance counters to the performance graph. I had a game running in the background, and alt-tabbed out of the game to the desktop, and the interrupts still seemed to be happening in the background. About 2090 per second. Once I quit the game and just have ordinary 2D applications running, the number is around 130 per second (this is in Win2K). The second link below is to a thread where someone reports something similar to your symptoms. (Note - Site has a "welcome page", which will disappear after 30 seconds) Not here, 'IE cannot open... operation aborted" once the 'welcome page' goes, on two separate machines. You can get it using http://www.google.com/search?as_epq=...ndowsitpro.com and selecting the first entry tho. "Monitoring CPU Performance Counters" http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...990/21990.html http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...56b416560ca143 |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Paul wrote
Conrad wrote When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. snip One possibility, would be if there was a broken piece of hardware which was constantly interrupting. This article describes how to add performance counters to the performance graph. I had a game running in the background, and alt-tabbed out of the game to the desktop, and the interrupts still seemed to be happening in the background. About 2090 per second. Once I quit the game and just have ordinary 2D applications running, the number is around 130 per second (this is in Win2K). The second link below is to a thread where someone reports something similar to your symptoms. (Note - Site has a "welcome page", which will disappear after 30 seconds) Not here, 'IE cannot open... operation aborted" once the 'welcome page' goes, on two separate machines. You can get it using http://www.google.com/search?as_epq=...ndowsitpro.com and selecting the first entry tho. "Monitoring CPU Performance Counters" http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...990/21990.html http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...56b416560ca143 |
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CPU Running at 100% on new install - advice please
Rod Speed wrote:
Paul wrote Conrad wrote When I finally got XP running task manager CPU performance is running permanently at 100%. This is with no other programs open and no internet connection. snip One possibility, would be if there was a broken piece of hardware which was constantly interrupting. This article describes how to add performance counters to the performance graph. I had a game running in the background, and alt-tabbed out of the game to the desktop, and the interrupts still seemed to be happening in the background. About 2090 per second. Once I quit the game and just have ordinary 2D applications running, the number is around 130 per second (this is in Win2K). The second link below is to a thread where someone reports something similar to your symptoms. (Note - Site has a "welcome page", which will disappear after 30 seconds) Not here, 'IE cannot open... operation aborted" once the 'welcome page' goes, on two separate machines. You can get it using http://www.google.com/search?as_epq=...ndowsitpro.com and selecting the first entry tho. "Monitoring CPU Performance Counters" http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...990/21990.html http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...56b416560ca143 |
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