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usnclone

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Could any one give me assistance on why my CPU usage would be running at 100%? and how I might correct this.
 

jumbopackage

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What OS are you using?
Can you get to task manager, either by right clicking on the bar at the bottom of the screen, or by doing an alt-ctl-delete?
 

IcSyU

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It can be a sign that something huge is running in the background...or in my case a few months ago...meant my hard drive was going bad...
 

benjay

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Look at the applications running in the task manager. It should say how much processor each is using.
 

benjay

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Scratch that -

Look at the Processes tab of the task manager. Look for the process with the high number in the CPU column..
 

usnclone

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Scratch that -

Look at the Processes tab of the task manager. Look for the process with the high number in the CPU column..

I have done that and Mozilla Firefox and System Idle Process seem to be eating the majority up.
 

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system idle process should be like 98 percent
that just means your idle time is taking up most of the CPU, which is a good thing.
 

TykeClone

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system idle process should be like 98 percent
that just means your idle time is taking up most of the CPU, which is a good thing.

On which core :smile:

I'm putting in a new machine for myself at work that should have "enough" for now :wink:
 

jumbopackage

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On which core :smile:

I'm putting in a new machine for myself at work that should have "enough" for now :wink:

Actually, the system idle process doesn't differentiate between cores (or processors). If you have one core maxed out, and you've got two cores, system idle will be 50%.