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Control
Joined: Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:09 am
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Location: Plymouth, NC
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 Quick CPU question. Um, I've got a CPU monitor up on the Vista sidebar, and I'm just sitting here not running anything but XChat and Firefox and it's freaking out. Like, jumping from 10% to 50% to 30% to 100% etc. Been like that since I installed Vista.
This strikes me as odd. Is it?
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am
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Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Quick CPU question. Ctrl + Alt + del to see if it's just a problem with the monitor. Your CPU could be about to pop.
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| Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:52 am |
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Control
Joined: Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:09 am
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Location: Plymouth, NC
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Re: Quick CPU question. Task Manager confirms CPU monitor readouts.
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Ophanim
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Re: Quick CPU question. Hmm... Any programs spiking that could cause it?
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Control
Joined: Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:09 am
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Re: Quick CPU question. Like? I haven't added anything new to what's running besides Vista. Maybe something with all the new effects?
Also, if it's any help, CC pushes it to 100% CPU usage and keeps it there until it's off.
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Ophanim
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Re: Quick CPU question. Definitely our proc then. Clean it off, a lot of dust gets onto those ♥♥♥♥.
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Alenth Eneil
Joined: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:34 am
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Re: Quick CPU question. Whenever the computer does anything it's liable to dedicate all the power it has to the task.
It's not uncommon for refreshing a webpage to spike your CPU usage to full. Just for a moment though.
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p3lb0x
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Re: Quick CPU question. Doesnt vista do various low priority stuff when you arent using the cpu? Or did I read something wrong somewhere?
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ProjektTHOR
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Re: Quick CPU question. Alenth Eneil wrote: Whenever the computer does anything it's liable to dedicate all the power it has to the task.
It's not uncommon for refreshing a webpage to spike your CPU usage to full. Just for a moment though. Alenth is right on that one. As long as it isn't running consistently at high-usage, you're OK.
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