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Cpu Running At 100%
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30. March 2010 @ 01:37 |
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Hi there,
my cpu runs at 100 percent alot of the time when i open internet explorer or some other program. iv done cntrl - alt - del & iv checked the system idle thing & i know thats normal for it to be high, but other than that nothing is running high.
but iv noticed inside my pc i dnt seem to have a graphics card.
just a wireless card & a lan card.
do i need a graphics card or is it something else?
thanks for any help given :)
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ddp
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30. March 2010 @ 13:12 |
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you do have a graphics card as it is built into the motherboard. no graphics card means you would not be able to see anyrthing on the screen. what is the specs on your pc such as ram(used & free), cpu speed & hard drive capacity(used & free)?
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jony218
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30. March 2010 @ 14:50 |
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When I had a similar problem, I traced it to the onboard audio. Installing a PCI audio card fix my problem. That might be something to check if you ruled everything else out.
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30. March 2010 @ 16:10 |
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Thanks for your replys,
i think it might be my crap hard drive. iv only got a 40gb hhd & i can imagen the buffer bein really low.
if i upgrade toa 500gb hhd with a 16mb buffer will this help the pc run smoother?
thanks
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ddp
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30. March 2010 @ 16:30 |
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does your hd have sata ports or have both ide & sata ports as i think that 500 gig is sata not ide? what is the specs on your pc such as ram(used & free), cpu speed & hard drive capacity(used & free)?
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31. March 2010 @ 04:06 |
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When you open task manager and goto the "processes" tab, did you check the box next to "Show Processes from all users"?
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31. March 2010 @ 10:40 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
does your hd have sata ports or have both ide & sata ports as i think that 500 gig is sata not ide? what is the specs on your pc such as ram(used & free), cpu speed & hard drive capacity(used & free)?
my is a ide connection but iv found a 500gb ide hard drive on amazon,
ram: 1277424kb total 1.2gb
931400kb available 900mb
cpu: 2.0ghz amd
hard drive: 38.2gb total
22.8gb free
15.4gb used
thanks for helping ddp!
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31. March 2010 @ 10:42 |
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also ddp iv got another problem, iv recently bought a interal mutil card reader, when i shut down the system & put the cable into the usb on the motherboard, i boot up the pc but it hangs at the memory check any idea why this is?
it works fine when i plug it in when its loaded into windows, it just wont left my pc boot up when i restart the pc
thanks agen
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ddp
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31. March 2010 @ 14:49 |
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because you still have over 1/2 your drive empty then that is not causing 100% cpu issue. do as killer suggests as that is most likely what is causing the problem(s). is the connector itself for the cardreader a single multi-pin connector or multi single pin connectors? chech in the bios & disable usb boot drive or something like that.
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31. March 2010 @ 15:07 |
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oh right ok, yep i done that, (show processes from all users) but im the only user on this pc, theres no other users. well its a sigle black plug with 9-pin holes 1 bein the 'dead pin', il try what u said & disable usb boot drive. il report back if it works or not
thanks ddp & killerbug for helping me with this :)
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31. March 2010 @ 15:08 |
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what about if i reboot windows, give it a fresh install will this cure the problem?
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ddp
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31. March 2010 @ 15:16 |
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does it show in processes what is using most of the cpu? did your card reader come with driver cd?
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31. March 2010 @ 15:46 |
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well system idle was the highest but iv heard thats normal the only other thing running high was internet explorer.
right i disabled the usb boot in bios, the pc booted up but usb's wernt wworking after lol unless i disabled the wrong 1 but i couldnt see anything else relating ot the usb in bios.
yh i got a cd but there wasnt any drivers on it, just the manual & the web address, the disk reader works when i plug it in when windows is loaded up, its just when i restart the pc it hangs at the memory check, cant go into bios or skip the check. it just freezes.
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ddp
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31. March 2010 @ 19:34 |
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you turned the wrong usb off. what windows are you running? what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard?
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31. March 2010 @ 19:46 |
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i am running windows xp pro sp3 & the motherboard is MK77M II AOPEN
thanks
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31. March 2010 @ 22:48 |
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also 1 more thing, i have 2 sticks of ram in my pc 1 1gb 3200 ddr & 1 256mb 2700 ddr.
iv check what ram is supported on my motherboard & it says ddr 2100. if the ram is different will it affect the performance?
thanks
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ddp
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31. March 2010 @ 23:13 |
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your 1gig will be running at the 256meg speed. are you seeing about 1.256gig of ram?
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1. April 2010 @ 13:16 |
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yh in the system status its telling me 1.21gb. so av i gota change the ram to 2100 to get the ram to funtion properly?
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ddp
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1. April 2010 @ 17:58 |
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no, leave it alone. as it appears you have onboard video then some of your ram is being used for that but that is alright.
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1. April 2010 @ 18:03 |
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alrite so the ram is ok gdgd,
iv got athew things wrong with this pc:
cpu running high
windows updates wont install
the card reader problem
whats next lol
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2. April 2010 @ 03:35 |
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If you are confortable doing a windows reinstall, then it is a great test (if it still has issues, you know you have a physical problem).
The fact that windows updates don't work makes me think you might have a trojan or some other kind of malware. The next step I would try is to do a full system scan with malwarebytes...preferably, do this from a BartToolsPE disk, as this will guarantee that everything is scanned.
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2. April 2010 @ 14:08 |
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thanks for your reply killerbug, i was thinking about doin a full install, i might aswell. i did reboot this pc recently & as windows was installin is was missing files out. it was sayin: cannot find file, would you like to skip?
something like that, it done it to several files & i wonder if thats the problem. iv never had a problem before with the disk. all the other times i done the reboot on other pc's i used a dvd drive, on this pc its only a cd & its the first time its missed files during a reboot
thanks agen
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ddp
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2. April 2010 @ 15:44 |
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try another rom drive when re-installing windows & software. also wipe down the disk to remove any finger prints.
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2. April 2010 @ 20:06 |
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right im getting a new copy of windows xp pro, burn it to cd at the slowest speed n im gonna try a fresh install n c if it works
il report back
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3. April 2010 @ 20:02 |
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Right done a fresh install, everything went fine, i can install the windows updates now but the cpu still runs quite high. i av taken out the cpu before, could i have put it in round the wrong way?
im running windows xp black edition & its great! :)
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