System idle but CPU usage is high!!
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From: Colin Trunt on 9 Jul 2010 16:27 "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message news:avLZn.172464$NW.131139(a)hurricane... > > "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message > news:i17r5m$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Colin Trunt wrote: >>> "- Bobb -" <bobb(a)noemail.123> wrote in message >>> news:i178jq$eoe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message >>>> news:yVuZn.11881$c85.6301(a)newsfe15.ams2... >>>> < snipped> >>>>> I though I had got rid of it by using only 1 gig of ram, and I had it >>>>> went away so I tried the other gig by itself and the problem >>>>> reappeared, >>>>> worst thing is that it is the old 1 gig stick showing the problem now >>>>> not the new one so I cant even send it back as fault. >>>>> I guess running those tests should provide some answers. >>>> Test results ?? >>>> It's getting tough following this: title shows CPU yet issue is memory >>>> ? >>>> How about a brief summary of the situation as of now - and what didn't >>>> work. >>>> Also, right from your HP link I see: >>>> >>>> Video graphics are "Integrated" (on-board) so that's using some of >>>> your memory too. >>>> Someone didn't add a picture background to your display ??? >>>> If so, make the background NONE - just a color. >>>> >>> >>> >>> The CPU problem seemed to be related to badly installed memeory >>> (probably) >>> I have a grahics card with 1/2 a gg of memory. >>>> >> >> If you look at your Task Manager graphs, when there isn't any heavy user >> stuff running, are you still seeing one core running at 100%. Or is the >> system now, really "idle" ? > > Ot is OK now however before nothing was running, ie system idle 97% > but one core was at 95%, however that problem now appear to be cured. > Possibly related to badly seated memory or some other memery problem. > >> >> Also, your statement about memory usage. You seem to be saying it follows >> program usage, which is good. If Chrome and Firefox aren't running, and >> the system is effectively idle, are you seeing 90% memory usage at >> that point in time ? > > OK I kust closed chrome and firefox and memory available increased > from 700 to 1400 meg O just closed another program (poker client) and Outlook Express an it increased to 1500 meg available. I am not sure memory was freed so much before, it might be because I killed this jqs.exe process which caches java for 'quick start', that may have kept a lot of stuff in memeory stopping it being freed. I guess I could switch it back on and see the difference, it was set up to caches up to 1 giga byte which is lot of java!! It's not something I really need though, I think it is better not running. > >> >> Paul >> > >
From: - Bobb - on 9 Jul 2010 19:26 "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message news:i17r5m$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... <<snipped>> >> The CPU problem seemed to be related to badly installed memeory >> (probably) >> I have a grahics card with 1/2 a gg of memory. >>> > > If you look at your Task Manager graphs, when there isn't any heavy user > stuff running, are you still seeing one core running at 100%. Or is the > system now, really "idle" ? > > Also, your statement about memory usage. You seem to be saying it follows > program usage, which is good. If Chrome and Firefox aren't running, and > the system is effectively idle, are you seeing 90% memory usage at > that point in time ? > > Paul > Have you tried booting into Safe Mode and look at memory then ? Press F8 while booting ( Google it for details). If a "memory seating issue" ,should still have a problem. If not a seating issue, then should be minimum loaded into memory / CPU usage minimal.
From: Colin Trunt on 9 Jul 2010 20:08 "- Bobb -" <bobb(a)noemail.123> wrote in message news:i18bgm$sb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message > news:i17r5m$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > <<snipped>> >>> The CPU problem seemed to be related to badly installed memeory >>> (probably) >>> I have a grahics card with 1/2 a gg of memory. >>>> >> >> If you look at your Task Manager graphs, when there isn't any heavy user >> stuff running, are you still seeing one core running at 100%. Or is the >> system now, really "idle" ? >> >> Also, your statement about memory usage. You seem to be saying it follows >> program usage, which is good. If Chrome and Firefox aren't running, and >> the system is effectively idle, are you seeing 90% memory usage at >> that point in time ? >> >> Paul >> > Have you tried booting into Safe Mode and look at memory then ? > Press F8 while booting ( Google it for details). > If a "memory seating issue" ,should still have a problem. > If not a seating issue, then should be minimum loaded into memory / CPU > usage minimal. I did do this and it showed the ram was there. IIRC it showed the ram was there even when I had a CPU usage issue. The CPU issue has fortunately disapeared now. > > > >
From: - Bobb - on 9 Jul 2010 20:53 "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message news:GROZn.153726$NM4.90514(a)hurricane... > > "- Bobb -" <bobb(a)noemail.123> wrote in message > news:i18bgm$sb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message >> news:i17r5m$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> <<snipped>> >>>> The CPU problem seemed to be related to badly installed memeory >>>> (probably) >>>> I have a grahics card with 1/2 a gg of memory. >>>>> >>> >>> If you look at your Task Manager graphs, when there isn't any heavy user >>> stuff running, are you still seeing one core running at 100%. Or is the >>> system now, really "idle" ? >>> >>> Also, your statement about memory usage. You seem to be saying it >>> follows >>> program usage, which is good. If Chrome and Firefox aren't running, and >>> the system is effectively idle, are you seeing 90% memory usage at >>> that point in time ? >>> >>> Paul >>> >> Have you tried booting into Safe Mode and look at memory then ? >> Press F8 while booting ( Google it for details). >> If a "memory seating issue" ,should still have a problem. >> If not a seating issue, then should be minimum loaded into memory / CPU >> usage minimal. > > > I did do this and it showed the ram was there. > IIRC it showed the ram was there even when I had a CPU usage issue. > The CPU issue has fortunately disapeared now. >> So problem is solved ? Great
From: Colin Trunt on 12 Jul 2010 13:50
"- Bobb -" <bobb(a)noemail.123> wrote in message news:i18gas$i27$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > news:GROZn.153726$NM4.90514(a)hurricane... >> >> "- Bobb -" <bobb(a)noemail.123> wrote in message >> news:i18bgm$sb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message >>> news:i17r5m$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> <<snipped>> >>>>> The CPU problem seemed to be related to badly installed memeory >>>>> (probably) >>>>> I have a grahics card with 1/2 a gg of memory. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> If you look at your Task Manager graphs, when there isn't any heavy >>>> user >>>> stuff running, are you still seeing one core running at 100%. Or is the >>>> system now, really "idle" ? >>>> >>>> Also, your statement about memory usage. You seem to be saying it >>>> follows >>>> program usage, which is good. If Chrome and Firefox aren't running, and >>>> the system is effectively idle, are you seeing 90% memory usage at >>>> that point in time ? >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>> Have you tried booting into Safe Mode and look at memory then ? >>> Press F8 while booting ( Google it for details). >>> If a "memory seating issue" ,should still have a problem. >>> If not a seating issue, then should be minimum loaded into memory / CPU >>> usage minimal. >> >> >> I did do this and it showed the ram was there. >> IIRC it showed the ram was there even when I had a CPU usage issue. >> The CPU issue has fortunately disapeared now. >>> > So problem is solved ? > Great Yes, wel it has gone away for now. As I am not too sure what the cause is it could come back but I am pretty sure it was poorly inserted memory. > > > |