re: System Idle Process taking 95% of CPU
Monday, November 4, 2002 at 10:56 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6910 messages posted)
Ahh.. The old VIA chipset. Have heard more complaints on the VIA chipset than any
other. Depending on the chipset (133/266), they have turned off the HALT command
to the processor which is making the processors run hotter and consume more power
and I'm not exactly sure yet how this is effecting the system idle process. I will
post more about this later today or tomorrow and what people are doing to re-enable
the command (due to design, there can be side effects though). There are some tools
on the VIA website but I haven't had a chance to look yet. I've also found that
where there are reported problems with the system idle process, there have been some
incompatibilities in both hardware and software that can cause a loop. The idle process
is the simplest process there is in the system so it's pretty rare that it doesn't
work right, but it does happen. I will post more later when I get back. Personally
though, after having so many problems with VIA chipsets, I only buy boards that have
Intel or the new SIS sets. Have had far fewer problems and compatibility issues.
C K
On Sunday, November 3, 2002 at 3:23 pm, Clifford wrote:
>EPoX 8KTA w/1GHz Athlon. Latest VIA 4in1 and media drivers, 512MB RAM. Have downloaded
>but not installed latest BIOS upgrade since release notes were minimal (only describing
>changes in latest revision), and I think caution is called for in these things!
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