re: System Idle Process taking 95% of CPU
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 1:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Clifford
(3 messages posted)
In the end, I flashed the BIOS and the problem is solved! Now the system idles at
1-2% CPU usage, and is much more responsive.
Also I used SiSoft Sandra to analyse the system, and followed its recommendations
on which services could be switched from automatic to manual (or demand).
Clifford
On Monday, November 4, 2002 at 10:56 am, ckrokit wrote:
>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
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