re: System Idle Process taking 95% of CPU
Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 1:49 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Wim Kotze
(3 messages posted)
CK,
hi again..Thanks for your reply.Excuse my ignorance, but actually identifying my
motherboard based on the startup information turned out to be quite a mission. I
hope I've got it right.
- It seems I have a EPOX kt-133M+ motherboard (chipset?) (based on a search of my
award bios no 8363-686B-6a6LMPADC-00) - thats with an AMD Duron 1GHz processor and
128Mb RAM
- I have visited blkviper.com but not much has changed after following all recommendations
- I am willing spend the money to double my RAM if I'm convinced that it will solve
the whole problem, but I would like to tackle the main cause first.
- The system idle process is around 50% when the CPU reports 75% (which is, incidentally,
all of the time).
- my pc at work, with similar software (and more) and the same RAM and CPU, but with
windows 2000, rarely idles at more than 2%.
It would be a very, very happy day when I know what steps to take to solve the problem..Do
you think I might need to upgrade my MB?
thanks & regards
Wim
On Monday, November 25, 2002 at 9:46 pm, ckrokit wrote:
>Hi.. It's been a very active thread to say the least. I have found some very interesting
>things on some boards/systems but got stalled due too work etc. First, when your
>CPU is showing 75% load, what does your system idle process show? If a constant
>of 75% cpu load, the systems idle process should be around 25% or so. If it is
higher
>by 5% or more for example, then you have some hardware or software issues going
on
>or an overlaoded system that may be weak on resources. Take a look at all of the
>processes to see what they show. Is the system idle process low and the CPU load
>high? If this is the case, the process hogging the CPU time is the culprit. If
>you haven't already, check out blkviper.com for a look at what services you may
be
>able to shut down to reduce the load. Then check which applications are running
>and try shutting down the ones that are using a higher percentage of CPU time and
>see if that helps. There have been reports of some errors in XP/2000 where the
load
>and idle process are being incorrectly reported but it seems to effect the same
type
>of board in differant ways. That makes no sense unless we take into consideration
>processor differences and other hardware/software issues but no one can say for
sure
>right now. What chipset does your MB have on it?? There are some chipset issues
>going on as I speak. So far I have found that I have to check the system idle process
>as soon as XP is installed. That way, no other software will cause conflicts and
>I can see immediately if there is a hardware/OP system problem. So far I have seen
>it mostly on AMD systems with certian chipsets, but not all chipset/MB/processor
>combos. Some of the newer boards require BIOS updates and some need them but they
>haven't been released yet or they may have some design problems. Wouldn't be the
>first time. I also noticed that you have only 128 meg of RAM. This is actually
>low enough to cause problems of a high amount of disk read/writes to the drive and
>has nothing to do with how big/small your VM is or if it is defragged (the system
>is actually getting choked). You very well might see a large improvement by adding
>at least another 128 meg of RAM if you can afford it. MS really should have told
>people that 256 was the recommended minimum. As I have stated previously, I have
>found the old BX chipsets doing better than the new ones unfortunately on the compatibilty
>issues and stability.. Post the model of your MB and I will check it out.. C K
>
>
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