re: System Idle Process taking 95% of CPU
Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 7:11 pm
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Posted by taker
(1 messages posted)
The system idle process may not be the culprit here. Twice this has happen to me.
Suddenly my computer would operate super slow. The first time it affected my DSL
internet connection, web pages would take forever to load even though I had high
speed access.
First time solution: I had a Canon faxphone that was in storage (I moved to a new
address). So after I was settled in my new location with my computer in place for
about a 2 months, I thought I would set up the fax. This faxphone is one of the first
one's available to the public. I plugged in the phone line and the fax itself needed
120 vac recepticle. I then used an outlet in the power bar for the computer. Suddenly
my internet connection became very slow. After calling the DSL tech line numourous
times with no result, it clicked. I thought to myself, you know this started at
the same time I hooked up the faxphone. I disconnected the power cord to the fax
and my internet was at high speed again. Problem solved, it was not the system idle
process!
Second instance: I have a relative that moved in and now uses the computer. One
time recently I was out of town for a week and when I returned my nephew informed
me that there was something wrong w/ my computer that it was working really slow.
After trying a few things myself, I was unable to correct the problem. I then brought
it to a local repair shop. After $85.00 and a clean bill of health(computer). The
shop said it was fine. It wasn't. It was the same thing as before I took it in.
Most of the Windows components took about 3 minutes to load. Then once again something
had been placed in proximity of the computer. That week I was away my nephew had
installed a cordless phone with the base hooked in to my phone jack and the power
source plugged into the power bar. I removed the cordless phone and once again the
computer was back to normal.
Many seem to think it is a virus(which I thought) or software, hardware or even in
some replies Windows SP1. The problem may be external electical appliances which
in my case was the cause. My computer has a 1.7 ghz processor and is operating normally
with the system idle process at 99%. If the CPU is being used at say 5%, SIP will
drop to 95%. System idle process only shows the % of the CPU "not being used"
Hope this helps some of the users out there!
Soldier of fortune II RULZ !!!
taker
On Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at 9:54 am, C K wrote:
>Exactly what Bob has said. If you have a slow computer something else is wrong,
>either in the drivers or hardware that may be incomaptible, or problem applications
>or software. If you did an u
grade over an old operating system instead of a clean
>install, this may be your problem. The idle process has been written about many
>times before in this forum. XP isn't the only operating system that has the idle
>process built in. It is there for a reason. The idle process takes place when
the
>processor isn't being sent any other work to do indicating that you have problems
>somewhere else in your system preventing the work from getting to your processor
>hence, your slow system. The idle process halts the processor saving power and
reducing
>heat until it gets actual work to do. Look at the performance tab in the task manager
>if you want to see actual CPU usage while you are working. C K
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