Cpu 100%

Discussion in 'Software' started by hferris, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    hferris, Jul 14, 2011
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  2. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

    When you open Task Manager, Processes tab, what process is taking up most of your CPU?
     
    pwillener, Jul 14, 2011
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  3. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    system idle process
     
    hferris, Jul 14, 2011
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  4. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    That means your CPU is doing next to nothing, you're perfectly OK. Look at the bottom of task manager to see your total CPU usage which should be zero or one % with everything else remaining the same.
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 14, 2011
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  5. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    If it's doing nothing what could be causing the choppy A/V? The disk is free of any malware as per "Dr. Moriarty"... Also, could the rootkit have caused damage to the wireless router? How do I test that? It's got to be something... This computer ran fine before....
     
    hferris, Jul 14, 2011
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  6. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I see you only have 512MB of RAM. Add another stick then tell us what you notice.
     
    plodr, Jul 14, 2011
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  7. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    Okay. I'll try that. Is there an easy way to figure out which type my motherboard accepts? Also what are the processes: plugin container.exe and update.exe These are using a lot of CPU... Can they be deleted?
     
    hferris, Jul 15, 2011
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  8. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

    pwillener, Jul 15, 2011
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  9. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Go to http://www.crucial.com/
    and click on the system scanner tab below the picture. It will scan your computer and telly you everything you need to know. Write it down. You do not have to purchase the memory from Crucial but you do need all the facts crucial will tell you about slots, maximum, type, speed, etc.
     
    plodr, Jul 15, 2011
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  10. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    Crucial said I only have 64mb of ram, but that 512gb were available. Why is it not counting all my ram? Surely if only 64mb are being used the system would definatly slow down right?
     
    hferris, Jul 16, 2011
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  11. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    OUCH! Maybe they mean after the video card, still that sucks real bad man! I'd back up my stuff and reinstall at this point.:confused


    The 64 MB must mean the video RAM that your card is using as 64MB is no where near enough RAM for video. It's stealing RAM. Double it! In other words, add a new 512 stick that's compatible. If you can afford it, get a new video card.
     
    Last edited: Jul 16, 2011
    augiedoggie, Jul 16, 2011
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  12. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    Also device mgr says I have an NVIDIA graphics card. However, I'm looking right at it and it says ASUS AGP-V3800. 32m. What is going on here??????
     
    hferris, Jul 16, 2011
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  13. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    BTW nVidia is the chipset maker, not the card maker, it is confusing at times.Ya, that's an nVidia ASUS card though a dated one, one can't upgrade that too far. Best you can do for the money is get another 512MB RAM, not expensive at all these days.
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 16, 2011
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  14. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    The speed of my RAM and MOBO is 266. Will DDR-400 work in this thing, or does the new 512 RAM have to match?
     
    hferris, Jul 16, 2011
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  15. hferris

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    It seems like this all started happening after I reset the BIOS. Is there something in the BIOS that could (by default) have this effect on my performance?
     
    hferris, Jul 16, 2011
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  16. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Check Crucial, as long as it's the right package then the faster RAM will slow down to yours. It is better if sticks match but for you they are good enough.:cool
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 16, 2011
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  17. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Something is not right in the memory area. The below is from the system info log seen in the Malware Forum thread. Notice the memory lines I highlighted.
    Code:
    System Information report written at: 07/11/11 01:01:31
System Name: ATHLON
[System Summary]
Item Value 
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional 
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation 
System Name ATHLON 
System Manufacturer System Manufacturer 
System Model Product Name 
System Type X86-based PC 
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1656 Mhz 
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 7/8/2002 
SMBIOS Version 2.3 
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS 
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 
Locale United States 
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" 
User Name ATHLON\Talia 
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time 
[B][COLOR=darkred]Total Physical Memory 64.00 MB [/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=darkred]Available Physical Memory 115.55 MB[/COLOR][/B] 
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB 
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB 
Page File Space 1.22 GB 
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    The 64 MB agrees with Crucial. Not sure how the available physical memory could be higher than total physical.
     
    chaslang, Jul 16, 2011
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  18. hferris

    hferris Private E-2

    What gives?
     
    hferris, Jul 16, 2011
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