CPU Usage: % Spikes No Matter What

EBODude · 05-22-2008, 09:41 PM

Alright, my CPU Usage % is spiking no matter what I do. Even if the computer is idle, it'll spike. This is very annoying when I am playing Battlefield 2 or Gunbound or when I am watching a video, because it lags it up very badly, and I have almost no control over what I am doing. Loading pages on Internet Explorer takes forever too. Now, this never happened about two weeks ago, I thought it was a virus or something, so I went back to my last image, and I still had the problem.

My specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Motherboard: nForce-CK8S
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Sound Card: SB Live! 24-bit
RAM: 3 x 512 mb
Hard Drive(s): Seagate ST3200822A5, Maxtor 6Y080P0
CD/DVD Drive(s): SONY DVD RW DRU-500A
Power Supply:Ultra Computer Products, ATX Switching Power Supply, MODEL NO: ULT-400P
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 including all updates
Nothing is Overclocked.

Jack.Sparrow · 05-22-2008, 10:54 PM

Did you check the processes tab to find out what process is using up the CPU during these spikes?

05-22-2008, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
EBODude Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 79 OS: XP My System	CPU Usage: % Spikes No Matter What Alright, my CPU Usage % is spiking no matter what I do. Even if the computer is idle, it'll spike. This is very annoying when I am playing Battlefield 2 or Gunbound or when I am watching a video, because it lags it up very badly, and I have almost no control over what I am doing. Loading pages on Internet Explorer takes forever too. Now, this never happened about two weeks ago, I thought it was a virus or something, so I went back to my last image, and I still had the problem. My specs: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Motherboard: nForce-CK8S Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Sound Card: SB Live! 24-bit RAM: 3 x 512 mb Hard Drive(s): Seagate ST3200822A5, Maxtor 6Y080P0 CD/DVD Drive(s): SONY DVD RW DRU-500A Power Supply:Ultra Computer Products, ATX Switching Power Supply, MODEL NO: ULT-400P Operating System: Windows XP SP3 including all updates Nothing is Overclocked.

05-22-2008, 10:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Moving .... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,533 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: CPU Usage: % Spikes No Matter What Did you check the processes tab to find out what process is using up the CPU during these spikes? __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//