[SOLVED] CPU maxing out at 100%

Brentrb28 · 08-02-2007, 10:13 PM

My CPU is a 2.6GHZ Celeron with 1.25GB of Ram running Win. XP pro with a 40GB Hard Drive. When I log into www.KSL.Com which is a news site here in Salt Lake City, Utah I click on their video link to their stories and Immediately my CPU jumps up to 100% and does not drop for quite some time. When I open up my task manager it shows Taskmgr.exe up to 95% and IE up to 5% which maxes to 100% freezing my computer. Also when I run Real Player it IMMEDIATELY goes to 100% and does not drop for quite some time. I have tried updating my Java, Updating all my windows updates but so far have yet to figure out what the heck is going on. Any ideas?

**BCCOMP** · 08-03-2007, 07:56 AM

Hi Brentrb28,
Seeing you are having problems with multiple players and the PC is locking up. I would run a full scan for Spyware and Viruses. I would also check the operation of you memory to see if that is working correctly. Run MEMTST86. Post back with your results
Thanks,
Bill

Brentrb28 · 08-05-2007, 11:05 PM

It appears that it was non of the above solutions. I called my Videocard manufacture and they stated it was either a bad video card or a missing driver and asked me to update the Motherboard Drivers. I found a 4 in 1 driver and ran the update and immediately the problem went away. Who would have thunk!!!!!!!! Thanks for the advice though.

**BCCOMP** · 08-06-2007, 01:10 AM

Glad you got it fixed
Thanks,
Bill

08-02-2007, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Brentrb28 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Win.XP Pro	[SOLVED] CPU maxing out at 100% My CPU is a 2.6GHZ Celeron with 1.25GB of Ram running Win. XP pro with a 40GB Hard Drive. When I log into www.KSL.Com which is a news site here in Salt Lake City, Utah I click on their video link to their stories and Immediately my CPU jumps up to 100% and does not drop for quite some time. When I open up my task manager it shows Taskmgr.exe up to 95% and IE up to 5% which maxes to 100% freezing my computer. Also when I run Real Player it IMMEDIATELY goes to 100% and does not drop for quite some time. I have tried updating my Java, Updating all my windows updates but so far have yet to figure out what the heck is going on. Any ideas?

08-03-2007, 07:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,060 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: CPU maxing out at 100% Hi Brentrb28, Seeing you are having problems with multiple players and the PC is locking up. I would run a full scan for Spyware and Viruses. I would also check the operation of you memory to see if that is working correctly. Run MEMTST86. Post back with your results Thanks, Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan

08-05-2007, 11:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Brentrb28 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Win.XP Pro	Re: CPU maxing out at 100% It appears that it was non of the above solutions. I called my Videocard manufacture and they stated it was either a bad video card or a missing driver and asked me to update the Motherboard Drivers. I found a 4 in 1 driver and ran the update and immediately the problem went away. Who would have thunk!!!!!!!! Thanks for the advice though.

08-06-2007, 01:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,060 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: CPU maxing out at 100% Glad you got it fixed Thanks, Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan