- Apr 20, 2016
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Dear All,
Good day. I am using a basic desktop operating on AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+, with 3 Gb RAM and the OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit with SP1.
I am pretty confused with the status of my CPU Usage which is consistently at 100% (even when all processes are shut). My RAM usage however remains at a relatively healthy 40% or so. I went through responses generated on the same issue in this wonderful forum and tried all of the following without any success:-
Firstly, started the Task Manager and closed all unnecessary processes (iCloud, some odd desktop process etc). No improvement resulted
Secondly, I shut the real time protection on the Microsoft Security Essentials. No improvement again.
Thirdly, I ensured that all temp files are removed (through Disk Clean Up) and the C drive is in any case not fragmented.
Fourthly, I removed all unnecessary software that kids keep installing by mistake. No improvement again.
I have not understood the following, to which I request for some guidance
(a) What explains the tardy CPU behaviour even after all the above actions?
(b) Is my CPU too old? Do I need to junk it? In order to keep it functional, I have not loaded heavy duty games or HD movies on it. I use it for documentation, uploading pics and essentially kids use it once in a while for browsing the Internet. I do not have any peripherals attached other than of course a wireless keyboard and mouse, a 2.1 speaker system and occasionally used HP Printer.
(c) When I am on Task Manager, and I add the resource consumption of all processes, it adds up to about 30% or so but the CPU Usage tab always shows 100%? I have not understood this issue? As of right now, there are 15 processes running on the PC with Firefox browser oscillating between 2% and 30%. But the CPU usage, as I brought out before, remains steady at 100%. What is an explanation for this?
(d) Is this ambient heat related? I am in India and the temp presently hovers around 38 deg during noon easing down to 34 or around 30 by night.
(e) Is this related to my C Drive (I have partitioned the HDD), whose capacity is about 40Gb but has now approx 6.5Gb free? All system and program files are on the C Drive.
Looking forward to your response and guidance. I thank you for your patience.
Regards
Kunal
Good day. I am using a basic desktop operating on AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+, with 3 Gb RAM and the OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit with SP1.
I am pretty confused with the status of my CPU Usage which is consistently at 100% (even when all processes are shut). My RAM usage however remains at a relatively healthy 40% or so. I went through responses generated on the same issue in this wonderful forum and tried all of the following without any success:-
Firstly, started the Task Manager and closed all unnecessary processes (iCloud, some odd desktop process etc). No improvement resulted
Secondly, I shut the real time protection on the Microsoft Security Essentials. No improvement again.
Thirdly, I ensured that all temp files are removed (through Disk Clean Up) and the C drive is in any case not fragmented.
Fourthly, I removed all unnecessary software that kids keep installing by mistake. No improvement again.
I have not understood the following, to which I request for some guidance
(a) What explains the tardy CPU behaviour even after all the above actions?
(b) Is my CPU too old? Do I need to junk it? In order to keep it functional, I have not loaded heavy duty games or HD movies on it. I use it for documentation, uploading pics and essentially kids use it once in a while for browsing the Internet. I do not have any peripherals attached other than of course a wireless keyboard and mouse, a 2.1 speaker system and occasionally used HP Printer.
(c) When I am on Task Manager, and I add the resource consumption of all processes, it adds up to about 30% or so but the CPU Usage tab always shows 100%? I have not understood this issue? As of right now, there are 15 processes running on the PC with Firefox browser oscillating between 2% and 30%. But the CPU usage, as I brought out before, remains steady at 100%. What is an explanation for this?
(d) Is this ambient heat related? I am in India and the temp presently hovers around 38 deg during noon easing down to 34 or around 30 by night.
(e) Is this related to my C Drive (I have partitioned the HDD), whose capacity is about 40Gb but has now approx 6.5Gb free? All system and program files are on the C Drive.
Looking forward to your response and guidance. I thank you for your patience.
Regards
Kunal
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