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Thread: X2 3800+ 939, IDLING at ~20%

  1. 09-19-2007, 11:22 AM #1
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    X2 3800+ 939, IDLING at ~20%

    I know it's some sort of strange oxymoron, but I have upgraded my S939 Shuttle (SN95G5) with one of those cheap X2 3800+'s from NewEgg, ran a fresh XP install, updated with AMD X2 drivers, MS Hotfix, AMD Optimization, boot.ini, reg...etc.

    Before and after those updates, my CPU "idles", IE: no programs running, tray empty, fresh reboot, task manager under processes shows System Idle Process at 99%, but switching to the Performance tab, CPU usage is at a consistent 20-30%, CPU 1 blips, but most of that 20-30% is running solid on the second core.

    WTH?!
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  2. 09-19-2007, 07:04 PM #2
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  3. 09-19-2007, 07:05 PM #3
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    Here's a pic of what i'm seeing, I sorted the processes by CPU usage, but you can see at the bottom the 24% usage...

    Eh...

    @i found nemo: It stays this way after a fresh reboot :| I can't find any processes causing it...
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  4. 09-19-2007, 07:07 PM #4
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    can i get a full list? extend it a lil.
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  5. 09-19-2007, 07:16 PM #5
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    Here's task manager expanded, and sorted by CPU usage. Also the CPU usage on the two cores under the performance tab...
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  6. 09-19-2007, 08:04 PM #6
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    Do you have any powermanagement software on? I know on my laptop there are options to set how low the utilization on my CPU can go...
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    do u have cool and quiet or the idel monitor from amd going both of those will show 99-200% utilization in the task manager
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  8. 09-19-2007, 08:33 PM #8
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    possibly a bios thing? Did you reset cmos before installing dual core and do you have the latest bios?
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    No cool and quiet, power management, or idle software as far as I know...

    I used the AMD driver and Dual-Core Optimizer from here: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._13118,00.html

    I didn't reset the CMOS before installing dual-core, but I'm pretty sure it reset itself as I had to redo my BIOS settings- I'll try that, as well as check on the latest BIOS...
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  10. 09-19-2007, 08:43 PM #10
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    You also may want to try it without the dual-core optimizer. I believe in some cases it caused more problems than it helped. . . I could be mistaken here though as I never had to try it myself.
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    BIOS updated to latest (sn95s1xd.bin), CMOS cleared, and Dual-Core Optimizer removed.

    Fresh reboot after it all, it persists... :O

    It really doesn't affect anything, just so annoying- like having your speedometer at 20mph when you're stopped :|
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  12. 09-19-2007, 09:10 PM #12
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    Seems like a hidden process(some malware maybe?) running in background?
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    Gonna give this a try when I get home: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
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    it's not the indexing service running?
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  15. 09-20-2007, 06:35 AM #15
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    Wouldn't that show up in Task Manager? I can check under services and stop it if need be to see if the usage goes away? Seems odd it would only use the 2nd core though...
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    What seems odd is that the idle process reports 99%, you can't have that and 25% CPU usage from something else
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    aint it deferred procedure call? IE interrupt conflict/really bad driver/F_component?
    DPC itself isnt showed in taskmgr imho, try Process Explorer from SysInternals
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  18. 09-20-2007, 07:16 AM #18
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    DPC is probably the one doing the usage.

    One question, what video card do you have in that system ? Nvidia 6800 maybe ?
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