High CPU usage at idle

[oglikn]

I have just assembled a new AMD Athlon XP 1600 system with the ECS K7S5A motherboard and 256 MG of DDR RAM. The cpu is running at 66%-80% at idle according to AnalogX Netstat and MotherBoard Monitor 5. There is nothing running in the background except systray and explorer. The system really boggs down when I burn a CD.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

 

[bjc112]

U have DMA enabled on your Drives?

Check under Device Manager.. 😛

 

[oglikn]

I have it enabled on my Plextor Burner, but not in my other cdrom. The manual said to have it enabled. Does it matter?

 

[bjc112]

yes but , enable it on your Hard drive also! 😛

 

[Snoop]

<< ECS K7S5A motherboard and 256 MG of DDR RAM. The cpu is running at 66%-80% at >>


I have a k7s5a as well and it does the same thing. I dont think its anything to worry about.

 

[Beau]

What os?

If it is XP, it could be your indexing service.

 

[bjc112]

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<< ECS K7S5A motherboard and 256 MG of DDR RAM. The cpu is running at 66%-80% at >>


I have a k7s5a as well and it does the same thing. I dont think its anything to worry about. >>



Nothing to worry about? thats something big to worry about... its should be in the 4 or 5 % range.. mine is at 2-4.. 😛

 

[oglikn]

I'm running Win98se.

 

[Beau]

Are the burner and HDD on the same channel?

 

[Budman]

<< I have a k7s5a as well and it does the same thing. I dont think its anything to worry about >>



No it's definately NOT normal,when my system is Idle it is just that IDLE 0% cpu usage.

 

[oglikn]

All drives (including the HD) have DMA enabled. Any other ideas?

 

[Chad]

Sounds like bad mouse software.