Random 100% CPU Usage with an ASUS A7V8X-X

[Lee Marsh]

Hi all,

I have this problem... randomly for no reason after 2 - 10 minutes the CPU
usage just goes straight to 100% and it won't go back down? this can happen
even when the system is idle and nothing is being used on it.

I've checked to make sure no services are running and checked for background
tasks but its all clear, this is a new computer and was wondering if the
power supply might be too low for the new stuff (its a 300w supply).

The system details are as follows:

VIA Hyperion 4 in 1 latest drivers with the ASUS A7V8X-X mobo
SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1
AthlonXP 2600+
80GB Seagate HDD
40GB IBM HDD
Mentor GeForceFX 5200
Windows XP Professional slipstreamed with SP1

Anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks for any help.

 

[127.0.0.1]

run an anti spyware like spybot might some programe not visible running in
the background good luck

 

[Kevin Olean]

run an anti spyware like spybot might some programe not visible running in
the background good luck

Something like AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

 

[Lee Marsh]

It turned out to be a BIOS setting causing the problems!.

Kevin Olean wrote:
| || run an anti spyware like spybot might some programe not visible
|| running in the background good luck
|
| Something like AdAware
| http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
|
|
|
|| ||| Hi all,
|||
||| I have this problem... randomly for no reason after 2 - 10 minutes
||| the CPU usage just goes straight to 100% and it won't go back down?
||| this can happen even when the system is idle and nothing is being
||| used on it.
|||
||| I've checked to make sure no services are running and checked for
||| background tasks but its all clear, this is a new computer and was
||| wondering if the power supply might be too low for the new stuff
||| (its a 300w supply).
|||
||| The system details are as follows:
|||
||| VIA Hyperion 4 in 1 latest drivers with the ASUS A7V8X-X mobo
||| SoundBlaster Live! Player 5.1
||| AthlonXP 2600+
||| 80GB Seagate HDD
||| 40GB IBM HDD
||| Mentor GeForceFX 5200
||| Windows XP Professional slipstreamed with SP1
|||
||| Anyone know what the problem could be?
|||
||| Thanks for any help.

 

[Ed Medlin]

It turned out to be a BIOS setting causing the problems!.

Great, glad to hear you found it. Just curious as to which setting was
causing it?


Ed Medlin

 

[Lee Marsh]

I think it was the PCI Latency was set too slow.

Ed Medlin wrote:

| Great, glad to hear you found it. Just curious as to which setting was
| causing it?
|
|
| Ed Medlin