PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage

[New Orleans Novice]

PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage. Hardware or software issue?

What would you test or change ?

Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ??

Performance locks into 100 %

My neighbor gave me this Compaq. She said it was running slower and slower.
Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ??

The Performance shows CPS usage from 5% to 100% at most times. But 1 or
more times per day it goes up to 100%. At that time the PC has to be
rebooted.

Using the Windows Task Manager the Performance Tab shows CUP usage at 100%
at times. There is no ryme or reason to when this occurs.

The Processes Tab after sorting by size in Memory Usuage does not list
anything unusual. This PC has all Windows Home XP Serice Pak 2 updates,
Windows Live One Care for virus and spyware protection.

Tweaknow RegCleaner Professional 3.7.2 was ran 3 times with reboots. C
Cleaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com ) was run with reboots.

Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ??
What would you test or change ??

Regards from New Orleans, Louisiana

COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100
Motherboard P4G533LA ASUSTeK
Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
Current Memory Type DIMM SDRAM 512
Maxtor 6Y060L0
Creative Labs Audigy SE
Monitor Envision ENVISION
Wireless DSL


Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo

 

[JS]

You need to find the specific sub-process or application that's taking all
the CPU resources and slowing down your PC.

To do this try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
Then expand the process named 'Explorer' (click on the + sign)
In the column on the left named 'CPU', look for any high CPU usage.
Next click on the CPU column to sort the processes by %CPU usage (Highest to
Lowest).
Then click on the process that's using most or all the CPU % to highlight
it,
Now that it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed select:
Search Online
This should display what out there on the web about that process.
You can also double click on any process to open up a more detailed
'Properties' window.

Note: some entries like Explorer, System/Services, Svchost may need to be
expanded to show the detail,
(sub processes), in this case click on the + located to the left of the
entry.

JS

 

[Gerry]

Tweaknow RegCleaner Professional 3.7.2 was ran 3 times with reboots. C
Cleaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com ) was run with reboots.

Dump in double quick time!
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

You need to identify the image name of the process generating the
excessive CPU usage.

What are the anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements for the computer?

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point.

To establish which process download and install Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[New Orleans Novice]

I DL'ed Process Explorer:

(
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx )
and now it is running after installing;

1. 256 memory chip
2. creative sound card
3. nVidia video card

Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo

 

[New Orleans Novice]

I DL'ed Process Explorer:

(
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx )
and now it is running after installing;

1. 256 memory chip
2. creative sound card
3. nVidia video card

Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo
The American spelling = Gary

 

[New Orleans Novice]

I added a new 256MB Video Card and 512RAM.

Thanks for all the links and help.

Lsu Edu in New Orlens, Enjoy your Gumbo