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While using various programs that have some sort of animation or video on
screen, I find that that program tends to spike (and stay there) in the
30-60% range in terms of CPU usage. Examples: playing a video on Windows
Media Player 10, displaying a page with a flash animation (or game) in
Internet Explorer or Firefox, or playing a streaming video in Internet
Explorer via Windows Media Player.
I have yet to thoroughly test this, but I believe that it occurs with all
video-related software when it's active. Audio tests seem to produce normal
(below 5%) CPU usages.
The video card drivers are up to date with respect to Windows Update and the
manuafacturer's website and the BIOS was recently updated according to the
manufacturer's website.
It's an IBM ThinkPad T21 with Windows XP. SP2 is slipstreamed into the XP
CD that was used for the installation. The same thing happens on an IBM
ThinkPad T40 and a Dell Inspiron 600m. In the case of the Dell laptop, the
CD used had SP1 slipstreamed into it and a SP2 CD was used for the upgrade.
Even after a fresh installation of XP with SP2 slipstreamed onto a newly
reformatted hard drive, the problem still exists. This would mean that the
problem exists with SP2 as the problem is non-existant with a SP1 laptop.
Sorry for the long post. Any help is greatly appreciated.
screen, I find that that program tends to spike (and stay there) in the
30-60% range in terms of CPU usage. Examples: playing a video on Windows
Media Player 10, displaying a page with a flash animation (or game) in
Internet Explorer or Firefox, or playing a streaming video in Internet
Explorer via Windows Media Player.
I have yet to thoroughly test this, but I believe that it occurs with all
video-related software when it's active. Audio tests seem to produce normal
(below 5%) CPU usages.
The video card drivers are up to date with respect to Windows Update and the
manuafacturer's website and the BIOS was recently updated according to the
manufacturer's website.
It's an IBM ThinkPad T21 with Windows XP. SP2 is slipstreamed into the XP
CD that was used for the installation. The same thing happens on an IBM
ThinkPad T40 and a Dell Inspiron 600m. In the case of the Dell laptop, the
CD used had SP1 slipstreamed into it and a SP2 CD was used for the upgrade.
Even after a fresh installation of XP with SP2 slipstreamed onto a newly
reformatted hard drive, the problem still exists. This would mean that the
problem exists with SP2 as the problem is non-existant with a SP1 laptop.
Sorry for the long post. Any help is greatly appreciated.