Athlon 2.4 running slow ??

[ajpepe72]

I have just built a pc using pcchips M811 FSB266 with Athlon 2.4 chip. the system boots up fine and loads windows xp fine but after about 5 minutes if i press cntr, alt, delete it says cpu usage is 100% even though there are no programmes running and it just stays at 100% then. any ideas ? If i go to task manager and click processes one of the items says svchost.exe/system and the figure "70" under the CPU heading, then lower down another which says system / system and says "30" under the CPU heading. any ideas as i havnt a clue.

 

[Jimbob1989]

I have just built a pc using pcchips M811 FSB266 with Athlon 2.4 chip. the system boots up fine and loads windows xp fine but after about 5 minutes if i press cntr, alt, delete it says cpu usage is 100% even though there are no programmes running and it just stays at 100% then. any ideas ? If i go to task manager and click processes one of the items says svchost.exe/system and the figure "70" under the CPU heading, then lower down another which says system / system and says "30" under the CPU heading. any ideas as i havnt a clue.

There is a virus which can do this.

Jimbob

 

[Praetor]

with Athlon 2.4 chip

So you've got a FX53/Athlon-4000 in there?

if I press cntr, alt, delete it says cpu usage is 100% even though there are no programmes running and it just stays at 100% then. any ideas ?

Definitely seems like its not a hardware issue for ya

If I go to task manager and click processes one of the items says svchost.exe/system and the figure "70" under the CPU heading, then lower down another which says system / system and says "30" under the CPU heading. any ideas as I havnt a clue

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1. I assume you've done the preliminary virus/spyware checks
2. Have a run through of what services and crap you've got running (Start -->Run-->services.msc)

There is a virus which can do this.

Theres tons 'o virii that can do that

 

[Jimbob1989]

Theres tons 'o virii that can do that

There is also a reasonably new virus which does this

 

[Praetor]

There is also a reasonably new virus which does this

Would be helpful if you named it

 

[kappa4184]

Yeah, I doubt that it is your CPU because I have the same problem right now and I have a 3.0 P4 running at normal temps.

Praetor: What Should I be looking for in the services screen?

 

[Praetor]

because I have the same problem right now and I have a 3.0 P4 running at normal temps

A bit hard to do a cross comparison like that

Praetor: What Should I be looking for in the services screen?

Stuff that shouldnt be starting up (there are descriptions for all the services)