Abnormal CPU running at 90-100%

[issh]

It has happened every now and then for the past week or so. I have ran a full virus scan, nothing came up and also i did not install any applications since it started doing it.
I do not know what's wrong with it.

 

[Ciara]

Hi issh

If you right click on your task bar and in the pop-up window click Task Manager the Task Manager window will open (you may have to scroll down) you should see what process is CPU hungry under the process tab, this will help you identify the problem.

 

[issh]

thanks!
yep, i will report back to you when it happens again and we'll deal with it from there
Out of Curiosity, what should normal levels be and what would high levels that cause a high CPU usage be?

 

[Solarstarshines]

it depends on the applications running in the background normal pc usage for me is while writing this thread was like 2% not much and i have alot of proceses in the background

 

[issh]

just happened again with iTunes @ 10
as seen down the bottom, the CPU usage is at 94%

 

[Ciara]

Look again at your Task Manager Your CPU is 94% but its none of the processes in the window you posted (your looking at Memory) if it happens again scroll down and keep looking in CPU

 

[issh]

so what am i supposed to do?
because i put the CPU usage from descending order and it therefore the program using the most CPU is shown on top

 

[Ciara]

Yes, This maybe a problem with itunes its self (I had a similar thing on my XP Laptop with Pop Peeper it would hang and my CPU would run 100%) so this may help - uninstall itunes then reinstall it, I cant promise it will work but it may

 

[issh]

Yep ill try that now, and if it fails i'll report back
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!!

 

[Ciara]

Hope it works issh

 

[Solarstarshines]

well issh looking at your snip it pic again you're windows you have up are using alot of ram I could be wrong but you have high memory usage on the explorer chrome etc

those are high numbers it shouldnt be that high but again that won't hang you something else is hanging you if you think it is i tunes try what ciara said but i think it goes a little deeper

you every try to update mainboard bios it might help

 

[Garlic]

so what am i supposed to do?
because i put the CPU usage from descending order and it therefore the program using the most CPU is shown on top

I would click "Show processes for all users" first. This will show all processes running on your system.

 

[issh]

it happen again, this time, the bios was already updated to the current one

 

[Garlic]

it happen again, this time, the bios was already updated to the current one

Please click "Show processes for all users" to see all running processes and then sort by CPU usage again to see which process(es) uses so much CPU time.

 

[issh]

yep ill do that when it happens again and then post it here

 

[issh]

it happened again, and here is the pic below
My computer specs are shown below that may be the cause of the problem
Core i7 720 QM @ 1.60 GHz
8 GB RAM DDR3
also, i am using IE9 BETA

 

[mckillwashere]

One thing I noticed is you have an UNGODLY amount or running processes...
Do you really need the

• msn toolbar
• Bargain Desk Software
• how many gadgets are you running?
• uninstall any unneeded applications

 

[issh]

i only have 3 gadgets running atm(Large Notes, CPU Status and Intel TurboBoost Technology Monitor)
and i'm also un-installing unneeded applications atm

 

[mckillwashere]

The reason why I said that is because the sidebar(gadgets) is using 10%

 

[issh]

okay