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Just built myself a new rig with some new and some old parts. It seemed to be working great but now I'm getting a wierd problem. After leaving it on for a significant amount of time (all night yesterday, and all day today) I get this problem where the comp just starts lagging every 1-2 seconds. So I check my temps and such and they are all fine, I check my processes etc. See nothing out of the ordinary except my first core seems to be at 11% usage during idle pretty constantly. I have a core 2 duo E6600, brand new. Don't understand why it is doing this and making my computer lag so bad?
A restart seems to fix it. Just want to know what is causing this to happen so I can fix it. Thank.
A restart seems to fix it. Just want to know what is causing this to happen so I can fix it. Thank.
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Is there any specific process that uses that a lot of CPU resources?
I find it a bit easier to monitor CPU usage with Process Explorer, as it doesn't show 00 next to totally idle processes; it also shows DPCs and Interrupts which, if using a lot of CPU when idle, might point to a driver or hardware problem.
Some things that probably aren't related but which you might want to do anyway are updating the drivers (in case you used the ones that came with the hardware) and updating the motherboard BIOS.
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This only happens when the computer has been on for 5+ hours, and like I said before, a restart fixes it.
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This is my IRQ screen, can anyone tell me if they notice any problem?
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Windows Update/Latest hardware drivers?
Yes, I've done all obvious courses of action.
Reset Bios to Defaults
Updated all my drivers
Scanned for vir/spyware
Fully updated windows xp pro
Still same problem.
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Not sure though -- no expert, here. Just trying to help you out.
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It could be that you are seeing spurious interrupts or an interrupt storm. These are usually unwanted or unnecessary interrupts. A good way to look at it is someone dialing the wrong number or placing a crank call over and over to the same place. If the CPU gets too many of these it will cause it to slow down.
Does the process explorer tell you where the interrupt is coming from? Odd are it is from one of the older pieces of equipment in your computer that is reaching the end of its life.
You many want to consider turning the computer off while it is not in use. Waiting for it to start up may be a pain but this will extend the life of the older hardware.
Lots of motherboards have an internal USB port or USB header pins for stuff like 3.5" bay cardreaders.
I had this problem with my home machine for a while as well. It turned out that something I had plugged into my USB port (a Kensington Bluetooth adapter) was causing the issue.
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