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 | | From: | geoffm | | Subject: | Slow computer... | | Date: | 21 Jan 2005 01:12:04 -0600 |
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 | I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 - supposedly 2.9GHz, and 512MB or ram.
This thing is SLOOOOW. Lik,e click and wait a minute for the start
menu to unfurl, and just sitting there churning away doing nothing.
The original click-and-wait interface.
No spyware found and Antivir came up clean
Turning off Sharazza helped a bit
Any suggestions?
WHat is "system idle process"a and why is it 60-70% of my CPU?
Geoff
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| | From: | Gurble | | Subject: | Re: Slow computer... | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:25:44 +1300 |
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| On 21 Jan 2005 01:12:04 -0600, geoffm
had this to say:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 - supposedly 2.9GHz, and 512MB or ram.
>This thing is SLOOOOW. Lik,e click and wait a minute for the start
>menu to unfurl, and just sitting there churning away doing nothing.
>The original click-and-wait interface.
> No spyware found and Antivir came up clean
>Turning off Sharazza helped a bit
>Any suggestions?
>WHat is "system idle process"a and why is it 60-70% of my CPU?
>Geoff
1. At the risk of sounding bigotted, I've yet to see a Dell come
anywhere close to the performance of another computer with the same
specs and a reasonable motherboard.
2. Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Whilst it is (IMO) the best
antivirus solution, I've seen it do the same to 3 different computers
of late.
3. System Idle Process should be sitting on closer to 99% when you're
not doing anything. It does exactly as it's name implies - nothing.
It's a single thread (per processor) process set to the lowest
priority, that just concerns itself with counting what percentage of
the processor *isn't* being used. I'd be more concerned about what was
taking up the other 30-40% when idle.
HTH
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| | From: | David | | Subject: | Re: Slow computer... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:27:11 +1300 |
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| Gurble wrote:
> On 21 Jan 2005 01:12:04 -0600, geoffm
> had this to say:
>
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>>I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 - supposedly 2.9GHz, and 512MB or ram.
>>This thing is SLOOOOW. Lik,e click and wait a minute for the start
>>menu to unfurl, and just sitting there churning away doing nothing.
>>The original click-and-wait interface.
>>No spyware found and Antivir came up clean
>>Turning off Sharazza helped a bit
>>Any suggestions?
>>WHat is "system idle process"a and why is it 60-70% of my CPU?
>>Geoff
>
>
> 1. At the risk of sounding bigotted, I've yet to see a Dell come
> anywhere close to the performance of another computer with the same
> specs and a reasonable motherboard.
>
> 2. Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Whilst it is (IMO) the best
> antivirus solution, I've seen it do the same to 3 different computers
> of late.
>
> 3. System Idle Process should be sitting on closer to 99% when you're
> not doing anything. It does exactly as it's name implies - nothing.
> It's a single thread (per processor) process set to the lowest
> priority, that just concerns itself with counting what percentage of
> the processor *isn't* being used. I'd be more concerned about what was
> taking up the other 30-40% when idle.
>
> HTH
And it tells the cpu to HLT which keeps it cooler and saves power.
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| | From: | Mr Scebe | | Subject: | Re: Slow computer... | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:20:07 +1300 |
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"geoffm" wrote in message
news:tea1v05qiffhpj5hde22tgsh8085kj8v2e@4ax.com...
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 - supposedly 2.9GHz, and 512MB or ram.
> This thing is SLOOOOW. Lik,e click and wait a minute for the start
> menu to unfurl, and just sitting there churning away doing nothing.
> The original click-and-wait interface.
> No spyware found and Antivir came up clean
> Turning off Sharazza helped a bit
> Any suggestions?
> WHat is "system idle process"a and why is it 60-70% of my CPU?
It's what it says - idle. That's when the CPU isn't doing anything, which
means that some process is running at about 30-40% (consuming that much of
the CPU time). Look in the tasklist to see what it is - that will probably
be the cause of your slowness. I would hazard a guess that it's an AV scan,
but post the details if you're not sure.
BTW, make sure you put a tick in the box that says "show processes from all
users".
--
Mr Scebe
Losersh always whine about their 'besht'.
Winnersh go home and fuck the prom queen".
~Sean Connery in "The Rock"
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| | From: | Dave - Dave.net.nz | | Subject: | Re: Slow computer... | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:46:36 +1300 |
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| geoffm wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 - supposedly 2.9GHz, and 512MB or ram.
> This thing is SLOOOOW. Lik,e click and wait a minute for the start
> menu to unfurl, and just sitting there churning away doing nothing.
> The original click-and-wait interface.
> No spyware found and Antivir came up clean
> Turning off Sharazza helped a bit
> Any suggestions?
> WHat is "system idle process"a and why is it 60-70% of my CPU?
> Geoff
There is an issue with the Dell software and SP2, they have a knowledge
base article about it on their website.
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