99% System Idle Process with 50-30% CPU Usage

[baco...@hotmail.com]

The system idle process is running in the high 90% when idle (no
programs running - right after start up) but at the same time the CPU
usage is running at 50-30%.

Slow reponse times, unresponsive for several minutes at a time
Reloaded WinXP O/S
PC has 2GB RAM
Ran counter on the total processor time for 48 hours. For the first 30
hours, the processor ran @ 80-100%. The last 18 hours it ran 50-30%.

Any insight is appreciated.

[baco...@hotmail.com]

Figured this out on my own.....Found that my WiFi PCI card had a
conflicting IRQ (11) with my video card. IRQ's were eating up the CPU.
Moved the WiFi card to another available slot in the PC - XP's
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) assigned a new IRQ
to the card (10). XP is now running normally. Idle process is in the
high 90's, while CPU usage staying at or near 0. Works perfect!

[Brian Cryer]

<baco...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174502882.2...@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

Fascinating. Well done for identifying the problem.

I'm curious, because I'm not sure where I would have started, what put you
on to thinking it was related to the WiFi card?
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian