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16-06-08, 11:49 PM
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High CPU Utilization
Hello,
I'm running VIA EPIA EN12000EG with 1GB of RAM on Windows XP. There are no major software applications installed. I've noticed that any time I fire up an application, the cpu jumps to 100% and stays there. It takes much longer than usual for the app to present itself. Looking at the active processes, it's always the app I fire up that takes 100% and runs forever that way. Eventually it dips, but that's when I'm not using the app. I've installed Vista and have the same problem.
Thoughts?
thanks in advance,
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17-06-08, 04:46 PM
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Try adding another Gb of RAM. Chris.
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20-06-08, 10:26 PM
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I would guess 1GB is sufficient enough especially when no other applications are running and I've turned several services off. The board apparently only supports "up to 1GB of DDR2"
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20-06-08, 10:41 PM
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Is Windows fully updated along with drivers for all your hardware and what speed are the harddrives running at?
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28-07-08, 07:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ncprater
It takes much longer than usual for the app to present itself. Looking at the active processes, it's always the app I fire up that takes 100% and runs forever that way.
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Much longer than usual, compared to what? The VIA Eden 1.2GHz is not even equivalent to an 800MHz Intel Celeron from 2002, except for its encryption engine performance.
Could be a BIOS or driver issue, do you have the latest BIOS?
BIOS V1.09 for EPIA EN
Latest drivers:
CN700 Chipset (includes IDE/SATA storage drivers)
UniChrome Pro Graphics
Vinyl AC97 Audio (VT1618 Codec)
Velocity Gigabit Controller (VT6122)
Otherwise, I tend to wonder whether you are seeing normal performance for this class of CPU. |
02-08-08, 05:25 PM
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1 GB of RAM is working. But if I understand correctly you are using a motherboard with on board video that will share the RAM and therefore Vista will have less than 1 GB it can use. That you will notice. One of my housemates had 1 GB minus 256 MB for the onboard effectively leaving 768 for Vista. That made Vista use the pagefile wat too much. Adding extra RAM did the trick.
I agree with Mr Chris to add 1 GB of RAM will make Vista more responsive.
But the same thing happens under XP with 1 GB of RAM so there must be something else going on.
What is the transfer mode in which the IDE channel is working?
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