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vw bug - Jun 15, 2006 6:10:19 am PDT #8320 of 10003
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vw bug - Jun 15, 2006 6:12:14 am PDT #8321 of 10003
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Ok. There are 42 processes, and the CPU Usage is ranging from 3-7%. Is that good? Bad? Normal?
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2006 6:17:53 am PDT #8322 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ok. There are 42 processes, and the CPU Usage is ranging from 3-7%. Is that good? Bad? Normal?
So then, the total CPU usage (at teh bottom of the window) is pretty low? and the System Idle Process is a high percentage?
Yeah, there are usually 40 or more processes, most with obscure names....
When the computer is acting slow, is there a lot of disk activity?
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2006 6:20:20 am PDT #8323 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and when the computer is acting slow, is the CPU usage low? or is the program you're using (IE, Firefox, etc.) high and everything else has a low CPU usage? (You can click on the head of the CPU column to sort the processes by CPU usage %.)
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2006 6:22:29 am PDT #8324 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and since it's a laptop, it might have some power-saving feature that slows the CPU down. Usually this only happens when not much is going on (it speeds up when there's a high demand for the CPU) but you might want to investigate your laptop's power-saving features and crank the CPU speed up if that's an option.
Jon B. - Jun 15, 2006 6:25:29 am PDT #8325 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
(You can click on the head of the CPU column to sort the processes by CPU usage %.)
I had no idea! When I've needed to check, I've always scrolled around looking for the high usage process. You just made my day!
vw bug - Jun 15, 2006 6:45:37 am PDT #8326 of 10003
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When the computer is acting slow, is there a lot of disk activity?
I don't know what this means. If it means, "is it loud?" Then yes.
Oh, and when the computer is acting slow, is the CPU usage low?
I don't know. It's better now, and I'm afraid to open IE, because it'll just mess everything up again, and I'll have to reboot and stuff.
or is the program you're using (IE, Firefox, etc.) high and everything else has a low CPU usage?
Right now, that is the case (with Firefox being high).
but you might want to investigate your laptop's power-saving features and crank the CPU speed up if that's an option.
How would I check that?
Also, you guys are Teh Awesome.
Eddie - Jun 15, 2006 10:21:13 am PDT #8327 of 10003
Your tag here.
vw, you might try
1. going into Add/Remove Programs,
2. click on the Add/Remove Windows Components button on the left,
3. uncheck Internet Explorer, Next, follow wizard
4. click on Add/Remove Windows Components button,
5. check Internet Explorer, Next, follow wizard.
Hopefully that'll repair what's ailing IE (well, more than usual).
Jon B. - Jun 18, 2006 10:44:17 am PDT #8328 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is a motherboard's SATA 3Gb/s connector backwards compatible with an older 1.5Gb/s SATA drive?
Tom Scola - Jun 18, 2006 10:58:11 am PDT #8329 of 10003
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SATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s, allowing SATA 1.5Gb/s hardware to interface with SATA 3Gb/s ports and vice versa. However, some systems that do not support SATA speed autonegotiation may require that the drive's speed be manually limited to 150 MB/s with the use of a jumper for a 300 MB/s drive.