CPU usage in vista

Hey guys, my CPU usage in vista is pinned at 100%. A look at the resource monitor tells me it's the NT Kernel and System that's using up most of it. Is it just simple idling or what? Can the kernel actually use that much resources?? I guess another question would be, does this affect the automatic downclocking of my processor (is it pinned at max)?

 

and about what laptop are we talking ?

i dont know any thing about vista but i dont that it should use that much cpu

 

Vista eats only 3-11% of my CPU when idle. What is your computer configuration and which software are running in the taskbar? Which antivirus are you using (if any)?

 

i'm using the V6Va. software running are ATI CCC, Creative SB Audigy2, Synaptics touchpad, and Windows Defender

 

Can you post a screenshot of the performance tab in Task Manager. Also how much ram do you have?

I have the V6J btw

 

2GB ram, as you can see.

 

This is definitely not normal =/
You ain't using a *cough*patched*cough* vista eh?

 

You sure you're not using a TI-89? It's problems like this I look forwarding to getting while upgrading. If this is a consistent problem and you've eliminated all the running processes as the culprit and updated all pertinent drivers, a reinstall of the OS might be your best bet.

~ Brett

 

Yes, I got Vista Business edition from MSDN academic alliance, so it is the original production version (they put it up a few days ago). I did a fresh install (wiped HD) and just set up some drivers and necessary programs (office 2007, daemon tools, steam, etc..). So far the only problem I ran into was that I had used a non-vista compatible ATK0100 driver for the ASUS shortcut buttons, and I uninstalled that (though it didn't seem to uninstall cleanly). I am now running totally vista compatible drivers. I've got the catalyst 32-bit drivers straight from AMD, the beta catalyst drivers from Creative, the vista ATK drivers from ASUS, etc... A look at the performance monitor tells me it's not a driver issue. Is a full reinstall really recommended?

 

fixed the problem. I re-installed and checked each driver one at a time. the CREATIVE beta vista audio driver caused such a problem, as well as the newest REALTEK vista audio driver and the ASUS ATK vista driver. Avoid these if you can!

 

I thought the major improvements in VISTA were to prevent such buggy drivers from taking over the system resources..

How does an issue such as this make VISTA any more stable than previous editions of Windows?

 

I thought it would be a driver problem. Glad you figured it out and shared the knowledge .

Driver issues are independent from Vista. There's little Microsoft can do to stop bad ones from being made and wreaking havoc across the entire system. In XP, a bad driver (video for example) can stop the computer from being useful at all, though I'm not sure how Vista would handle that - probably the same.

~ Brett

 

So how are you getting the Audio in Vista working without the Realtek drivers installed? Running on Vista's own audio drivers?

 

Never underestimate the ability of Taiwanese companies to code inflexible, buggy, ridiculously resource intensive, steaming pile of **** software.

 

Well, there is a lot that Microsoft _can_ do to stop bad drivers from taking over the system.

As I mentioned, with VISTA, Microsoft has changed the way drivers interact with the kernel.

Source:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931914,00.asp

 

I'm running on Vista's own realtek audio drivers (from windowsupdate). They work just fine. And that driver model thing is a bunch of bull. Nearly every driver I got required a restart (with the exception of the intel 2915 driver, which doesn't have proset and forces you to use the MS client).

 

I remember reading that... but for every time I've read that, I've read not to upgrade to Vista for a couple months 'till drivers are completely stable and compatible with your system twice. Microsoft can minimize the number of catastrophic failures you'll get but you'll still get bizarre behavior and instability, not to mention incompatible devices. That's one of the reasons I'm waiting a little while to upgrade.

~ Brett