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    M50Vm high CPU usage?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by unrelatedwaffle, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. unrelatedwaffle

    unrelatedwaffle Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I started having BSOD problems about a week ago, and am fairly sure it's one faulty RAM dimm, but I also noticed that when I went into the task manager, that the CPU usage when no programs are open and completely idle never goes below 50%. Is this ridiculously high? What could be causing it?
     
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    Sort the processes and see which one is using the CPU.
     
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    None are listed as more than 1 or 2%, but the CPU usage is still high in the Performance tab.
     
    unrelatedwaffle, Apr 11, 2009
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    If you RAM is faulty, take out one stick and stress it using MemTest. If that stick is fine swap them and redo test.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 11, 2009
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