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    Unusually high CPU processing while idling

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ramorendez, Jun 19, 2007.

  1. ramorendez

    ramorendez Newbie

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    Hey there, new to the forums. Recently, my laptop (ThinkPad T60p, which I bought last August) has been idling at around 30-35%, both processors. Task Manager reports that a process called "System" is using the processors. My system usually idles around 2-5%. Any ideas? Help would be most appreciated.

    Thanks!
     
    ramorendez, Jun 19, 2007
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    It's possible Vista is doing a lot of hard drive indexing and automatic defragmentation at idle, which would explain the processing.
     
    Playmaker, Jun 19, 2007
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  3. ramorendez

    ramorendez Newbie

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    I forgot to mention, I'm running Windows XP Professional, not Vista.
     
    ramorendez, Jun 19, 2007
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    SYSTEM.EXE? Could be a Trojan. What virus software are you running? Make sure Windows XP and your virus software are up-to-date. Run a full system scan for viruses.
     
    Xander, Jun 19, 2007
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    I believe there was an update for XP as well for indexing (not 100% sure on this). If this is not the case, check what is using your CPU by reviewing the background processes.
     
    Solidgun, Jun 19, 2007
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    ramorendez Newbie

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    It's not listed as a .exe file. It just says 'System', and it hogs 30-40%. I'll check out the process explorer. Thanks for the help
     
    ramorendez, Jun 19, 2007
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    unhooked, Jun 19, 2007
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