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PastranA · 01-08-2003, 02:17 AM

hi all,
im not to great with computers and this seems like a good place to go for some help

i am running windows xp pro on a pentium 3 800mhz with 512 mb ram. from what i have read this is good enough to power win xp. i have noticed my computer all of a sudden slowing up and then getting back to where it was again. so i checked the cpu usage and it will be going from about 0% - 2% and then all of a sudden will just shoot up to 100% then come back down again.
the main thing that is annoying me about this is when it happens and im playin games the framerate drops down to about 10 fps. i was thinking that maybe its one of the things running in the background that i could close off or maybe its getting too hot?

any help u guys could give i would appreciate.
thanks
PastranA

01-08-2003, 02:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
PastranA Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 166	See today's most popular deals at » 100% cpu usage just for a second hi all, im not to great with computers and this seems like a good place to go for some help i am running windows xp pro on a pentium 3 800mhz with 512 mb ram. from what i have read this is good enough to power win xp. i have noticed my computer all of a sudden slowing up and then getting back to where it was again. so i checked the cpu usage and it will be going from about 0% - 2% and then all of a sudden will just shoot up to 100% then come back down again. the main thing that is annoying me about this is when it happens and im playin games the framerate drops down to about 10 fps. i was thinking that maybe its one of the things running in the background that i could close off or maybe its getting too hot? any help u guys could give i would appreciate. thanks PastranA