https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4689#M25 <P class="mce-p">you need a better computer</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Fri, 04 May 2012 13:22:49 GMT the*scarlet*pimpernel 2012-05-04T13:22:49Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4670#M23 <P class="mce-p">Hi Computer experts.&nbsp; Whilst copying VHS tapes to Convert to DVD. My Computer hangs up and displays the CPU Useage as 100%.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Can you enlighten me as to what the problem is.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Regards&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; takoradi4</P> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:37:31 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4670#M23 takoradi4 2012-04-25T04:37:31Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4680#M24 <P class="mce-p">Your CPU is probably too slow to handle the program..</P> Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:05 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4680#M24 patchoo78 2012-05-04T13:00:05Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4689#M25 <P class="mce-p">you need a better computer</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Fri, 04 May 2012 13:22:49 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4689#M25 the*scarlet*pimpernel 2012-05-04T13:22:49Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4693#M26 <P class="mce-p">Hi , healthy processing&nbsp;even at 100% cpu power while executing a relative-to-system&nbsp;high resource task should not hang or halt but merely slow the processing of the task</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Could be a excessive cpu/chipset heat issue , possibly caused by dust build up on the cpu heat sink</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Excessive heat will slow/halt/crash your computer as it powers down to save itself</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">You might be able to monitor system temps by installing&nbsp;SpeedFan temp monitor and watch the temps rise as your project processes</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><A href="http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php">http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php</A></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">(click on the blue letter " SpeedFan " within the text)</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">If the cpu core temp is excessive&nbsp;&nbsp;like over 50 degress C</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">you can&nbsp;if careful&nbsp;open the box access panel and inspect the cpu heatsink and any case air inlet filters and remove dust using electrical stores bought canned air - after first shutting down and &nbsp;unplugging the computer and allowing to discharge for a few minutes in order to minimise static electricity damage in case you accidently touch a mainboard component or circuit</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Clean the CPU heatsink, chipset heatsink and video card heat sink if required</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Issue could also be caused by malware crashing the system as it tries to keep up with the data stream</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Run a reputable anti-spyware program like malwarebytes and/or superantispyware or ad-aware and also a full system file scan using your anti-virus program</P> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:54:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4693#M26 rogevibe 2012-07-13T11:54:51Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4700#M27 <P class="mce-p">Just as a point of interest we used to process video to cd with a 286 with a scussi writer and &nbsp;3/4 meg of ram.</P> Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:05:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Computers-Electronics/CPU-Useage/m-p/4700#M27 ca04 2012-07-15T05:05:51Z