Hmm this thread makes me think it's relevant... https://superuser.com/questions/1060567/cpu-constantly-at-100-in-task-manager-but-not-in-process-explorer
On Jan 28, 2018 2:18 PM, "Bino Gopal" <[email protected]> wrote: > Shows how tired I am from the flu-realized that after I sent. > > But again-it's weird-no process shows as taking up any CPU, but Task > Manager and Resource Monitor both show the graphs as 100% CPU, all the > time, flat-no spikes or drops. > > But there's no process showing as using that CPU and the lists show the > CPU as idle... > > But the computer *thinks* something is taking the CPU b/c not only does it > show that in TM and RM, but the fans spin up to max, as if something was > using the CPU... > > And I went and tried shutting down everything from TM, RM and PE and the > CPU stayed flat at 100% and never went down... > > Super strange, no?? I can send screenshots if there's an easy place to > put them for people to view... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 1:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] PC running at 100% CPU? > > Idle is inverse of all other usage, aka not busy 95% is basically not busy. > > Use the graph over time to monitor cpu and disk to find the spikes when > you're not looking. > > On Jan 27, 2018 1:42 PM, "Bino Gopal" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Weird... > > > > Process Explorer (thanks for the rec and link btw guys) says that > > "System Idle Process" is grabbing 93-95% CPU... > > Task Manager details tab also shows the same thing-"System Idle Process" > > PID 0 is grabbing most of the CPU... > > But the Resource Monitor Overview and CPU tabs don't show the same > > thing...but I can see all 8 cores nicely pegged at 100% on the right > > there lol! > > > > The main reason I care (well other than something unknown grabbing all > > my CPU which is concerning) is that the fan kicks in at this CPU load > > and it makes the normally deathly silent laptop a little loud... > > > > And no AV or Malwarebytes Lopaka...and those should let the CPU go > > once they're done running anyway, right? > > > > Definitely strange...I've been pretty sick the last two weeks so > > mustering the motivation to do a deep dive into what's going on is > > beyond me right now...was hoping for an easy fix...*sigh* > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw > > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:24 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [H] PC running at 100% CPU? > > > > +1 on SysInternals tools FTW > > > > On Jan 26, 2018 11:11 AM, "Christopher Fisk" < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Check out process explorer > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdo > > > cs > > > .microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fsysinternals%2Fdownloads%2Fprocess-explorer > > > &d > > > ata=02%7C01%7C%7Ca55a9a4b7dd8491362aa08d565bb95b8%7C84df9e7fe9f640af > > > b4 > > > 35aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636526778697098352&sdata=l7Uru0UHA%2BDNxAb5 > > > Cc > > > 0vyukiWq3RYjpbbT4lY6eCJF0%3D&reserved=0 > > > to > > > try to track down the culprit. > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:54 PM, lopaka polena <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > You running any AV or malwarebytes on it? I've seen those grab CPU > > > > resources but only for a couple minutes after boot then usually > > > > tapers > > > off. > > > > > > > > lopaka > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Bino Gopal > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey guys, my fancy new MSI laptop (I fixed the random > > > > > freeze/lockup > > > issue > > > > > btw, once I replaced the cracked USB/audio board back in Nov!!) > > > > > is > > > doing > > > > > this weird thing where it goes to 100% CPU shortly after boot > > > > > and stays pegged at 100%. > > > > > > > > > > It does this even when totally disconnected from any network and > > > > > I did check Task Manager and Resource Monitor (for more detail) > > > > > but I > > > couldn't > > > > > really find any running process that was grabbing the CPU and I > > > > > did try shutting down anything that looked suspicious... > > > > > > > > > > Anyone seen this before (Win10 Pro v1709 OS 16299.192 64-bit) > > > > > and any ideas...? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
