Steve, FYI, the red line indicates Kernel time, ie, the portion of the total CPU processing time associated with the OS kernel.
If your kernel usage is going up, it might be time to check for things like "how long has it been since I defragged the drives?" and related... Regards, aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:37 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PEDA] Strange CPU cycle leak > >I've been watching Windows TaskMgr while using 99SE SP6 under >W2K for the past several days. I notice that CPU usage goes to >100% essentially any time that Protel hsa a crosshair cursor >(moving parts, routing traces, etc.). > >I have also noticed that the CPU usage creeps up over several >hours. There's a red graph that seems to be some sort of >baseline system usage, and a green line that seems to be >application usage. It's the red line that seems to creep >upward. It's almost like a memory leak, only for CPU cycles. >This has only been happening for the past couple of weeks, and >the baseline leak doesn't seem to be related to Protel, but I >can't find anything else. Just did a very thorough virus scan, >that doesn't seem to be it. I had installed an HP printer >driver around the time I first noticed this, and have also >recently upgraded >(sidegraded?) W2K to SP3 and then SP4. > >Any thoughts? > >Steve Hendrix > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > This e-mail transmission and its attachments may contain information from Avtron Manufacturing, Inc. that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
