High CPU problem

[Tzzket]

Im having a problem with my laptop, the problem is that every so often my cpu will shoot up to 100% with system taking up the majority, ive searched all over google etc and tried all the solutions now im just completely lost  > help much apreciated thanks.

[Elf]

Hi Tzzket. Welcome to H-kon.net

Which version of windows are you using? What is the name of the process using all the 100% of cpu?

[Tzzket]

thankyou, im using windows xp home edition. The process that takes up the cpu is called "system"

[H-kon]

Hi Tzzket Welcome to H-kon.net

Does the cpu go to 100% during all activities, or is it random?

Do you have any system information?  Amount of RAM, cpu etc

[Tzzket]

hello, and i dotn realy know alot about RAM etc, but the problem usualy occurs when im running a game.

[Elf]

To find out how much RAM and type of cpu.

Right click on "My Computer" and select properties. In the system properties window post what it says under Computer

[Tzzket]

okay,

intel(r) celeron(r) m cpu
430 @ 1.73GHz
1.73 GHz, 504 MB of RAM

[H-kon]

What game are you experiencing the problem with?

Do you know what kind of graphics card you have?

[Tzzket]

no idea about the graphics card i havnt upgraded or anything, the game my brother playes is runescape that crashes alot for him.

[H-kon]

Sorry for the delay, it's a bit hectic in private these days.

if you are experiencing 100% CPU load while a game is running, this is not unusual. This is supposed to happen.

Crashes however is a different thing, it might be a good idea to update your graphics card drivers if possible.

Got to: Start>Right click 'My computer'>Properties>Hardware> Device Manager> Display Adapter or Graphics card.

What does it say?  let us know the name.

[Tzzket]

okay right, it says there is two, mobile intel (R) 945GM Express chipset family.

[H-kon]

Sounds like you might have an integrated graphics card. Do you have a custom built computer, or do you have a pre-built model from HP, Dell, etc?  If you have a model name, that would help

[Tzzket]

i have a pre built model from Dell, the model is a Dell latitude D520 if that helps thankyou  ;D

[H-kon]

I have been checking a bit on Runescape which seems to be a browser based game using Java. It might be that you need to update Java, or try another web browser to see if things improve like Mozilla (www.mozilla.com) or Opera (www.opera.com).

What browser are you using, if you have a version number that would be excellent

You can find the newest version of Java here:

http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

[Tzzket]

I tried to install the latest version of Java, but i already had it, i've also tried running IE Explorer 7 and firefox, still the same happens  :-\

[H-kon]

Are you getting an error message, or does something specific happen? Do you have a screenshot or any other information that might help me?

[Tzzket]

i dont get any error messages at all but next time the problem occurs il screenshot my task manager so you can see it for your self

[Tzzket]

sorry for the delay, anyway...here is the screenshot of the first part of the taskmanager;


http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/jofer73/untitled-1.jpg

and here is the second half;

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/jofer73/untitled2.jpg



Just to note, that the process "taskmanager" is taking up alot of cpu there but this is completely random it can jump from taskmanager to messenger or anything, i have no idea why, and also "swiftkit" is just the client we was using to run runescape at the time. (still happens with firefox and IE)  :-\ hope this helps anyway.

[H-kon]

Thank you for posting the images

When it happens for you, does your disk drive make more noise than normal?

[Tzzket]

no, just remains as it was before.