Once in a while my computer fan goes on and it sounds like it is working hard. When it is doing this, this is the activity that is going on in the processes:
System Idle Process and the CPU is at 65ish.
What is up with that?
Computer curiousity
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Bob Juch
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Re: Computer curiousity
It just got hot.Bixby17 wrote:Once in a while my computer fan goes on and it sounds like it is working hard. When it is doing this, this is the activity that is going on in the processes:
System Idle Process and the CPU is at 65ish.
What is up with that?
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tubadave
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System Idle Process is the percentage of CPU cycles that are not in use at any given moment. So, your CPU was only 35% engaged when you saw that.
Depending on the computer, fans can rev up when the workload increases or running temperature crosses a certain threshold. Probably not anything to worry about.
Depending on the computer, fans can rev up when the workload increases or running temperature crosses a certain threshold. Probably not anything to worry about.