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Computer curiousity
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:30 am
by Bixby17
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?
Re: Computer curiousity
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:31 am
by Bob Juch
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?
It just got hot.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:37 am
by tubadave
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:22 am
by Bixby17
Thanks. The fan on my newer computer can get really loud.