Cpu Usage 100%

gk172

Im trying to decode a movie and convert it for my ipod but when i run it through handbrake (which i did get working) the fan is loud and i checked the cpu usage is up running at 97-100% so i cancelled it as I dont want to blow up the pc but i have no idea as to why this is happening and its not only whilst using handbrake sometime when im playing bejewelled it reaches 97%.

Can anyone please advise what could be the problem as i havent a clue where to look and presummed this pc could handle decoding - dell vostro 400 - intel core 2 duo 2.20 ghz with 3 gb ram.

Thanks in advance.

fermi

Media encoding/conversion is naturally CPU intensive.

A close to 100% CPU usage is to be expected and as long as you cooling is sufficient and not compromised the PC should cope with it just fine.

I've left PC's encoding for hours with a maxed out CPU.

And when running some scientific simulation software I have had a older Dell machine running a batch file maxed out like that for over a week.

timbim_2

fermi wrote: »

And when running some scientific simulation software I have had a older Dell machine running a batch file maxed out like that for over a week.

Hope that's not on a stock cooler!;)

DatabaseError

timbim wrote: »

Hope that's not on a stock cooler!;)

I read elsewhere that everytime someone uses a stock cooler, jesus kills a kitten.
I don't know if it's true...but, just in case, I temporarily fit the stock cooler (saves me buying sacks+bricks) then fit a decent one

fermi

timbim wrote: »

Hope that's not on a stock cooler!;)

Probably was. Knowing the budget conciousness of the Uni IT department that is. :rolleyes:

But the PC was bought for that purpose and I didn't pay for it.

It survived having that done fairly often for 3/4 years at least, so it did very well.

timbim_2

DatabaseError wrote: »

I read elsewhere that everytime someone uses a stock cooler, jesus kills a kitten.
I don't know if it's true...but, just in case, I temporarily fit the stock cooler (saves me buying sacks+bricks) then fit a decent one

I think that more than a kitten dies when someone uses one of these...

DatabaseError

makes my main pc's cooler look positively cheap (I have the 1 fan version)

timbim_2

Link to a thread about it on Overclockers forums. Post #5 hits pretty hard.

stuartk

hi there

help you cpu the easiest way by adding more RAM

regards

timbim_2

If you read the OP, it's a Core2Duo 2.2GHz with 3Gb RAM. Adding more won't make the slightest bit of difference, as it won't be able to address more than that anyway.

Infidel

My Laptop sometimes runs at 90-100% even when I'm not running much. I'd always thought it was because I hadn't ran a spyware/virus checker for a while.