PC running at 100%

[Bernard]

My poxy computer is running at 100%.
What happens is it works for maybe a minute then 'pauses' again for a few minutes before getting it's breath back.
I checked what's running and there doesn't seem to be an obvious culprit, any ideas?

It's not the first time either, it was like this a few months back but righted itself.
Wonder how far I could throw it?

[Sebastian]

for somebody that work's in Dell i would have thought you have a supercomputer/internet connection .
sorry ,couldnt resist.


is the RAM mem enough?

[Bernard]

Nah, Dell only give it's employees a 10% discount, it's hardly worth the red tape.

Ram should be fine though, 1GB.

[gfalls]

How much space do you have left on your main drive? What size is your page file? Little space and large page file would cause problems.

[CJ]

Bernard, I asume you're referring to 100% CPU usage? Have you identified the problematic process? (taskmgr , arrange process by highest CPU usage). Alternativity, get a copy of Process Explorer from http://www.sysinternals.com .
CJ

[Bernard]

I'll check when I get home from work but I think I sorted it.

I noticed the fan cut in (loudly) today so I opened the chassis up.
What was happening was the dust \ fluff was clogging the fan and I'm guessing CPU was overheating.

After a good cleaning and all seemed fine for the next couple of hours, touch wood it stays like that.