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Old 08-20-2006, 05:26 PM
Greg Miller Greg Miller is offline
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Default Re: CPU Usage at 100%

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If you are running firefox, firefox is a memory whore. I have seen the memory usage climb to over 300megs of memory used. If you been using that, try closing it out and see if the CPU levels drop.

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Excessive memory usage should cause swapping, which drives CPU usage down. That being said, it's a good idea to close any non-essential apps.
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