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Davada
12-23-2000, 05:52 PM
I'm pretty computer-literate, but I've never seen anything like this. It started about a week ago. I didn't make any significant changes to my system, nor did I install any software. But, whenever I went to play any sort of game (anything that used up CPU power) it would become incredibly choppy in 20-second bursts, then play fine for a minute. Continuously.

I used system monitor to have a look at what my CPU's doing. I let it go for a few minutes (no programs running, most systray ones shut down, basically as much free resources as possible). 0% use for 1 minute, then it jumps up to 100% for 20 seconds, then back to 0%. Anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

Garry Harrop
01-01-2001, 06:40 PM
Is the CPU Cooler operating O.K, are there any changes in the speed of the fan, if so this could cause the cpu to overheat.

Davada
01-02-2001, 03:31 PM
I was suspecting it might be something along those lines. Ah well, time to break out the screwdriver ;-)