Greetings everyone,
So I monitor my CPU temps with RealTemp v3.7 and it just so happens that the program also shows CPU load (live). I was surprised when I saw that it shows ~80% load at idle, while Windows Task Manager shows 0-2%. What is going on and which one should I trust? My Temps are VERY high for idle, so maybe something's eating at my CPU? A certain process or a virus?
Take a look at this:
Laptop Specs:
Dell XPS M1710
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 @2.16Ghz 4MB L2 Cache
2x1GB Kingston 667Mhz RAM
WD Caviar Blue 640GB HDD
NVIDIA Geforce Go 7950GTX (512MB, 256-bit)
P.S. The frequency of the CPU is lower in the screenshot, because I was running Prime95 prior to this, and the bastard underclocked itself to cope with the heat. The screenshot was taken a few minutes after Prime95 stopped testing.
So I monitor my CPU temps with RealTemp v3.7 and it just so happens that the program also shows CPU load (live). I was surprised when I saw that it shows ~80% load at idle, while Windows Task Manager shows 0-2%. What is going on and which one should I trust? My Temps are VERY high for idle, so maybe something's eating at my CPU? A certain process or a virus?
Take a look at this:
Laptop Specs:
Dell XPS M1710
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 @2.16Ghz 4MB L2 Cache
2x1GB Kingston 667Mhz RAM
WD Caviar Blue 640GB HDD
NVIDIA Geforce Go 7950GTX (512MB, 256-bit)
P.S. The frequency of the CPU is lower in the screenshot, because I was running Prime95 prior to this, and the bastard underclocked itself to cope with the heat. The screenshot was taken a few minutes after Prime95 stopped testing.
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