high cpu usage/interrupts

hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had for
a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it seems at random, making it incredibly
slow. the only resolve is to restart the computer. I have process explorer
and it seems that the system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.

this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don’t think I
need to update the driver. I have removed the battery and have tried
turning off the wifi. It still doesn’t drop. any advise will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

In news:4dbc0f16$0$2585$c3e8da3$,
ab wrote:
> hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had
> for a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it seems at random,
> making it incredibly slow. the only resolve is to restart the
> computer. I have process explorer and it seems that the
> system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.
> this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don't
> think I need to update the driver. I have removed the battery and
> have tried turning off the wifi. It still doesn't drop. any advise
> will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Does Process Explorer say it is the DPCs? I am just making sure. If it
is interrupts like you say, does it happen more during hard drive usage?

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

"ab" <> wrote in message news:4dbc0f16$0$2585$c3e8da3$...
> hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had for a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it
> seems at random, making it incredibly slow. the only resolve is to restart the computer. I have process explorer and
> it seems that the system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.
>
> this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don’t think I need to update the driver. I have removed
> the battery and have tried turning off the wifi. It still doesn’t drop. any advise will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.

Have you thought about removing all the crap that Dell
pre-installs onto their machines ?

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/home

Once you get back to a basic Windows install then you can
see if it is still slow.

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ab wrote:

> hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had for
> a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it seems at random, making it incredibly
> slow. the only resolve is to restart the computer. I have process explorer
> and it seems that the system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.
>
> this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don¢t think I
> need to update the driver. I have removed the battery and have tried
> turning off the wifi. It still doesn¢t drop. any advise will be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks.

No such process is named "system/interrupt". There's System, System
Idle Process, svchost, and others but you'll have to be exact for anyone
else to know what process you are talking about.

If it's svchost, each instance of it rolls together several NT services.
You can use SysInternals' Process Explorer (which you say you have) to
look at what services are rolled into an instance of svchost that is
pegging CPU usage at 100%.

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VanguardLH wrote:
> No such process is named "system/interrupt". There's System, System
> Idle Process, svchost, and others but you'll have to be exact for
> anyone else to know what process you are talking about.

Huh? I am running Process Explorer right now under XP (is it the same
for Windows 7 or do I need a different version?). And it lists System
Idle Process, but breaks it down further. It lists three more under this
one and they are called:

Interrupts (Hardware Interrupts)
DPCs (Deferred Procedure Calls)
System (which has all other OS processes listed under it)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

Process explore states system and under that two subcatagories../interrupts
and smss,exe...wish I could send a screenshot. and the description is "
hardware interrupts and dpc's"

yes I uninstalled most of the bloatware that came with the laptop that was
hindering the startup.

"VanguardLH" wrote in message news:iphk6n$qu4$...

ab wrote:

> hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had
> for
> a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it seems at random, making it
> incredibly
> slow. the only resolve is to restart the computer. I have process
> explorer
> and it seems that the system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.
>
> this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don¢t think I
> need to update the driver. I have removed the battery and have tried
> turning off the wifi. It still doesn¢t drop. any advise will be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks.

No such process is named "system/interrupt". There's System, System
Idle Process, svchost, and others but you'll have to be exact for anyone
else to know what process you are talking about.

If it's svchost, each instance of it rolls together several NT services.
You can use SysInternals' Process Explorer (which you say you have) to
look at what services are rolled into an instance of svchost that is
pegging CPU usage at 100%.

"ab" <> wrote in message news:4dbc62a6$0$2560$c3e8da3$...
> hi..here is a screenshot I posted to Word. If u can see, I highlighted
> System andyou will see that the interrupt is using 80% cpu usage...
>

Select and right-click the interrupt entry and select Properties.
You might find more information on the Image tab.

thanks dave...I clicked on properties and all it says is N/A for
everything...there is a kill process option, but when I click on that it
just says "cannot perform action" I think process explorer is more of a
reference tool and you probably need to perform any outside actions through
"task manager"

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"ab" <> wrote in message
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> hi..here is a screenshot I posted to Word. If u can see, I highlighted
> System andyou will see that the interrupt is using 80% cpu usage...
>

Select and right-click the interrupt entry and select Properties.
You might find more information on the Image tab.

"VanguardLH" <> wrote in message
news:iphk6n$qu4$...
> ab wrote:
>
>> hello..I have a dell m5030 laptop (v160 processor with 2 gig ram). Had
>> for
>> a month..the cpu usage goes to 100% it seems at random, making it
>> incredibly
>> slow. the only resolve is to restart the computer. I have process
>> explorer
>> and it seems that the system/interrupt is hogging the cpu.
>>
>> this laptop came with all the bells and whistles on it so I don¢t think I
>> need to update the driver. I have removed the battery and have tried
>> turning off the wifi. It still doesn¢t drop. any advise will be greatly
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> No such process is named "system/interrupt". There's System, System
> Idle Process, svchost, and others but you'll have to be exact for anyone
> else to know what process you are talking about.
>
> If it's svchost, each instance of it rolls together several NT services.
> You can use SysInternals' Process Explorer (which you say you have) to
> look at what services are rolled into an instance of svchost that is
> pegging CPU usage at 100%.

Process Explorer DOES have a listing under System named "Interrupts". Mine
shows as using between 0.05-0.07 CPU. It's description is Hardware
Interrupts and DPCs. The OP probably needs to find out which hardware item
on their system is demanding so much attention.

"ab" <> wrote in message
news:4dbc67b8$0$2591$c3e8da3$...
> thanks dave...I clicked on properties and all it says is N/A for
> everything...there is a kill process option, but when I click on that it
> just says "cannot perform action" I think process explorer is more of a
> reference tool and you probably need to perform any outside actions
> through "task manager"

Have you added any hardware to the original setup? Any USB mouse or USB
drives? Do you have any SD or MMC cards in your reader? Have you tried
disabling the Bluetooth?