Re: 8400 - Choppy Sound, Erratic Mouse

You might also check your update speed to make sure what you are seeing is
recent data. But it seems what you say should be correct and they both
should show the same. Unless, of course, something is hidden.

If you get really tired of it, a program was suggested by someone in another
forum. Go to the below website and check out Process Explorer. It is about
the same as Task Manager, but makes it more clear what you see. If you do
have something running hidden, I don't know whether this product will see it
or not. Hopefully you don't have some type of rootkit running on your
system.

http://www.systeminternals.com

Clark

"Sparky Spartacus" <Sparky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> nospam wrote:
>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Dell 8400, running XP, current on updates, using Soundblaster Live-24.
>> Intellimouse wireless. Nvidia GeForce. All drivers current. bSATA
>> drives, Raptor 74 as main drive.
>>
>> The machine runs great most of the time but a few times a week the
>> mouse will become erratic, the sound becomes very choppy and the XP
>> performance monitor shows about 98% System Idle in the left window but
>> the right window shows about 35-50% busy at the same time.
>
> Why not try using Task Manager and customize the "Processes display to
> include CPU Time? When you get the condition display the Processes tab and
> left click on CPU Time twice (don't double click though) to sort it into
> descending sequence. Should be obvious who's gobbling your CPU cycles.
> "System Idle Process" should be at the top of the list - see who's next.


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