100% CPU usage problem try this!

Night2000 · 03-06-2002, 01:22 PM

To everyone with the problem with 100% Cpu usage try this. I did and now my Cpu usage is very
low. I'm using Win 98 SE so for everyone using later versions of windows you may have to do this procedure a little different. Anyway try this:
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To disable Advanced Power Management in Win98:
Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | 'Device Manager' tab | Expand
'System Device' tree |
Select 'Advanced Power Management support '
Press 'Properties'
Select 'General' tab and in the 'Device usage' portion of the dialog, check
mark the 'Disable in this hardware profile' option.
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Anyway once I disabled my advanced power management, Cpu usage goes way down.

[ March 06, 2002: Message edited by: Night2000 ]

mwolin · 03-08-2002, 05:56 AM

Your post is interesting as this is problem with my laptop. Does anyone know how to do this in XP?

Night2000 · 03-08-2002, 09:08 AM

[quote]Originally posted by mwolin:
Your post is interesting as this is problem with my laptop. Does anyone know how to do this in XP?<hr></blockquote>

I don't have Windows XP but this article should give you an idea on how to disable it for your system.

<a href="http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4671.htm" target="_blank">Click Here</a>

mwolin · 03-08-2002, 12:16 PM

Good tip, thanks...i will try disabling the shut down feature...and let u know

baseball brat · 03-11-2002, 09:03 PM

Alright, I am having the same problem with OOTP3. My OOTP3 was freezing up or the screen was going blank after about 10 - 20 minutes. I thought my OOTP3 was corrupted so I uninstalled and reinstalled OOTP3. Well, needless to say, it didn't work. So I finally checked my CPU usage when I started OOTP3 and, sure enough, it jumps to 100%.

So, my Operation System is Windows NT. How would I go about correcting this problem?

BleacherBum · 03-12-2002, 02:34 AM

Interesting discovery. Unfortunately, in the Win2000 Pro environment Power Mgmt takes on a different form, so I cannot reproduce this. Win2K uses a Power Options tab, with several settings. I tried shutting all of them off, to no avail - still see OOTP at 100%.

Were there any other settings you were experimenting with when you ran across this solution?

theDutchman · 03-12-2002, 02:51 AM

You cant use this fix for XP either. With my CPU running dangerously high anyway, I am afraid to run OOTP4! Doh!

[ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: theDutchman ]

JML · 03-12-2002, 04:29 PM

Well, it seems that disabling Adv. Power Management did decrease my cpu usage when idle, but I'm still pegged at 100% when OOTP is running. Since APM sounds like some kind of useful, possibly important thing, I think I'll turn it back on.

Thanks anyway.

[ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: JML ]

03-06-2002, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Night2000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Monroe, NJ Posts: 717 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	100% CPU usage problem try this! To everyone with the problem with 100% Cpu usage try this. I did and now my Cpu usage is very low. I'm using Win 98 SE so for everyone using later versions of windows you may have to do this procedure a little different. Anyway try this: ================================================= To disable Advanced Power Management in Win98: Start \| Settings \| Control Panel \| System \| 'Device Manager' tab \| Expand 'System Device' tree \| Select 'Advanced Power Management support ' Press 'Properties' Select 'General' tab and in the 'Device usage' portion of the dialog, check mark the 'Disable in this hardware profile' option. ================================================= Anyway once I disabled my advanced power management, Cpu usage goes way down. [ March 06, 2002: Message edited by: Night2000 ]</p> __________________ http://night2000.blogspot.com/ This post has the Al Bundy and Homer Simpson stamp of approval!

03-08-2002, 09:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Night2000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Monroe, NJ Posts: 717 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	[quote]Originally posted by mwolin: <strong>Your post is interesting as this is problem with my laptop. Does anyone know how to do this in XP?</strong><hr></blockquote> I don't have Windows XP but this article should give you an idea on how to disable it for your system. <a href="http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4671.htm" target="_blank">Click Here</a> __________________ http://night2000.blogspot.com/ This post has the Al Bundy and Homer Simpson stamp of approval!

03-12-2002, 02:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
BleacherBum All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 666 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1x in 1 post	Interesting discovery. Unfortunately, in the Win2000 Pro environment Power Mgmt takes on a different form, so I cannot reproduce this. Win2K uses a Power Options tab, with several settings. I tried shutting all of them off, to no avail - still see OOTP at 100%. Were there any other settings you were experimenting with when you ran across this solution? __________________ Right Field Sucks!

03-12-2002, 02:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
theDutchman Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	You cant use this fix for XP either. With my CPU running dangerously high anyway, I am afraid to run OOTP4! Doh! [ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: theDutchman ]</p>

03-12-2002, 04:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
JML Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The act or process of locating. Posts: 2,156 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Well, it seems that disabling Adv. Power Management did decrease my cpu usage when idle, but I'm still pegged at 100% when OOTP is running. Since APM sounds like some kind of useful, possibly important thing, I think I'll turn it back on. Thanks anyway. [ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: JML ]</p>

03-08-2002, 05:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
mwolin Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Your post is interesting as this is problem with my laptop. Does anyone know how to do this in XP?

03-08-2002, 12:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
mwolin Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Good tip, thanks...i will try disabling the shut down feature...and let u know

03-11-2002, 09:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
baseball brat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Alright, I am having the same problem with OOTP3. My OOTP3 was freezing up or the screen was going blank after about 10 - 20 minutes. I thought my OOTP3 was corrupted so I uninstalled and reinstalled OOTP3. Well, needless to say, it didn't work. So I finally checked my CPU usage when I started OOTP3 and, sure enough, it jumps to 100%. So, my Operation System is Windows NT. How would I go about correcting this problem?

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