100% CPU Usage.

[tagen]

Also had this pain in the ass issue all through summer.   I did more research on the 'cpu' topic than I have on anything else in my life and the most important thing I learned was that there are about two thousand individual reasons as to why our machines are running hot and constipated.    I kept hoping for a Microosoft 'hotfix'  or a Windows or HP Update....  I guess two thousand different solutions is a bit much to ask.  But **bleep** it was maddening!

SOLVED ON MY MACHINE:    I reinstalled my BIOS -  same version and it only took around ten minutes.   Over time I was using and experimenting with a lot of those 'optimizing'  software utilities like Iobit and Win Utilities -  there's probably a million of them out there.      So the settings on my computer were just a drunk mess.   Reinstalled BIOS F21 and it's now the quietest smoothest running laptop ....  I was so appreciative I didn't throw it out a window.  Anyway it worked for me...  maybe it can help one of you guys out.

   Take Care....

                       - Tagen

[brnttoast9]

if you have windows media player installed it runs a process called windows media player network share, it starts automatically and eats up almost all of your CPU. Look online on how to kill the process tree and disable it worked for me.

[palacyk]

Thanks, it worked for me.

[Sethery]

I am having this issue to but it only seems to come from running programs like Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I do have both updated to the newest versions and this is something that has happened for months off and on. Goes away sometimes, then suddenly pops back up. It doesn't matter if I'm running netflix or something that uses a lot or just doing something like looking at these forums. It's the program spiking the usage no matter what it is being used for. Makes no sense to me at all. Anyone else have that particular issue?

I'm considering just redoing the entire system (again). Had this computer for about 2 years now and have had to redo the system at least 6 times because of this issue. I have a Pavilion dv3, bought straight from the store too, so completely factory set up. Running Windows 7, do not recall if this happened with Vista since I got the Windows 7 update only a couple months afer purchase.

It is completely maddening. I can run other programs that USE internet connection with no problem, like games, music software, etc. Only internet browsers cause the spike on my laptop 😞

[Ojive]

Bump.

I had a customer today with the same issue: 100% CPU usage on random processes. It was a 4320 HP ProBook.

I had a hunch and i installed CPU-Z on the target machine. It showed that CPU was running 1x Multiplier and 133Mhz Buss, resulting in total cpu speed: 133 Mhz. Yes, thats right, an i3 2.27 Ghz running at 133Mhz. Pentium 1 days 😛

What i did was that i went to Windows 7 power managment, edited the "balanced" power plan that was selected, CPU power managment and edited "Lowest" setting. I set it to 100% on power and battery. It fixed the issue. The percentage value can be adjusted to whatever you want your CPU to run at.

This fixed the issue for me.

[jameshands]

Yep... On my Windows 7 laptop the power options were doing something wonky.  I recently made a new power profile and when I switched back to the previous profile (that had always worked fine)  the computer did not like it after a while.  CPU usage at near 100% but no specific program or service seemed to be the culprit.  Everything slowed to a crawl. 

Once I found this thread I switched the power plan option back to an HP default setting, everything was fixed.  When I switched back to the problem setting, everything was still normal (for now).   Go figure...

Hope this helps someone before they lose 2 days of work...

[steerpike]

Hi

Just come across this thread - I had this issue with a Pavilion DV6 and could not find any reason for it.

I came across another thread on the same topic which had a solution:

In the power plan settings (assuming you are not using the HP Recommended default) go to Change Plan Settings, Change advanced power settings, Processor power management, System cooling policy and change from Passive to Active.

I have just done this for the Plugged In setting only at the moment, and the cpu usage has gone right down. I have Chrome open with several tabs, Outlook, SQL Server Mgmt Studio, Visual Web Developer and various other things, and the cpu usage is between 1% - 9%. Marvellous! Before it would be 99% - 100%

[Paesano]

This issue has been bothering me for some time now.  I even ended up getting a replacement PC, but the same model and the issue came back.  I saw another post where the extra battery, TV08 was the culprit.  So I removed that and I also made the adjustments to the power settings recommended here.  Of course, now I won't know which one fixed it.  I guess I'll run like this for a couple of weeks and if it does not come back, then I'll try the extra battery and see if it returns.  It's been making me crazy. 

[DanoWilliams]

I have a dc7100 usdt that I bought refurbed at Walmart a year ago, love it. Last month, I tipped a soda and a very small amount got through the side vent just under the speaker.  Very soon afterward, the unit started to fail, as in shot done or displat a red led at power up. After a few hours of rest, it came back on. I flushed the main board  and inspected it, no visible danage using a magnifier. Upon power up it would run for 2-8 hours and suffenly freeze, requiring a power off reset. Then I observed that: when the unit uas in freeze mode the cooling fan was howling, running at top speed and before in halted one svchost use at 50% of full load for no apparent reason. On the usage graph two waveforms displayed seem to b inverted from each other. Would someone who knows tell me: Is this something running on the cpu causing it to fail, or is this a failure mode of the cpu when it gets to warm, that it would invert one of the outputs. I'm thinking that it is, 'cause my fan turns slowly and this box is the warmest i've ever used I think.Is there a place where I can see , stop and start individual items in a svchost.exe, in case it's software related..... anybody?   Dan Williams Mesa AZ  

[SuperMario1]

Hello DanoWilliams. I have read your issue. It would seem that this faulty behavior is caused by malfunctioning hardware. In this case, I would contact HP technical support for more assistance.Their options will be based on the warranty status of the computer. If you do not have this information, you can locate it at this website: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/wc/home?ac.admitted=1384280905804.876444892.199480...

You can utilize this website to learn how to contact HP appropriately, based on your region: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-contact-us.html

Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Mario