Questions tagged [cpu]
The part of a computer responsible for performing computations, often referred to as a processor.
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Why is Task Manager showing more than 100% CPU Usage? What does it mean?
I have a weird issue. This is the second time that I'm encountering this over the last 2-3 months.
My CPU Usage is constantly running between 120% and 200%... How? How is this possible? What does it ...
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Detect the origin for my computer's problems, probably hardware-related
In the past couple of weeks my computer shows more and more problems. I think it might be a hardware problem, since most of my setup is 13 years old and it worked before with the same OS. However, I ...
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How to changing 1GHz to 2.5 GHz processor....? In hp pavilion 14" laptop [closed]
Ssd is also in but wprking slow speed , i5 ,10 th generation laptop ,just processor is 1GHz is problem.
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how to troubleshoot MS Word freezing repeatedly with many images on page
I'm working on a single page MS Word document with 64 small images on it. As I'm working with the document I keep getting the spinning wheel and the screen fades every few seconds and the status bar ...
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Fresh clean Windows 10 installation is always throttling CPU to 10% llimit
Fresh Windows 10 installation on my DELL M6800 with Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4930MX CPU @ 3.00GHz is always throtlling it to 10% making it almost unusable.
I have tried different options like Group ...
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my pc has become slow, it just gotten slower on its own
These are my computer's specs:
Intel core i5 3570
GT 710 DDR3
8GB ram
It may not be powerful by modern standards, but it can play some games , like Minecraft, kinda good. My pc can run it over ...
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Intel i7-920 Stock Temp
I am running an Intel i7-920 chip on stock cooling and i'm getting about 55C on idle and 65-70C during light browsing (youtube, etc.) I understand that the maximum temperature the chip can take is ...
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Black Screen and System Hang - Possibly CPU overheating
I have this old computer - P4 2.0ghz, 1.2GB RAM and onboard graphics(no external card), 80GBHDD. It has xubuntu installed on it and it regularly hangs when it takes more system resources for say like ...
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What causes warning "The speed of processor x in group y is being limited by system firmware" in the Windows System event log?
Windows continually logs the following warning in the System event log:
The speed of processor 0 in group 0 is being limited by system
firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance ...
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CPU doesn't lower the frequency when idle
I switched to AMD processors a few years back and thought I just don't know something about their power management. So, for a couple of years I've had an 5600X processor running in a PRIME B550-PLUS ...
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How can I monitor processes running at a CPU thread of a Hyperthreading CPU?
My system is a network equipment, it uses Intel Hyper Thread processor and it runs Centos Linux. I can see /proc/cpuinfo has 2 processors, I assume they are actually 2 CPU threads, not 2 CPU cores.
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What effect does a graphics card have on live streaming output?
I stream live events, with the cameras inputted through USB adapters, and the stream encoded with WireCast.
How much of an effect does the graphics card have on the output quality when live streaming?...
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How to adjust user cpu quantums and the ability to preempt the other processes in Linux
I have a Linux system with NGINX web server, PostgreSQL database server, and many users running processes of same web application, each web application has its NGINX configuration file and a ...
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Toshiba Satellite L755 - CPU and GPU overheating
I'm at a little bit of a loss and wanted to try asking a question here :)
I own a Satellite L755, the model which includes Blu ray player, Nvidia 525m, 6GB RAM and a few more bells and whistles.
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Computer won't fully shut down
I built a gaming PC last summer and recently upgraded my processor. Since upgrading, when I shut off my PC the OS seems to properly shut down and my displays lose signal. However, my PC appears to ...
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