CPU and heat question ....

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cjacek · #1 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:42 am

Hi,

I just bought a new, never used open-box A21M 2628-GSU Thinkpad with Win 98SE installed from the original IBM recovery cd. All I have installed additionally is Avast anti-virus and a couple of programs. My Thinkpad has only 64mb ram installed (from factory) but I have ordered a couple of sticks totalling 512mb ram. I will install as soon as I get them. Anyway, I've found that when "at rest" the CPU hovers between 75 - 80% and when I do web browsing, the CPU may go up to 100% but then go back to about 75-80 again. Also the bottom gets quite warm. Is this normal and would extra 512mb ram help here or ..... ? Any advice/help will be appreciated.

~Daniel

#2 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:02 am

What are you using to measure CPU? There really isn't a good CPU meter in Windows 98SE out of the box.

IIRC, those older machines ran hot doing nothing because they were using standard CPU's in a confined space.

I have a Windows 98SE machine running in the background here, and as close as I can tell, the CPU is not busy. Resource meter says that resources are mostly free. System monitor says that Kernel Processor usage is low.

Perhaps try uninstalling the Anti-Virus software temporarily and any other programs you installed to see if they are the culprit.

Finally, consider seriously upgrading the machine to at least Windows 2000 - Windows 98 is a poor choice for an OS today. (It was a poor choice when it first came out, but that is another story).

... JD Hurst

cjacek · #3 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:07 am

jdhurst wrote:What are you using to measure CPU? There really isn't a good CPU meter in Windows 98SE out of the box.

IIRC, those older machines ran hot doing nothing because they were using standard CPU's in a confined space.

I have a Windows 98SE machine running in the background here, and as close as I can tell, the CPU is not busy. Resource meter says that resources are mostly free. System monitor says that Kernel Processor usage is low.

Perhaps try uninstalling the Anti-Virus software temporarily and any other programs you installed to see if they are the culprit.

Finally, consider seriously upgrading the machine to at least Windows 2000 - Windows 98 is a poor choice for an OS today. (It was a poor choice when it first came out, but that is another story).

... JD Hurst

Hi, thanks for your prompt reply .... I heavily EDITED my original question so perhaps you could reread .... I'm using one of the programs that came with the laptop, PC Doctor and also RamBooster that also states CPU levels, which are in sync to the PC Doctor. Yes, I should upgrade to Win 2000 but I called IBM and thy said they won't sell me their original 2000 recovery cds with all the drivers, applications etc .....

Thanks,

Daniel

cjacek · #4 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:09 am

Oh [censored], I've been online for about 30 minutes and I'm getting the 94% CPU readout again and it's continuous, even as I write this ....... It seems as if the longer I'm online the higher the CPU increases in output .....

cjacek · #5 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:55 am

Also, how can I check that the CPU fan is working correctly ? Does the A21M have a fan ?

Thanks again,

Daniel

cjacek · #6 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:02 pm

PLEASE can someone tell me how I can check that the fan is working and working correctly ?

cjacek · #7 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:23 pm

I just read that my machine may only use a special kind of heatsink and not even a fan ......

cjacek · #8 Post by **cjacek** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:24 pm

Do u ever have the feeling that you're talking to yourself ..

#9 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:36 pm

People here normally help, but when you take a new machine that is running Windows 98, you have a machine that people probably don't have any more. I have had a dozen laptops since your machine was current.
... JD Hurst

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