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| Thread ID: 18704 | 2002-04-30 11:31:00 | Update on CPU usage***10 points to anyone who can figure it out | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 46551 | 2002-04-30 11:31:00 | a while back I posted about my CPU running at 13% when idle......I now know what is causing it, stumped if I can fix it though. When my external Zip 100 drive is plugged into the printer port up goes the CPU Usage.....doesn't do it with just the printer.........tried the latest Iomega drivers, that increased the useage to 28%...uninstalled them back down to 13%.....tried changing the port setting in the bios....no difference. un-plug it and the usage goes back down to 1% at idle Got me stumped..... OS win XP pro Iomega Zip 100 external Parallel port......... |
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| 46552 | 2002-04-30 11:53:00 | DO you have IomegaWare installed. I *think* that it has a function to keep an eye on the zip drive and automaticaly explore a disk when you put it in. JM |
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| 46553 | 2002-04-30 12:11:00 | Is there a disk in the drive as well. I am having trouble but only when the disk is in and this sometimes results in a blue screen. I have 3 devices daisy chained off it. Printer and Scanner as well. I don't have any IomegaWare software installed as XP Pro had sufficient information to run this drive. Maybe XP is at fault? I don't suffer from CPU usage though but when a disk is inserted I suffer from blue screens but this is a rare occasion. XP checks to see if you put a disk in your Zip drive as well. You should disable this method by rightclicking on your drive selecting properties and finding where it automatically opens when the disk is inserted. I have my parallel port set to EPP only mode because of my Scanner. |
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| 46554 | 2002-05-01 04:53:00 | CPU usage figures when the computer is 'idle' are basically meaningless. Anything which runs at low priority will run more often, because it has no competition. If I'm running 'top' in Linux, and not doing anything much else, that usage monitor programme itself is using most of the little CPU time being used. I'd guess that the ZIP driver is checking the drive (to see if a disk has been inserted)each time its time slot comes round. If your CPU usage for it doubles if you upgrade the driver, that sounds about right (I've often seen CPU usage double with 'improved' software). Worry if the ZIP driver is using 13% (or 28%) of the CPU when you are doing some real work with the computer (without a disk in the drive). |
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