CPU usage?

[temperedcore]

So after I installed Bionic and started crunching yesterday evening I noticed I was using about 25% of my CPU for say the first 30 minutes. It then cranked up to 100% which I attributed to being afk for 30 minutes. It then went down to 75% while I was goofing around and playing L4D2 and maintained that until I went to bed. I assumed it would go back up to 100% while I was sleeping but when I got up and went to check my accomplishments I noticed I was at 25% usage again....what gives?

[hokiealumnus]

Go to the processor usage tab in BIONIC and tell it to crunch while the computer is in use. It will still give up cycles when other programs call for them, but will use whatever it can. :)

[temperedcore]

Thanks Hok...I double checked and it was already checked. I restarted the computer and it went straight to 100% and has been holding since then. Hopefully it stays that way...I just wanna make the most of it.

[hokiealumnus]

Hahaha...funny you should put it that way. I had the same issue: "Making the Most of Rosetta@Home (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=624042)". You're very welcome.

[drshivas]

When you first install BOINC, it sometimes crunches a single task to start, but then will catch up and download more tasks, which in turn get the other cores busy.