what is "system idle process"?

ashenfang · Sep 23, 2003

Im curious, my system is still having massive problems, which you can find here;

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233410

I noticed when the system started having these problems, i went to task manager and noticed system idle process was using 99% of CPU. What does this do?

Also, still looking for suggestions on problem. I think it might just be a hosed OS.

Movax · Sep 23, 2003

That's normal, system idle is what the CPU does when there is nothing to do. It just loops until something needs it's attention.

unreal · Sep 24, 2003

lol thats funny,,, i hope this is a joke,,, all that means is when nothing is using the cpu,, it is telling you basically what percentage is not used...

emericanchaos · Sep 24, 2003

dummy post to attract attention to the other thread imo

anyways yeah it's just a counter. if you wanna kill it you can start folding. folding will use the cycles going to waste and there will be fractions of a second being processed instead.

ashenfang · Sep 24, 2003

actually no, i wasn't trying to bring attention to another post. I really did not know the function, and was wondering if it was in relation to my other comp problems. This is why I posted it in MS OS thread rather than anything else.

I do appreciate the answer i recieved though.

bulk88 · Oct 7, 2003

In win98 you used to use a program called Rain, CPUidle, or Waterfall to cool your CPU by running halt instructions threw the CPU. The system idle process in the NT kernal OSes repalces those programs.

champdog · Oct 7, 2003

Your problem is that the folding at home client isn't installed on your computer

It'll take care of all your idle cycles, and cure diseases at the same time

what is "system idle process"?

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