Visom Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 It seems like CM is using 100% of the CPU when I play it on my laptop. It's a 1 GHz HP with 256 Mb RAM. Don't know the brand of the video card, it's probably lowend but I have no problems playing CM. It's killing my fan and draining the batteries. Seems like it's 100% both during plotting and watching movies (not sure during movies). Any idea what to start looking for or is it normal that CM takes whatever is available in the CPU? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PondScum Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Originally posted by Visom: Any idea what to start looking for or is it normal that CM takes whatever is available in the CPU?That's normal for CM. Not much you can do about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visom Posted May 26, 2002 Author Share Posted May 26, 2002 I guess I was expecting that but was hoping I had screwed it up. Anyone know if CMBB will be the same? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 It is normal for CM to take all availiable cycles, so it reads out at 100%. OTOH, I was just running 3 copies of CM at once, so I would not read too much into it. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visom Posted May 26, 2002 Author Share Posted May 26, 2002 CM is not the only application that does this, lots of developers think thay can use the unused CPU cycles without any negative impacts. I wasn't indicating that there is a bug, but it is a killer for laptops because they get overheated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 CM is not the only application that does this, lots of developers think thay can use the unused CPU cycles without any negative impacts. I wasn't indicating that there is a bug, but it is a killer for laptops because they get overheated.Like some 21st-century 1950s mother: "now, you use up ALL your CPU cycles or you won't get ANY video card upgrade. Don't you know there are children in China who have to use P166s?" DjB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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