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Old 08-24-2011, 05:21 PM   #11
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
If the CPU is always 40-100% then the CPU is just too slow for the operating system. You could try looking up how to overclock the Turion CPU. You could also try installing Windows XP and see if it makes a difference.
Nah..not true at all. At idle, Windows Vista/7/2008 would should <50% CPU utilization even on a 233 mhz pentium..You can use VMWare to inspect how much CPU an idle Windows box uses, and its literally less than 100 Mhz.
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