cpu at 80% usage near idle

[ekuest]

i killed my bios in a failed bios update attempt about 2 weeks ago. i have a pentium D 805. when i broke my computer, it would hang around 10-15% usage at idle. i just put in the new bios chip and a new hsf and booted up my computer. all the bios seetting reset obviously, and my cpu is now about 15 degrees cooler . however, i cant figure out why my cpu usage (using ctrl+alt+del) is not at around 80% when im not even doing anything. i had it OCd before to around 3GHz, now its at stock 2.67. i have steam, firefox, etc open, but no movies or games running. anyone got any ideas why its saying this? thanks.

 

[RonnieB1952]

Glad it's running cooler.

You should go back to Task Mgr and open up second tab "Processes" and see what programs are using your CPU. Right now mines at 0 to 1 percent.

Could be your anti-virus

 

[ekuest]

no antivirus. i did check. just stuff like steam, sound drivers, etc. exactly what i always had running in the background before.

i restarted my computer a couple times and it seems to be idling at 0-3% now, so i guess problem solved? heh. thanks anyway. now to update bios and upgrade to my e6600! bye pD!