January 28, 200224 yr Whenever I click my mouse and hold it down (left click) looking at the windows task manager I see the CPU usage skyrocket to 100%. I know this should not be happening with a Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz PC 256 800mhz Ram 350 watt PS, etc... ANyone else having this problem, and know how to remedy it? I haven't a clue.Big Booger
January 28, 200224 yr It's actually not a problem, it's normal. I've got a P4 1.7ghz and 256rdram at 800mhz too and it happens. Even on my old Celeron the same thing would happen. The usage immediately drops anyway immediately after you release the mouse.
January 28, 200224 yr Author I mean does the mouse really need all that power to operate? Think about this, 500 Mhz machine mouse uses 100%, so if you upgrade to 1000Mhz machine, it should only need 50% ????Just screwin' around. Thanks Conan for the clarification. Sometimes the smallest things screw me up.Big Booger
January 28, 200224 yr There used to be a long thread about this in our old board. Everyone experienced the same thing. But yes it is weird.
January 28, 200224 yr Running a P4 1.6gig with the same ram config, actually never noticed that....thou I wouldnt think that ur mouse would be pulling that much on sys resources???
January 28, 200224 yr Running a P4 1.6gig with the same ram config, actually never noticed that....thou I wouldnt think that ur mouse would be pulling that much on sys resources??? [/quote:733c7626cd]Just one of the many hidden wonders of Windows!
January 29, 200224 yr Doesn't happen to me either.Boogs,Conan,what type of mouse are you using?It may be a driver issue.
January 29, 200224 yr doesnt happed on a 300mhz pentium II, im not upgrading if it takes a p4 all its processing power to click:p
January 29, 200224 yr This is way to do it for those who said it doesn't happen for them. Open up task manager so that you'll be able to see the CPU usage. Then left click on the minimize/maximize portion of your browser, while you left-click, keep pressing on the mouse button and don't let go. Then you'll see the cpu usage rise.
January 29, 200224 yr Oh ok..:WTF?:.there we go! that is a bit strange..i dont think its anything to be worried about. -drew
January 29, 200224 yr Gave that a go and........man does that sucker shoot up to 100% quick!!!:eek: :eek:
January 29, 200224 yr Author that is my question, does the interface of the mouse really eat those resources like that under sustained click-and-hold? I think its a fluke or something weird, though I rarely click and hold like that. Big Booger
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