Internet hang while CPU utilization at 100%

[Albeniz]

Dear folks,

 

I encountered a persistent problem while using my laptop to open up the hotmail webpage to read my Emails.

 

After signing in hotmail and gaining access to read my Emails, my laptop would suddenly slow down reaching to an almost "hang" state. The temperature of the CPU would suddenly rise to a high level till I could feel the heat with my hands.

 

At this point, when I go to the Task Manager, it would show 100% CPU utilization by the hotmail internet page. It will continue for a very long time. Fearing that it will spoil my laptop, I have to abort the process by pressing "Cntrl, Alt, Delete".

 

Clues anyone? Appreciate your inputs.

[Gabriel]

could it be the fan spoilt..time to change new one ?

better go haf it checked...for mine it will shut off immiediately...

when over heat and fan was spoilt

[Dj_spike]

Do u have Norton Antivirus installed and run at startup? I got the same 100% CPU utilization when i used NAV. Now i changed liow. Better already...

[Slowmo]

try with other browsers and see if you still get this problem.

 

copy and paste the following link in your "Start/Run" box to download firefox immediately.

 

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firef...=win&lang=en-US

 

 

 

also take note to hear if the fan is working. you can hear one, but don't mistaken for the humming of the harddisk.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Slowmo

[Albeniz]

Thanks all for the prompt replies.

 

The problem only occurs uniquely when I am at hotmail page.

 

At other websites, the web surfing is normal and CPU utilization is very low.

BTW, the fan is working, I could feel the air vibration.

[Slowmo]

could be the IE got corrupted.

 

try with the firefox and see.... you should use firefox to access hotmail anyway, with the anti-ad extension, you can weed out most useless advertising on the net.

[Nutty]

Are you using the new Hotmail Live?

 

Try reverting back to the classic Hotmail interface and see if it improves?

[Nutty]

This might help...

 

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost....811818&SiteID=1

[Albeniz]

Thanks to all who have responded.

 

Yes, using Mozilla Firefox seems to solve the "hanging" problem encountered while I am at the hotmail page. Appreciate your help.

 

As I have already expected, there are really many IT experts in this forum.

The MCFers here really consist of Crouching Tigers, hidden dragons. Many earning more than $65k per year, I am sure.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Albeniz

[Nutty]

No worries.

 

IE7 is very resource hungry...

[Slowmo]

Convert to firefox

 

you can do everything in firefox except for visiting certain badly designed .sg sites like poems, iras, cpf, ns.sg...etc

[Nutty]

Anyone actually uses Maxthon as a browser?

 

I find it the least resource hungry browser around.

 

Very important for me as my lappy has only 512MB RAM.

[Albeniz]

I should have brought this issue out for you guys' advice earlier.

 

My CPUs might have been stressed unnecessarily for the last few days.

Luckily I killed the process when I see a 100% CPU over an unreasonable period of time.

 

Thanks all! Great help.

[Slowmo]

Not sure... I'm more pro firefox because i've not been suffering system hangs due to web browsing for years.

 

 

thing with firefox is that you can tweak it's performance and behaviour w/o screwing up your registry (or rebooting)

here's a few articles on firefox mem management.

 

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_(Firefox)

 

 

more technical ones:

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/memusage.html

[Slowmo]

don't worry bro.

CPUs are like engines, they are made with a higher upper threshold than what you normally think it will take.

 

 

But heat is a killer for electronics.... CPU may not burn out first your other components might.

[UncleWolve]

Dear folks,

 

I encountered a persistent problem while using my laptop to open up the hotmail webpage to read my Emails.

 

After signing in hotmail and gaining access to read my Emails, my laptop would suddenly slow down reaching to an almost "hang" state. The temperature of the CPU would suddenly rise to a high level till I could feel the heat with my hands.

 

At this point, when I go to the Task Manager, it would show 100% CPU utilization by the hotmail internet page. It will continue for a very long time. Fearing that it will spoil my laptop, I have to abort the process by pressing "Cntrl, Alt, Delete".

 

Clues anyone? Appreciate your inputs.

 

Check your processes ... when ur TURBO kicks in or VTECK kicks in..means resources is being maxed out

[Porker]

Cumputer got VTEC one meh? Turbo I know have cos certain brand names called Turbo...

[Apollo]

got lah....

old one 1 core is called WOT

 

2 Core one is MIVEC,

 

QuadCore one is 2 stage beetech.

 

if use hyperthreading tio si VVTi