xdean82x

ok i have a

Dell vostro 1510
intel{r} core{tm}2 duo cpu
t5670 @1.80ghz
3.00 gb of ram
500 gb harddrive

when ever i play counter strike or something my comp is fine for a lil wile then randomly the cpu spikes frome 17% to 100% i just formated my harddrive and put a new version of xp on my comp with no programs but bitdefender and counterstrike and it still does it. also it has nothing to do with my connection ]
plz help me

kagaos

Why would you think it would have something to do with your internet connection? :S Not calling you stupid, just wondering how you came to that conclusion.

Anyhoo, random spikes do happen to pretty much all computers. But the severity and situation are typically different and are what indicate a problem.
So, my question(s) is:
What are you doing when it spikes?
How long does it spike for?
Do you have a power option allowing you to switch between "High performance" and "Power saver?"
I would suggest hitting ctrl+alt+del and getting into task manager. here you will find a tab called "processes" go in there and sort the processes by CPU usage. Then just monitor that until you get a CPU spike. What ever comes to the top of the list is the culprit. Record the name (if you are not familiar with it) and post it on here. From there I will be able to help you better.

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xdean82x

im playing counter strike
it spikes for like 2 min
no
and when i do it is counterstrike taking like 50 and thats all rlly thats the weird thing

mxthunder

It could be that bitdefender program you are running. That kind of stuff usually causes nothing but problems.

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xdean82x

i turn everything off before i play