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Originally Posted by Brad
Did you see the post right above yours? Are you running any Dashboard widgets, in particular any third-party ones? Get rid of them and see if your problem persists.
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Yes, I saw that post
. I'm sure it's not a widget, and it's not Virex (I've never had it on mysystem).
Using top, I get the following tasks:
top: 10%
kernel_tas: 7%
Terminal: 1%
Followed by three or four other tasks that use less than 0.5% each (none of them widgets). However, the total CPU use is reported as 3% user, 10% sys, which although not exactly the same is at least in the same ball park. The occasional bumps have 3% user 33% sys, but the indivisual tasks do not increase, i.e. they remain at the same level as the normal low level activity. So what's using those extra CPU cycles and not being reported in the task list?
I've done a complete 'erase & install' and it's still doing it
. I've checked that there are no widgets running, and that there aren't even any installed other than the defaults, and I've even deleted the widgets preference files, and still no joy
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So is there anything else I can try?
EDIT: tried resetting PRAM, didn't make a difference.