# Cpu spike

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-spike/107881>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 19, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-spike/107881 "2004-04-19T22:48:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cpu-spike/107881/1 "2004-04-19T22:48:34Z")

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I’m having some sort of odd cpu spike, my cdrom/dvd drives become busy, even when they are empty, and my comuter freezes for about 30 seconds, i have no idea why this is going on, i’m currently using windows xp pro, does anyone know of a cause for this, or has anyone had the same problem?

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