<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFF00"> Hi I have a strange problem in as much one of my 6 CPUs is maxed out at 100%. On checking "htop" I see that root is causing this. I am running 12.10 on an AMD 64 system. This problem comes and goes. but does cause core temp. to rise when it happens. Any help would be appreciated. Ross Schoenauer </body> </html>