Monitoring, anticipating, and reacting to server load is a full time job in some organizations. Unexpected spikes in resource usage can indicate a software or hardware problem. Gradual increases over ...

Learn how to use the Core Temp application to monitor your CPU temperature and prevent overheating on Windows 11.

How do you tell how much load is on a CPU? On a desktop or laptop, the OS usually has some kind of gadget to display the basics. On a microcontroller, though, you’ll have to roll your own CPU load ...

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the heart of any computer, and like any powerful electronic component, it generates heat ...

Thread title is pretty clear I think, I'm not quite sure what's going on here exactly but um... when the system is busy, the mouse does not function.. this leads me to believe that CPU and mouse are ...

Many Linux administrators and support technicians regularly use the top utility for real-time monitoring of their system state. In some shops, it is very typical to check top first when there is any ...

Imagine a situation where you boot your computer, but the operating system doesn’t load; instead, you get the “CPU Over Temperature Error, Press F1 to run setup ...

My understanding was that a CPU microcode update is stored in non-volatile memory on the motherboard and is loaded by the BIOS or UEFI into volatile memory on the CPU during boot. And because the ...