Kernel Task using 60% of processor

[johnnybluejeans]

Kernel Task has been eating away at one of my cores for a few hours now. On my 20" iMac (Intel), kernel task has been using about 60% of one of the cores nonstop.

Any ideas what it might be doing?

I could always reboot, but come on, this isn't Windows. ; )

 

[mad jew]

What are you doing on the Mac? Have you got lots of peripherals plugged into the USB or Firewire ports? Are you using an external drive?

 

[whocares]

<paranoia>
It's an intel virus!
It's sending out all your personnal info to everybody on Earth.
Run for your life!
</paranoia>


j/k

 

[jhu]

Kernel Task has been eating away at one of my cores for a few hours now. On my 20" iMac (Intel), kernel task has been using about 60% of one of the cores nonstop.

Any ideas what it might be doing?

I could always reboot, but come on, this isn't Windows. ; )

let's see a screen shot of your task list

 

[johnnybluejeans]

 

[jhu]

this may shed more light, hopefully. perhaps it's a driver somewhere?

 

[Peace]

Are you running a server?
if so what..

 

[johnnybluejeans]

Nope.. I probably have windows file sharing enabled.

I rebooted and everything is back to normal.

 

[Peace]

Nope.. I probably have windows file sharing enabled.

I rebooted and everything is back to normal.

In your screen capture you have NETserver as a PowerPC app..

That is not windows file sharing..

 

[johnnybluejeans]

In your screen capture you have NETserver as a PowerPC app..

That is not windows file sharing..

Has something to do with my printer driver. Printer sharing maybe.

 

[janey]

whatever you do, for the love of god, do not kill or forcequit kernel_task. (as if the huge hint of pid=0 wasn't big enough..)

at any rate, rebooting is one simple and fast way to get rid of kernel_task using 60% cpu.

Just out of curiosity, is this on 10.4.4?

 

[johnnybluejeans]

whatever you do, for the love of god, do not kill or forcequit kernel_task. (as if the huge hint of pid=0 wasn't big enough..)

Haha. That would be funny. I don't know if it would actually let you do such a thing.

at any rate, rebooting is one simple and fast way to get rid of kernel_task using 60% cpu.

Just out of curiosity, is this on 10.4.4?

Yeah, it was 10.4.4 on a Core Duo.