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CPU running at full capacity when boot to DOS?

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Mar 15, 20264162 views
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Does the CPU is run at 100% or near full capacity when the computer is booted into MS-DOS? Will the CPU temperature become higher even though we are not running any program in DOS mode? In Windows, we can see the CPU usage in % of utilization in Task Manager. From what I heard, CPU is running at ne…

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Fix for: CPU running at full capacity when boot to DOS?

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DOS (at least any MS-DOS) doesn't idle the CPU with the x86 instruction like most modern operating systems when it is not doing anything. Not sure of the specific MS-DOS function that waits for a keypress, but that would probably be where the the CP…

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