Vista ultimate excessive cpu usage

[Broni]

I have no idea, but may try another bootable CD, like memtest.

[paudashlake]

tried to do those tests...didn't work.  Went through 6 cds.  I did get vista to boot though.  CLean install, of course.  To no avail though.  Still using a lot of cpu for nothing.  What the heck!  cCould it be something obvious, like a program that is running, but doesn't have to be?

[Broni]

I'm 100% sure, it's not software. We checked those back, and forth.
How come Vista DVD worked, and the other bootable CDs didn't.
Those test in this situation would be important.
Maybe, there is something wrong with your optical drive...

[paudashlake]

Well, sometimes it works.  Could it be how I made the cds?  Perhaps I didn't make them bootable.  What program do you recommend and how can I be sure they will boot?

[Broni]

Let's say, memtest.
Downloaded file is zipped .iso file.
You unzip it, and you have an .iso file.
I use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download to burn .iso file, and make the CD bootable.

[paudashlake]

Okay, well, I'll try that tomorrow.  Also, it never acted up like this with xp.  Should I just wait it out till windows 7 or what?  We will pick this up tomorrow(sorry )

[Broni]

No problem

[computeruler]

your optical drive must be broken if that doesnt work.  If you get another drive and that doesnt work then I blame your motherboard

[Glitch]

It certainly is possible that your upgrade to Vista Ultimate could be causing a hardware conflict.  Did you check to see if your hardware was compatible before upgrading?  You stated you were running XP prior.

[Broni]

amd phenom 9600 quad core 2.3ghz

4.00gb ram

431 of 465gb hdd space is free

[Glitch]

My bad...

[Broni]

It's OK. It's a loooooooooooooooong thread.

[paudashlake]

Well, in the vista upgrade advisor it said everything was compatible.  Heres another small thought....Could it be an outdated driver?

[Broni]

Disconnect CD drive, and try again.

[paudashlake]

I'm sorry, what?  I have found out that it is me causing the problem.  I have been creating the cd's wrong.  Because the xp and vista cds, which I didn't make work just fine.  But most of the cds I have created recently don't work.  This is my fault.