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  1. March 6th, 2013 #1
    bruce247
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    kworker hogging CPU

    A process called "kworker/0:1" is taking 71% of my CPU which is causing my laptop to overheat. This problem is not there immediately on booting but eventually appears. I have to restart to stop the process.

    Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?
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  2. March 6th, 2013 #2
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    Re: kworker hogging CPU

    This might help:
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/17656...ge-get-so-high
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