Cpu frequency jumps all over the place when idle

yeahnah · 08-01-2022, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pan64

You can boot a live CD that has not been altered in any way.

Thanks pan64, i was thinking this, so it needs to be read only. I would need to do it on a usb just not sure how to go ahead with it , seems i need a usb with a physical switch to stop it being written to.

yeahnah · 08-01-2022, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pan64

You can boot a live CD that has not been altered in any way.

I will have to get hold of a usb with physical switch to set to read only?

pan64 · 08-01-2022, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

I will have to get hold of a usb with physical switch to set to read only?

if you are paranoid you can obviously do that. But I don't think it is really needed.

lvm_ · 08-01-2022, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

Three pc`s in the house, 2 with linux an 8 series intel and a 2600K from years ago, the third pc is a windows10 pc. As i said to dugan, all three cpu`s behave the same. Coincidence that is a little concerning wouldn't you think.

There is a zillion computers in the world, and they all behave this way. But of course, if you chose to believe what you want to believe, this will only make you more concerned, after all, zillion is far greater than three. The universal prescription for that is:

1 lb. beefsteak, with 1 pt. bitter beer every 6 hours.
1 ten-mile walk every morning.
1 bed at 11 sharp every night.

and so on.

EdGr · 08-01-2022, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

Thanks EdGr, New to linux , do you see anything of interest in the attached..

That looks normal. Take another reading to see how the counters increase over time.
Ed

TB0ne · 08-01-2022, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

A hacker who compromised my system is more likely to reply as you have, than physically stop me posting to a forum lol..but thanks anyway.

Right...so again, can you post any proof of being compromised??

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

dugan, I upset some very bad people who are well networked, I cant say much more. I know they have entered the house whilst we were away. I know many things but yet to prove any of it sadly. I could be well wrong re the bios virus they installed, but being a windows person switching to linux only recently i have always over clocked and used cpu-z to monitor cpu processes.

There are three pc`s in the house, mine is the only dual boot, another is linux and the other is windows. Last night i checked the other 2 pc`s to see if the cpu behaved the same. All three are the same, the cpu is changing erratically. I have never seen this behavior before which makes me think all three have had virus`s installed while we were away. I know for a fact they track our mobile phones. So, of the three pc`s in the house, 2 cpu`s are 8 series intel and the other a 10 year old 2600K, all behave the same way , so it is unlikely it is a new bios feature that does this or the architecture of new cpu`s only.

Im not sure how to proceed.. Thanks everyone.

...and here we are again. The 'very bad people' somehow compromised, Windows, Linux, and your phones, somehow, with a BIOS hack. And they broke in, and did all this...and somehow got your phones too. And they're so skilled and bad that they leave traces that are easily found. This is the same thing we've heard many times over the past few years. Amazingly, it's always 'very bad people who are well networked', meaning that the 'victim' can never go to the police/FBI/cybercrimes unit, because 'they' will stop it.

Again: nothing you're seeing regarding the CPU is unusual. You asked for technical help and got it..that's the answer, as has been told to you by several others as well. I'd suggest finding other help, though...the kind that won't be on a technical forum.

Good luck.

dugan · 08-01-2022, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pan64

You can boot a live CD that has not been altered in any way.

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

I will have to get hold of a usb with physical switch to set to read only?

Sorry, this is one of the funnier things I've read here. "Live CD" isn't just a legacy/historical term for a bootable USB; it can also refer to literal bootable optical media (DVDs, or literal CDs).

DVDs and CDs are both read-only once "burnt". That's why data CDs were called CD-ROMs; the RO stood for "read-only".

yeahnah · 08-01-2022, 11:30 PM

Well lets put this to sleep , seems if anything my concerns have brought out the best in some of you.. Thanks

TB0ne · 08-02-2022, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

Well lets put this to sleep , seems if anything my concerns have brought out the best in some of you.. Thanks

See the previous threads for pretty much the exact same thing:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ed-4175711184/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...240/page2.html
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...em-4175625988/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ck-4175632746/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...os-4175656201/

Always the same:

"Very bad people" are involved.
The police/cybercrimes folks can't ever be called in, because 'they' are holding it back.
There's always proof...just nothing that's ever posted or shown.
The hackers are INCREDIBLY skilled; can hack every device within minutes.
The incredibly skilled hackers are so skilled....that they leave easily found traces of everything they do.
The 'victim' is always a new user who, somehow, despite being a new user, can easily do network analysis and other such things requiring skill and knowledge.
Anything not following the 'victims' narrative is dismissed (such as, "CPU frequency always does this, it's normal"), etc.

Can easily point to dozens of threads that fit this exact pattern over the past three years. And the posters always go away with a sob story ("Guess no one believes me, I'll find help elsewhere"), etc.

Seek help, because if you believe what you posted, you need it.

dugan · 08-02-2022, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dugan

What makes you think this isn't normal?

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

dugan, I

You've missed the point. The behavior you're describing is normal.

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Originally Posted by yeahnah

As i said to dugan, all three cpu`s behave the same. Coincidence that is a little concerning wouldn't you think.

No, I don't think it's "concerning" that all three CPUs are working as designed.