High CPU usage, load average and system temperature

[jd1008]

On 08/25/2014 11:37 PM, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:35 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> perhaps you will have to accept the consequences :) :)
> I think it's more than fan or GPU load issue. There are two reasons.
> Firstly, GPUs are not suddenly start eating CPU one day. System has
> been running fine for 3 years and months on exactly same setup.
> Secondly, if you look into this screenshot[1] I have just booted ON
> the laptop and it was already running at 84C. The only thing that was
> started was Chrome newtab. You see load is way to high but none of the
> processes are taking up too much resources.
>
> [1] http://i.imgur.com/0cBa9eg.png
>
I would not put it past the google developers to have put in code
in their browser to do things you you are not expecting.
I do not use it.
Also, I asked friends using Apples and Chrome. Some say all is
well, other report different problems.