CPU Usage is very high

[Egg]

Things i did to solve the problem :

1 - Uninstalled the nvidia nForce Drivers ( not Display )
2 - Uninstalled the Stuipid Nvidia Firewall << Maybe cause of problem
3 - I dont Know why but i uninstalled the AMDCPU Driver.
4 - Installed D-link WIFI Network Card Drivers : I have a d-link Wireless Network Card installed on my PC which i dont use anymore. I forgot to install the drivers for it in the new installation.
5 - Installed latest nForce Drivers for Win XP without installing the Dumb Firewall.
6 - Installed the AMDCPU Drivers from the AMD web Site.

And Now ... Server is Running Smoothly.. i can tell from the start .. cause b4 i couldnt play with hl2.exe put on normal priority, i had to take it down to low for some dumb reason.

Thank u everyone .... i was Soo Close to formatting lol

[skeletor]

alright, that makes sense, it probly was the firewall. well glad its working! and glad you didn't have to format/replace anything lol. told ya its probly something small that were all just over looking.

[MOBO]

With me i Formatted the hard drive. Then i installed WinXP Pro. Then i installed all drivers and updated. Then i downloade/installed SRCDS. Then added Mani Admin Plugin. Set Priority to Above Normal. Started the server and all is well.

[Egg]

Do you now have the nvidia Firewall Installed ??
do u have any extra Cards in the PC ?? (like my d-link) ?

[MOBO]

I had it turned on before. But it made no difference. I have no extra cards. Just my 6800GS PCI-e.