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System and System Interrupts- high cpu utilization

Hi,
I have got a problem with my recent windows 8.1 installation.
Immediatly after instalation two tasks has high CPU usage: "System interrupts" and "System".


I've installed Windows on macs many times and it is the first time i have this problem.

I've tried updating Windows, updating drivers, reinstalling a whole bootcamp package from Apple website- it doesn't work.

Same thing occured on Windows 7.


Maybe it is important that I've used developer preview of Yosemite (which updates EFI), and then I've reinstalled Mac to Mavericks.
Hardware: Macbook Pro Retina 13" Late 2013 / i5 / 8G



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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), Windows 8, 8.1 update 1

Posted on Oct 15, 2014 6:32 AM

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Oct 26, 2014 1:46 PM in response to Jaws1200

Sleep and wake up fixes the issue for me until the next reboot here as well.


The system interrupt high CPU problem is definitely related to Yosemite drivers. On my rMBP, I've been running Mavericks and Windows7 Enterprise without any issues for the last 9 months. I upgraded to 10.10 without touching the bootcamp (no driver update, etc) and now I have the problem. In my wife's case, I upgraded her MBA to 10.10, then partitioned the SSD and installed Windows7 Enterprise. She has the same issue. Whatever Yosemite changes in the system, it creates the issue whether Bootcamp was present at the time of update or installed later on, as well as whether you have Windows 7 or 8.


I hope Apple releases an update to fix this, but whenever there's an issue on the Bootcamp side, they always refer you to Microsoft.

Oct 26, 2014 6:12 PM in response to tenderidol

I have the same exact problem that everyone else is having (Yosemite, Windows 8.1, MacBook Pro Retina 2014). It definitely started right after I installed Yosemite. Like others, I traced it back acpI.sys from high System and System Interrupt usage.


The sleep/wake up fix worked for me, so good find on that. I'm really hoping there's a fix soon though :/

Oct 26, 2014 6:54 PM in response to kondratk

Hi, i have the exact same issue, too.

both about my macbook air 13' (mid 2013) and macbook pro retina 13' are at 25%--34% cpu usage when running windows 7. after i upgrade the OS X 10.10 yosemite. just fix it. battery exhaust so fast than i thought, even can not stand for 3 hours!!! and the body of my macbook become soooo hot, where my left hand put.


fix it please

thank you

System and System Interrupts- high cpu utilization

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