# Latest update continually using 20% of CPU when not in use **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811 "2025-01-24T13:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danmenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@danmenkin](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/danmenkin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/1 "2025-01-24T13:46:43Z")
Latest update continually using 20% of CPU when not in use, more when processing sound. How to reduce not-in-use CPU usage without turning off completely? ---
**Author:** ![caleb59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@caleb59](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/caleb59)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/2 "2025-01-24T15:54:40Z")
Something is wrong at your end. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fxsound/original/2X/3/342b94484d1ba069913c4fd3e5d038815bccace0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Shepard-N7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/shepard-n7/32/2364_2.png) [@Shepard-N7](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Shepard-N7)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/3 "2025-01-24T16:11:01Z")
Hi @danmenkin Could you share us your system specs? What antivirus are you using? Is there any other sound software running in your machine? Have you tried downgrading FxSound to version 1.1.27.0 to see if the issue get solved? ---
**Author:** ![danmenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@danmenkin](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/danmenkin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/4 "2025-01-24T16:12:46Z")
i just discovered that if i click the minimize icon in top right of the FX app, the CPU usage mostly goes away. But i didn’t do that before and don’t recall having such high CPU usage when not playing any sound. ---
**Author:** ![danmenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@danmenkin](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/danmenkin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/5 "2025-01-24T16:40:50Z")
Thank you for your help! I just dowloaded v. 1.26 and now when not playing sound it uses very little CPU. Since i don’t need any of the new features on upgrades, i’ll just stay with this version…I really appreciate your suggestion ---
**Author:** ![shdwstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shdwstar](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/shdwstar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/6 "2025-02-01T15:27:04Z")
Yes, this happened on my rig too. Whatever the bug is, I hope it doesn’t carry into future versions. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/james/32/2294_2.png) [@james](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/7 "2025-02-05T21:16:14Z")
What was your CPU usage before the change? Mine is showing 10% on the latest version. @bvijay were there any changes on this latest version that could lead to increases in CPU usage? ---
**Author:** ![danmenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@danmenkin](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/danmenkin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/8 "2025-02-05T21:31:48Z")
Hi James, If you look back on this conversation, my CPU usage on new version was 20% when not in use and higher when in use. Now that i deleted new version and installed v. 1.26 it uses very little when not in use. So i am happy. But is there any way to turn off the constant pop-ups to upgrade to latest version? Thank you for making this lovely gift available for free. Bless you! ---
**Author:** ![bvijay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/bvijay/32/84_2.png) [@bvijay](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/bvijay)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/9 "2025-02-06T02:14:45Z")
The code changes in this version do not seem to directly impact CPU usage. I will debug this issue. ---
**Author:** ![userFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e495f1/32.png) [@userFX](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/userFX)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/10 "2025-02-16T07:38:11Z")
when FxSound has an open interface, it consumes 25-30% of the CPU. If I minimize it, it consumes 1%. So the interface display consumes the processor so much! ---
**Author:** ![caleb59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@caleb59](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/caleb59)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/11 "2025-02-16T21:27:38Z")
Something wrong is going on with your Windows. In my case it’s OK: ![Schowek_02-16-2025_01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fxsound/original/2X/6/63e1bb4ae4b891a11568d127ab571d3be5656322.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![userFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e495f1/32.png) [@userFX](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/userFX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/12 "2025-02-20T13:14:59Z")
you have a powerful processor, if you close it, it will be 0.5% ---
**Author:** ![caleb59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@caleb59](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/caleb59)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/13 "2025-02-20T13:36:17Z")
CPU doesn’t matter, if FxSound was bugged then everyone would have this problem. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/james/32/2294_2.png) [@james](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/14 "2025-02-20T16:47:55Z")
I don’t have this CPU usage issue either. ---
**Author:** ![userFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e495f1/32.png) [@userFX](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/userFX)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/15 "2025-02-21T15:31:18Z")
Several people have already described the same problem. If there wasn’t a problem, everyone wouldn’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![caleb59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@caleb59](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/caleb59)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/16 "2025-02-21T15:45:46Z")
Well, this issue should be definitely examined by developers. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/james/32/2294_2.png) [@james](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/17 "2025-02-21T17:19:54Z")
@bvijay has developed what may be a fix for this issue and will release it in the next update. ---
**Author:** ![userFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e495f1/32.png) [@userFX](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/userFX)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/18 "2025-02-23T07:00:56Z")
1.1.29 beta uses less 👍 ---
**Author:** ![bvijay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/bvijay/32/84_2.png) [@bvijay](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/bvijay)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/19 "2025-02-23T10:29:23Z")
Thanks @userFX for the confirmation ---
**Author:** ![m3n3v3r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/m3n3v3r/32/2254_2.png) [@m3n3v3r](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/m3n3v3r)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811/20 "2025-02-24T08:16:09Z")
hey im noticed this on new version as well but it does not eat my cpu usage but rather this ui become crappy lag before new version it completely fine… [Next page](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/latest-update-continually-using-20-of-cpu-when-not-in-use/4811.md?page=2)