# ⚡Fixing Linux Device with High CPU Usage ☠️

From this [article](https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=319847).

If you run btop and notice high cpu and narrow it down to kworker.

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Fix is to add acpi\_mask\_gpe=0×0F to command line on grub and update-grub.