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05-13-2011, 07:30 AM
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Hello everyone. I need your help because heres what happened...
Yesterday everything was normal but when I booted my pc today Proccessor went to 50% when idle and doesn't go below(yesterday it was 0-1% when idle lol).
So any suggestions?
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05-13-2011, 08:07 AM
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Running any programs in the background? Maybe a Virus Scan started, that takes up some of your CPU
05-13-2011, 10:47 AM
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See if its overheating
Is your fan still working?
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05-13-2011, 01:10 PM
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Open your task manager and check for programs using way too much CPU resources. These are called 'leaks', they happen from time to time.
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05-13-2011, 05:07 PM
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I did these things before reminding me(thanks anyway) but it fixed after removing an optional updte that "improves performance".