- Nov 13, 2013
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Hey Guys,
Recently, most obviously when playing games, my computer usage is spiking causing the games to hover around 10 fps and drop down to even lower, causing it to become unplayable. This started a few days ago for unknown reasons and is affecting all games on my system and sometimes the browser when watching videos, but seems to occur 100% on the more high demand applications such as games.
So far, in rough order, i've updated graphics drivers, run multiple virus scans, restored, run chkdisk and disk health monitor (found nothing wrong), re-installed windows, repaired hard disk using windows repair, defragged and run successful video card stress tests such as heaven. So what on earth could be causing this slow down?
I've attached a screenshot of process monitor when I think the problem is occurring here.
Specs:
W7 Ultimate 32 Bit
4 GB RAM
57GB hard drive (Small, but has been running fine for years)
i5-2380p CPU @ 3.10ghz 3.40ghz
GTX 560
I hope someone here can help me out as I'm at my wits end with this, I've probably tried hundreds of solutions to no avail, so I'm really hoping someone here can help me out.
EDIT: I've also monitored the CPU temp, which was 90f at one point but that's fine AFAIK. I also, just right now, removed my CPU fan and noticed some discolouration on the top of the protective cover for the CPU. It's almost like oxidisation or something like that, a brown discolouration. Furthermore, is there a way to problem solve the PSU (I.e find out if it's working as intended) because that's something I have not yet tried.
Recently, most obviously when playing games, my computer usage is spiking causing the games to hover around 10 fps and drop down to even lower, causing it to become unplayable. This started a few days ago for unknown reasons and is affecting all games on my system and sometimes the browser when watching videos, but seems to occur 100% on the more high demand applications such as games.
So far, in rough order, i've updated graphics drivers, run multiple virus scans, restored, run chkdisk and disk health monitor (found nothing wrong), re-installed windows, repaired hard disk using windows repair, defragged and run successful video card stress tests such as heaven. So what on earth could be causing this slow down?
I've attached a screenshot of process monitor when I think the problem is occurring here.
Specs:
W7 Ultimate 32 Bit
4 GB RAM
57GB hard drive (Small, but has been running fine for years)
i5-2380p CPU @ 3.10ghz 3.40ghz
GTX 560
I hope someone here can help me out as I'm at my wits end with this, I've probably tried hundreds of solutions to no avail, so I'm really hoping someone here can help me out.
EDIT: I've also monitored the CPU temp, which was 90f at one point but that's fine AFAIK. I also, just right now, removed my CPU fan and noticed some discolouration on the top of the protective cover for the CPU. It's almost like oxidisation or something like that, a brown discolouration. Furthermore, is there a way to problem solve the PSU (I.e find out if it's working as intended) because that's something I have not yet tried.
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