I updates my desktop with the latest Windows 7 update about a week ago. The very next morning my computer barely functions.
My cpu usage was idling unusually high, so I ran 4 different virus scans in safe mode to no avail. After removing some start up programs, things seemed fine until I launched any program.
I'm a huge gamer, so I immediately launched one of my games. It ran fine at first, but after 20 seconds it begins to drag and my cpu usage is high and doing what it was before I removed startup programs. My game lags and crashes, and won't restart.
I ran a cpu test. I can't remember which as I'm on my phone atm. It ran perfectly fine for 5 minutes. All 8 cores operating at 100%, then the fans started making a whining sound. I closed the program and my desktop continued to lag, and my cpu usage remained at 40% with nothing running.
After a few moments the fan whining stopped, and started up again. The lag and high usage remained.
Speed fan tells me my main fan is kicking up to about 5k rpm. It has NEVER gone about 3.5k even when running high end games. I also haven't been able to get a read of my cpu temperature. It always reads -60c. It has since I built my rig 3 years ago.
One of the fans really doesn't work, and my case has been thoroughly cleaned. Said fan hasn't worked in about a year, and these problems sprung up overnight. I don't know if I can attribute it to hardware or software issues.
It does seem to run better in safe mode, but I haven't tried launching anything but antivirus due to long launch times.
My cpu usage was idling unusually high, so I ran 4 different virus scans in safe mode to no avail. After removing some start up programs, things seemed fine until I launched any program.
I'm a huge gamer, so I immediately launched one of my games. It ran fine at first, but after 20 seconds it begins to drag and my cpu usage is high and doing what it was before I removed startup programs. My game lags and crashes, and won't restart.
I ran a cpu test. I can't remember which as I'm on my phone atm. It ran perfectly fine for 5 minutes. All 8 cores operating at 100%, then the fans started making a whining sound. I closed the program and my desktop continued to lag, and my cpu usage remained at 40% with nothing running.
After a few moments the fan whining stopped, and started up again. The lag and high usage remained.
Speed fan tells me my main fan is kicking up to about 5k rpm. It has NEVER gone about 3.5k even when running high end games. I also haven't been able to get a read of my cpu temperature. It always reads -60c. It has since I built my rig 3 years ago.
One of the fans really doesn't work, and my case has been thoroughly cleaned. Said fan hasn't worked in about a year, and these problems sprung up overnight. I don't know if I can attribute it to hardware or software issues.
It does seem to run better in safe mode, but I haven't tried launching anything but antivirus due to long launch times.