- May 28, 2015
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Last January (5 months ago), I purchased a refurbished HP Elitebook 8440p. Here are the specs:
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
250GB HDD
Intel i5 520M @ 2.40 GHz, dual core APU
4GB RAM
I use it as a gaming computer, and thus far it has worked perfectly fine. Recently, however, the CPU started acting dreadfully sluggish. I was playing TESV: Skyrim at the time, a game which I normally run at about 17-22 FPS (which admittedly isn't that good, but it's the best I can afford on my budget); there was a sudden and horrible lag spike, and I dropped to 4 FPS, but the lag spike never ended. Ever since, my computer has been horrible, and I can't even play anything on it.
I've checked my Task Manager, and I believe the problem is what people often incorrectly attribute to System Idle Process hogging their CPU; please do not lecture me about what System Idle Process is. I know what it is, and I know it isn't hogging the CPU. It's something else I can't see.
I've scanned my computer with Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast!, and Ad-Aware, but none of them found a virus. I have updated my graphics driver. I've tried almost every solution I could find. It isn't Windows Media Player streaming crap either. I've also turned off a bunch of non-Microsoft services. Still nothing.
This is really starting to bug me, and if someone could help, I'd really appreciate it.
UPDATE:
Here's a screenshot of my taskmgr:
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
250GB HDD
Intel i5 520M @ 2.40 GHz, dual core APU
4GB RAM
I use it as a gaming computer, and thus far it has worked perfectly fine. Recently, however, the CPU started acting dreadfully sluggish. I was playing TESV: Skyrim at the time, a game which I normally run at about 17-22 FPS (which admittedly isn't that good, but it's the best I can afford on my budget); there was a sudden and horrible lag spike, and I dropped to 4 FPS, but the lag spike never ended. Ever since, my computer has been horrible, and I can't even play anything on it.
I've checked my Task Manager, and I believe the problem is what people often incorrectly attribute to System Idle Process hogging their CPU; please do not lecture me about what System Idle Process is. I know what it is, and I know it isn't hogging the CPU. It's something else I can't see.
I've scanned my computer with Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast!, and Ad-Aware, but none of them found a virus. I have updated my graphics driver. I've tried almost every solution I could find. It isn't Windows Media Player streaming crap either. I've also turned off a bunch of non-Microsoft services. Still nothing.
This is really starting to bug me, and if someone could help, I'd really appreciate it.
UPDATE:
Here's a screenshot of my taskmgr:
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