After a couple minutes cpu usage goes to 100

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After a few minutes of usage, my laptop's cpu usage goes up to 100%.

My laptop does not have a functioning fan (a different problem that I could not find a solution for) but I have a cooling pad that keeps the temperatures normal. I'll get on my laptop, it'll be working fine, and I'll open a game. Then after a minute or two I'll notice my frame rate drop drastically and when I pull up task manager it'll say my cpu usage is maxed out.

I've made sure that this isn't caused by any background applications and I even completely wiped the system and reinstalled windows, so it's not a virus. When I'm in game the temperature will reach about 60 degrees Celsius, so why the sudden increase in cpu usage?

Anyone have a solution?