CPU usage at 100%... only according to task manager?

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rtizzer123

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Little background - 1155 socket i5-2400 with asrock h67m-ge board. I tried putting in a new mobo/cpu cooler. Had issues, mobo had bent pins and didn't work so I put the old mobo back in. Still didn't work so I put the old cooler back in (the noctua barely fit and I think it was screwing things up) and after a lot of random nonsense - wifi not working, pc not turning on with both hard drives in only 1, etc. I finally got it all back to normal. EXCEPT cpu usage is always at 100% according to task manager. pc is running fine, msi afterburner is saying usage is around 20% with netflix and chrome up which seems fine. What's up with task manager?
 
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gamerk316
Select show tasks from all users; might be something hidden because it's a kernel level task.

But yeah, sounds like a Task Manager bug to me.
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nipplethewhale

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find out what is running with the highest usage. for me, when i play rust, sometimes i get 100% cpu usage and everything drops to 1fps. i just use task manager to force close the game and reopen it. then everything is fine. so just find out your problem and close and restart the program.
 
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rtizzer123

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No it's always at 100%. Even when there are 0 programs open nothing using any cpu, I sorted by cpu usage under task manager and everything and even when it's all 0% the cpu is still at 100%. The cpu is obviously not actually at 100% because I can game just fine, why is task manager saying it is?
 
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