- Apr 8, 2015
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Hi all hoping for help with a frustrating issue I've been having!
First off here are my system specs.
FX 8350
Corsair H60
MSI 970 gaming mobo
16gb DDR3 Ripjaws X 1600Mhz
PowerColor R9 290 4GB
Rosewill Photon 750W
120GB SSD (OS Drive) Windows 10
1TB HDD
320GB HDD
So it started 2 or 3 days ago, all of a sudden my computer is running at roughly 60-80% memory usage at idle with no programs directly open (other than background processes). When I open google chrome it jumps to 80-90%. When running a game it runs at 80-99% usage making it unplayable and constantly freezing.
Also from time to time my other usages (CPU, Disk, Network, GPU) are jumping all over the place, anywhere from 20-70%. And when I'm running games my GPU usages is often hitting 100%.
Now I haven't done anything different or changed anything on my PC from the time it was working correctly to when it wasn't. In order to try and fix this I have tried changing out hardware. I have tried different RAM, different GPU, different processor, all of which were running with the same issue. I have not tried another motherboard as I don't have another one to try. Thinking it may have been my SSD I gave it a complete wipe along with all my HDD's and gave it a fresh install of Windows 10, and same issues were persistent.
Now I know the first step is always check task manager to see what is eating up all the usages. When I open it I cant find anything using up nearly all the RAM usage. I only ever see maybe 1GB being used, which I have should have loads extra freed up. As for my GPU usage when in game it says the game is using 100% of the usage, which has never ever happened before. Other usages are not being found either when spiking.
Any help or suggestions would be great! Could it be my motherboard failing out?? Maybe it is the RAM?? Even though I tried other memory. Can't figure it out at all. Thanks in advance!!
***So just an update, went to go post some screenshots of some usages and the pc won't boot. Can't even get into BIOS... Got there once, but it was so slow it took 20 mins and i could do anything in it cause it was frozen. Tried with different RAM same thing.
*** Turns out the boot issue was because I had a controller plugged into the front of my pc... Unplugged it and it booted, but this doesn't fix the previous issues.
First off here are my system specs.
FX 8350
Corsair H60
MSI 970 gaming mobo
16gb DDR3 Ripjaws X 1600Mhz
PowerColor R9 290 4GB
Rosewill Photon 750W
120GB SSD (OS Drive) Windows 10
1TB HDD
320GB HDD
So it started 2 or 3 days ago, all of a sudden my computer is running at roughly 60-80% memory usage at idle with no programs directly open (other than background processes). When I open google chrome it jumps to 80-90%. When running a game it runs at 80-99% usage making it unplayable and constantly freezing.
Also from time to time my other usages (CPU, Disk, Network, GPU) are jumping all over the place, anywhere from 20-70%. And when I'm running games my GPU usages is often hitting 100%.
Now I haven't done anything different or changed anything on my PC from the time it was working correctly to when it wasn't. In order to try and fix this I have tried changing out hardware. I have tried different RAM, different GPU, different processor, all of which were running with the same issue. I have not tried another motherboard as I don't have another one to try. Thinking it may have been my SSD I gave it a complete wipe along with all my HDD's and gave it a fresh install of Windows 10, and same issues were persistent.
Now I know the first step is always check task manager to see what is eating up all the usages. When I open it I cant find anything using up nearly all the RAM usage. I only ever see maybe 1GB being used, which I have should have loads extra freed up. As for my GPU usage when in game it says the game is using 100% of the usage, which has never ever happened before. Other usages are not being found either when spiking.
Any help or suggestions would be great! Could it be my motherboard failing out?? Maybe it is the RAM?? Even though I tried other memory. Can't figure it out at all. Thanks in advance!!
***So just an update, went to go post some screenshots of some usages and the pc won't boot. Can't even get into BIOS... Got there once, but it was so slow it took 20 mins and i could do anything in it cause it was frozen. Tried with different RAM same thing.
*** Turns out the boot issue was because I had a controller plugged into the front of my pc... Unplugged it and it booted, but this doesn't fix the previous issues.
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