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What's wrong with my computer and how do I fix it?
A few weeks ago I noticed that sometimes my laptop's CPU usage would, out of nowhere, jump to 100%
At first, I thought maybe I had something big in the background running, so I opened up Task Manager, the highest thing was just Steam and so I hit ''end process'' but it didn't change anything at all.
Restarting my computer temporarily fixed it, but if I was, say, on the internet for an hour, it would just happen again. Or if I were playing a game that used to run relatively smoothly, now I can't get it to run for three minuets without it freezing up.
I deleted a newly-downloaded game, I ran a cleaner several times, I defragmented, I did whatever popped into my head that had to do with fixing or cleaning my computer. Still, nothing got better.
Finally, I asked my dad to have a look at my computer. But when I got it back, it only jumped to 100% quicker and now sometimes it'll shut off randomly. (I have no idea what he did)
I have a Dell it runs on Windows 7, it's i3, 64-bit, has 4GB,
3 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
This is very strange because as you said earlier it has 4gb of ram for speed so there no way your computer can do this unless the fan is messed up or dirty... Hope i helped i specialize in computerS
Source(s): Repaired machines for 2 years - Anonymous9 years ago
1: call microsoft.@ there is a way where u can manage whats really running around in the backround. on ur start bar there should be a "run" option there. click on it and type in: msconfig. (no spaces.) it should pop up. now be careful here. at this point u may want someone w/ a lot of computer knowledge. cause if u tell it to stop certain things, ur computer will not run.
also if u have any internet security systems running on ur computeer, it may be the problem. for example, my computer is built for gaming and when i run bf3, my cpu runs at about 5o-65 percent. my normal running speed when zonealarm is on (a internet security program) is at 30 percent. if i run my game and zone alarm it goes straight to 100 and i get terrible lag. if u have any programs like that, shut them down and see if it works. dont shutdown ur computer cause when u boot back up it turns them back on.
- 9 years ago
Could Be Your Fan...Its Overheating...Maybe You need A New Fan Or New Cpu :S...Try Changing It...
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