CPU Constantly at 100% In Task Manager, But Not in Process Explorer
Starting yesterday, I have a very odd problem on my Windows 10 desktop-- my CPU is constantly running at 100% (according to Task Manager), and it isn't throttling down. Because of this, it's constantly running at 3.3 GHz and the temperatures are rising to the point where the fans kick in at full force. If I go into the Windows power settings screen and manually change the processor power maximum to 50%, then it's capped at 50% frequency (~1.5 GHz), but it never goes below the maximum possible frequency.
The weird thing is, when I look at the process list, there isn't really anything obvious that's triggering it. None of the processes are abnormal, and though the process CPU percentages do add up to 100%, it doesn't make sense to me that each individual process is taking up as much CPU as Task Manager says it is. Everything seems to be "using" a significantly higher amount of CPU resources than it normally does.
As an attempt to diagnose the problem, I've also tried using Process Explorer. The really weird thing is that Process Explorer shows only 1-2% usage when idle, with the System Idle Process taking up the remaining ~98% as I would expect. Again, nothing looks out of the ordinary in the process list, but the processes are showing the levels of activity I would expect in Process Explorer.
I've already run both Windows Defender and Malware Bytes (a virus was my first guess), but nothing has turned up yet.
This same issue also occurs in Safe Mode, so I'm guessing that it's more along the lines of something to do with Windows itself...
So, to recap:
- Windows 10 Desktop
- Intel 970, 3.3 GHz, 6 cores
- Task manager and resource monitor graphs shows 100% usage total
- No individual process is taking up significant resources in the resource monitor list
- CPU is not throttling down automatically based on the dynamic load, causing high temperatures and the fan to kick in
- Process Explorer is only showing 1-2% CPU usage
Before I go uninstalling everything, how would I figure out what's causing the issue if nothing weird is showing up in Task Manager or Process Explorer?
windows-10 cpu-usage
asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
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Starting yesterday, I have a very odd problem on my Windows 10 desktop-- my CPU is constantly running at 100% (according to Task Manager), and it isn't throttling down. Because of this, it's constantly running at 3.3 GHz and the temperatures are rising to the point where the fans kick in at full force. If I go into the Windows power settings screen and manually change the processor power maximum to 50%, then it's capped at 50% frequency (~1.5 GHz), but it never goes below the maximum possible frequency.
The weird thing is, when I look at the process list, there isn't really anything obvious that's triggering it. None of the processes are abnormal, and though the process CPU percentages do add up to 100%, it doesn't make sense to me that each individual process is taking up as much CPU as Task Manager says it is. Everything seems to be "using" a significantly higher amount of CPU resources than it normally does.
As an attempt to diagnose the problem, I've also tried using Process Explorer. The really weird thing is that Process Explorer shows only 1-2% usage when idle, with the System Idle Process taking up the remaining ~98% as I would expect. Again, nothing looks out of the ordinary in the process list, but the processes are showing the levels of activity I would expect in Process Explorer.
I've already run both Windows Defender and Malware Bytes (a virus was my first guess), but nothing has turned up yet.
This same issue also occurs in Safe Mode, so I'm guessing that it's more along the lines of something to do with Windows itself...
So, to recap:
- Windows 10 Desktop
- Intel 970, 3.3 GHz, 6 cores
- Task manager and resource monitor graphs shows 100% usage total
- No individual process is taking up significant resources in the resource monitor list
- CPU is not throttling down automatically based on the dynamic load, causing high temperatures and the fan to kick in
- Process Explorer is only showing 1-2% CPU usage
Before I go uninstalling everything, how would I figure out what's causing the issue if nothing weird is showing up in Task Manager or Process Explorer?
windows-10 cpu-usage
asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
1
Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
1
Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
1
I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29
add a comment |
Starting yesterday, I have a very odd problem on my Windows 10 desktop-- my CPU is constantly running at 100% (according to Task Manager), and it isn't throttling down. Because of this, it's constantly running at 3.3 GHz and the temperatures are rising to the point where the fans kick in at full force. If I go into the Windows power settings screen and manually change the processor power maximum to 50%, then it's capped at 50% frequency (~1.5 GHz), but it never goes below the maximum possible frequency.
The weird thing is, when I look at the process list, there isn't really anything obvious that's triggering it. None of the processes are abnormal, and though the process CPU percentages do add up to 100%, it doesn't make sense to me that each individual process is taking up as much CPU as Task Manager says it is. Everything seems to be "using" a significantly higher amount of CPU resources than it normally does.
As an attempt to diagnose the problem, I've also tried using Process Explorer. The really weird thing is that Process Explorer shows only 1-2% usage when idle, with the System Idle Process taking up the remaining ~98% as I would expect. Again, nothing looks out of the ordinary in the process list, but the processes are showing the levels of activity I would expect in Process Explorer.
I've already run both Windows Defender and Malware Bytes (a virus was my first guess), but nothing has turned up yet.
This same issue also occurs in Safe Mode, so I'm guessing that it's more along the lines of something to do with Windows itself...
So, to recap:
- Windows 10 Desktop
- Intel 970, 3.3 GHz, 6 cores
- Task manager and resource monitor graphs shows 100% usage total
- No individual process is taking up significant resources in the resource monitor list
- CPU is not throttling down automatically based on the dynamic load, causing high temperatures and the fan to kick in
- Process Explorer is only showing 1-2% CPU usage
Before I go uninstalling everything, how would I figure out what's causing the issue if nothing weird is showing up in Task Manager or Process Explorer?
windows-10 cpu-usage
asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
Starting yesterday, I have a very odd problem on my Windows 10 desktop-- my CPU is constantly running at 100% (according to Task Manager), and it isn't throttling down. Because of this, it's constantly running at 3.3 GHz and the temperatures are rising to the point where the fans kick in at full force. If I go into the Windows power settings screen and manually change the processor power maximum to 50%, then it's capped at 50% frequency (~1.5 GHz), but it never goes below the maximum possible frequency.
The weird thing is, when I look at the process list, there isn't really anything obvious that's triggering it. None of the processes are abnormal, and though the process CPU percentages do add up to 100%, it doesn't make sense to me that each individual process is taking up as much CPU as Task Manager says it is. Everything seems to be "using" a significantly higher amount of CPU resources than it normally does.
As an attempt to diagnose the problem, I've also tried using Process Explorer. The really weird thing is that Process Explorer shows only 1-2% usage when idle, with the System Idle Process taking up the remaining ~98% as I would expect. Again, nothing looks out of the ordinary in the process list, but the processes are showing the levels of activity I would expect in Process Explorer.
I've already run both Windows Defender and Malware Bytes (a virus was my first guess), but nothing has turned up yet.
This same issue also occurs in Safe Mode, so I'm guessing that it's more along the lines of something to do with Windows itself...
So, to recap:
- Windows 10 Desktop
- Intel 970, 3.3 GHz, 6 cores
- Task manager and resource monitor graphs shows 100% usage total
- No individual process is taking up significant resources in the resource monitor list
- CPU is not throttling down automatically based on the dynamic load, causing high temperatures and the fan to kick in
- Process Explorer is only showing 1-2% CPU usage
Before I go uninstalling everything, how would I figure out what's causing the issue if nothing weird is showing up in Task Manager or Process Explorer?
windows-10 cpu-usage
windows-10 cpu-usage
asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
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asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
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edited Apr 2 '16 at 18:08
Andrew M
asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
Andrew MAndrew M
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asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
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asked Apr 2 '16 at 17:07
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Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
1
Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
1
I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29
add a comment |
1
Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
1
Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
1
I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29
1
1
Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
1
1
Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
1
1
I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29
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After much debugging, I was able to come to the conclusion that my specific case was related to a bug in the Oculus Rift software. Because the Rift, a virtual reality headset, requires low latency, their software seems to set the IDLEDISABLE power configuration to "1". In certain cases, after taking the headset off, the setting is not changed back to the default of "0".
IDLEDISABLE prevents the CPU from throttling itself, causing heat and the fan noise I observed. Additionally, this manifested in the Task Manager as "100% CPU usage". Process Explorer seems to always discount the System Idle Process and not include it in the total CPU usage, which is why it displayed a lower total CPU usage than Task Manager did.
To fix this, you can run the following two commands, which sets the IDLEDISABLE setting back to "0" and then re-applies the power management configuration.
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 000
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT
More information can be found in my post-mortem.
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
add a comment |
Before, I used to be able to change the power settings like Andrew M had said.
The fix that originally worked for me was to change my performance plan. Ex going from High Performance to Power Saver.
Windows 10 >> Right click desktop >> DISPLAY SETTINGS >> (under system tab) POWER & SLEEP >> (Related Settings) Additional Power Settings.
Or Go to "Ask Me Anything"/Cortana ( the start menu search feature and type in... "Power Options".
OR
EASIEST WAY ---> Right click the windows 10 logo/start button. Click "Power Options".
I could swap between high performance and power saving and it would reset by itself, but for some reason when I opened skype the fans came on blazing and it would not go below 100%, so I did my method and it didnt change anything this time, ended up finding this backdoor/work-around. Works great, thank you.
Andrews Response worked for me.
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
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Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
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I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
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Hit Start, type in "resmon", and see if it shows any processes going crazy. As far as Task Manager, click on the Details tab, it shows more useful information.
You may also want to download an AV cleaner like MalwareBytes (the free version is fine) and see if your PC is infected. No legitimate app should be killing your CPU like that.
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
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In Task Manager, make sure that View -> Update speed is not set to Paused
This caused me some confusion on a Windows 2012 Server as it had a snapshot of processes from some time previous and didn't represent the live load
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
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I had the same issue on an MSI Laptop with VR capabilities (GE62VR Apache Pro). I turned off the VR Ready setting on the Dragon Center and voila! CPU back to normal
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
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After much debugging, I was able to come to the conclusion that my specific case was related to a bug in the Oculus Rift software. Because the Rift, a virtual reality headset, requires low latency, their software seems to set the IDLEDISABLE power configuration to "1". In certain cases, after taking the headset off, the setting is not changed back to the default of "0".
IDLEDISABLE prevents the CPU from throttling itself, causing heat and the fan noise I observed. Additionally, this manifested in the Task Manager as "100% CPU usage". Process Explorer seems to always discount the System Idle Process and not include it in the total CPU usage, which is why it displayed a lower total CPU usage than Task Manager did.
To fix this, you can run the following two commands, which sets the IDLEDISABLE setting back to "0" and then re-applies the power management configuration.
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 000
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT
More information can be found in my post-mortem.
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
add a comment |
After much debugging, I was able to come to the conclusion that my specific case was related to a bug in the Oculus Rift software. Because the Rift, a virtual reality headset, requires low latency, their software seems to set the IDLEDISABLE power configuration to "1". In certain cases, after taking the headset off, the setting is not changed back to the default of "0".
IDLEDISABLE prevents the CPU from throttling itself, causing heat and the fan noise I observed. Additionally, this manifested in the Task Manager as "100% CPU usage". Process Explorer seems to always discount the System Idle Process and not include it in the total CPU usage, which is why it displayed a lower total CPU usage than Task Manager did.
To fix this, you can run the following two commands, which sets the IDLEDISABLE setting back to "0" and then re-applies the power management configuration.
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 000
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT
More information can be found in my post-mortem.
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
add a comment |
After much debugging, I was able to come to the conclusion that my specific case was related to a bug in the Oculus Rift software. Because the Rift, a virtual reality headset, requires low latency, their software seems to set the IDLEDISABLE power configuration to "1". In certain cases, after taking the headset off, the setting is not changed back to the default of "0".
IDLEDISABLE prevents the CPU from throttling itself, causing heat and the fan noise I observed. Additionally, this manifested in the Task Manager as "100% CPU usage". Process Explorer seems to always discount the System Idle Process and not include it in the total CPU usage, which is why it displayed a lower total CPU usage than Task Manager did.
To fix this, you can run the following two commands, which sets the IDLEDISABLE setting back to "0" and then re-applies the power management configuration.
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 000
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT
More information can be found in my post-mortem.
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
After much debugging, I was able to come to the conclusion that my specific case was related to a bug in the Oculus Rift software. Because the Rift, a virtual reality headset, requires low latency, their software seems to set the IDLEDISABLE power configuration to "1". In certain cases, after taking the headset off, the setting is not changed back to the default of "0".
IDLEDISABLE prevents the CPU from throttling itself, causing heat and the fan noise I observed. Additionally, this manifested in the Task Manager as "100% CPU usage". Process Explorer seems to always discount the System Idle Process and not include it in the total CPU usage, which is why it displayed a lower total CPU usage than Task Manager did.
To fix this, you can run the following two commands, which sets the IDLEDISABLE setting back to "0" and then re-applies the power management configuration.
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 000
C:WINDOWSsystem32>PowerCfg /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT
More information can be found in my post-mortem.
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
answered Apr 4 '16 at 23:39
Andrew MAndrew M
4901512
4901512
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
add a comment |
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
This fixed an identical issue I was having on my surface pro 4! Not sure what was causing it (no Oculus here), but the heat and fan noise are gone, and its no longer pegged at turbo frequencies.
– cyberconte
Feb 15 '17 at 7:21
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
After upgrading my computer to Win10, I had the same problem and found your Q&A to save a lot of debugging time myself. Thanks!
– Tae-Sung Shin
Apr 20 '18 at 23:07
1
1
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
MSI Dragon Center "Gaming" button does this too! I just spent half hour debugging this and found your answer. Thank you!
– Dalibor Filus
Nov 13 '18 at 16:42
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
Thank you! I would have never figured this out.
– Ray Suelzer
Jan 7 at 19:21
add a comment |
Before, I used to be able to change the power settings like Andrew M had said.
The fix that originally worked for me was to change my performance plan. Ex going from High Performance to Power Saver.
Windows 10 >> Right click desktop >> DISPLAY SETTINGS >> (under system tab) POWER & SLEEP >> (Related Settings) Additional Power Settings.
Or Go to "Ask Me Anything"/Cortana ( the start menu search feature and type in... "Power Options".
OR
EASIEST WAY ---> Right click the windows 10 logo/start button. Click "Power Options".
I could swap between high performance and power saving and it would reset by itself, but for some reason when I opened skype the fans came on blazing and it would not go below 100%, so I did my method and it didnt change anything this time, ended up finding this backdoor/work-around. Works great, thank you.
Andrews Response worked for me.
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
1
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– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
1
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
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Before, I used to be able to change the power settings like Andrew M had said.
The fix that originally worked for me was to change my performance plan. Ex going from High Performance to Power Saver.
Windows 10 >> Right click desktop >> DISPLAY SETTINGS >> (under system tab) POWER & SLEEP >> (Related Settings) Additional Power Settings.
Or Go to "Ask Me Anything"/Cortana ( the start menu search feature and type in... "Power Options".
OR
EASIEST WAY ---> Right click the windows 10 logo/start button. Click "Power Options".
I could swap between high performance and power saving and it would reset by itself, but for some reason when I opened skype the fans came on blazing and it would not go below 100%, so I did my method and it didnt change anything this time, ended up finding this backdoor/work-around. Works great, thank you.
Andrews Response worked for me.
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
1
Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
1
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
add a comment |
Before, I used to be able to change the power settings like Andrew M had said.
The fix that originally worked for me was to change my performance plan. Ex going from High Performance to Power Saver.
Windows 10 >> Right click desktop >> DISPLAY SETTINGS >> (under system tab) POWER & SLEEP >> (Related Settings) Additional Power Settings.
Or Go to "Ask Me Anything"/Cortana ( the start menu search feature and type in... "Power Options".
OR
EASIEST WAY ---> Right click the windows 10 logo/start button. Click "Power Options".
I could swap between high performance and power saving and it would reset by itself, but for some reason when I opened skype the fans came on blazing and it would not go below 100%, so I did my method and it didnt change anything this time, ended up finding this backdoor/work-around. Works great, thank you.
Andrews Response worked for me.
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
Before, I used to be able to change the power settings like Andrew M had said.
The fix that originally worked for me was to change my performance plan. Ex going from High Performance to Power Saver.
Windows 10 >> Right click desktop >> DISPLAY SETTINGS >> (under system tab) POWER & SLEEP >> (Related Settings) Additional Power Settings.
Or Go to "Ask Me Anything"/Cortana ( the start menu search feature and type in... "Power Options".
OR
EASIEST WAY ---> Right click the windows 10 logo/start button. Click "Power Options".
I could swap between high performance and power saving and it would reset by itself, but for some reason when I opened skype the fans came on blazing and it would not go below 100%, so I did my method and it didnt change anything this time, ended up finding this backdoor/work-around. Works great, thank you.
Andrews Response worked for me.
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
edited Nov 15 '16 at 21:47
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
answered Nov 15 '16 at 21:41
RickMc3280RickMc3280
112
112
1
Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
1
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
add a comment |
1
Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
1
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
1
1
Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
Welcome to Super User. Please don't post an answer to confirm that another answer worked. The site's Q&A format reserves answers for solutions to the question, and each answer should contribute another solution. The way to indicate that an answer was useful is to invest a little time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 '16 at 22:21
1
1
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
I feel that my comments added to the discussion, I also added information that someone google searching it could use for keywords. My comments were strategic and not simply "Saying that another users answer" worked for me.
– RickMc3280
May 25 '17 at 19:37
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
Good point, and probably why it didn't attract downvotes. In general, though, the site is a knowledge base of solutions. Answer posts are intended as complete solutions to the question. Useful information that supplements another post is better as a comment, which requires a little more rep. If it's a relatively minor improvement, it can even be proposed as an edit to the post, in the form of a supplement (and attribute it to yourself so you aren't putting words in the original poster's mouth).
– fixer1234
May 25 '17 at 19:48
add a comment |
Hit Start, type in "resmon", and see if it shows any processes going crazy. As far as Task Manager, click on the Details tab, it shows more useful information.
You may also want to download an AV cleaner like MalwareBytes (the free version is fine) and see if your PC is infected. No legitimate app should be killing your CPU like that.
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
add a comment |
Hit Start, type in "resmon", and see if it shows any processes going crazy. As far as Task Manager, click on the Details tab, it shows more useful information.
You may also want to download an AV cleaner like MalwareBytes (the free version is fine) and see if your PC is infected. No legitimate app should be killing your CPU like that.
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
add a comment |
Hit Start, type in "resmon", and see if it shows any processes going crazy. As far as Task Manager, click on the Details tab, it shows more useful information.
You may also want to download an AV cleaner like MalwareBytes (the free version is fine) and see if your PC is infected. No legitimate app should be killing your CPU like that.
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
Hit Start, type in "resmon", and see if it shows any processes going crazy. As far as Task Manager, click on the Details tab, it shows more useful information.
You may also want to download an AV cleaner like MalwareBytes (the free version is fine) and see if your PC is infected. No legitimate app should be killing your CPU like that.
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
answered Apr 2 '16 at 18:57
Steve FreemanSteve Freeman
253
253
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In Task Manager, make sure that View -> Update speed is not set to Paused
This caused me some confusion on a Windows 2012 Server as it had a snapshot of processes from some time previous and didn't represent the live load
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
add a comment |
In Task Manager, make sure that View -> Update speed is not set to Paused
This caused me some confusion on a Windows 2012 Server as it had a snapshot of processes from some time previous and didn't represent the live load
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
add a comment |
In Task Manager, make sure that View -> Update speed is not set to Paused
This caused me some confusion on a Windows 2012 Server as it had a snapshot of processes from some time previous and didn't represent the live load
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
In Task Manager, make sure that View -> Update speed is not set to Paused
This caused me some confusion on a Windows 2012 Server as it had a snapshot of processes from some time previous and didn't represent the live load
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
answered May 15 '18 at 23:43
fiatfiat
601712
601712
add a comment |
add a comment |
I had the same issue on an MSI Laptop with VR capabilities (GE62VR Apache Pro). I turned off the VR Ready setting on the Dragon Center and voila! CPU back to normal
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
add a comment |
I had the same issue on an MSI Laptop with VR capabilities (GE62VR Apache Pro). I turned off the VR Ready setting on the Dragon Center and voila! CPU back to normal
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
add a comment |
I had the same issue on an MSI Laptop with VR capabilities (GE62VR Apache Pro). I turned off the VR Ready setting on the Dragon Center and voila! CPU back to normal
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
I had the same issue on an MSI Laptop with VR capabilities (GE62VR Apache Pro). I turned off the VR Ready setting on the Dragon Center and voila! CPU back to normal
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
answered Jan 27 at 14:08
Istvan Romhany GonzálezIstvan Romhany González
1
1
add a comment |
add a comment |
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Is hyper-v enabled?
– magicandre1981
Apr 2 '16 at 17:40
No, it's not enabled
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 17:43
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Make sure your Task Manager is set to 'Show Processes from All Users'. Otherwise you will never see which process does that.
– Aganju
Apr 2 '16 at 18:13
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I know where the checkbox is in older versions of Windows, but is there one for Windows 10? Also, it's worth noting I just tried rebooting in safe mode and the CPU is still at 100% and not throttling.
– Andrew M
Apr 2 '16 at 18:14
An odd thing along these lines, is IntelRST "dynamic storage acceleration" , which instead of the cpu sleeping through disk activity it clocks it up. You would still have to have disk activity going on, which I am sure the OS can oblige doing that unnessisarily :-). Because even a flood of disk activity with proper drivers and all would not be huge processing percentage, the DSA being on would get it to clock high, That would not explain any high heat, from work being done, just high clocks, when the disk is working. Also obvious Bios settings like intel speed step being off
– Psycogeek
Apr 3 '16 at 10:29