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Heavy CPU usage then a shutdown on a fresh install of Win 7.
I've been trying to fix my brothers computer for a while now. Basically his CPU uses most of its power and ends up speeding up all the fans etc, then just shuts down. It used 70% of its power just opening internet explorer and when opening file explorer it went up to 100% and just shut down.
I decided to do a complete reinstall of Windows 7 on his PC (Win 7 PRO x64) and it's up to 100% right away just on internet explorer, disk clean up, and basically anything.
His specs are :
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ 2.80 GHz
RAM: 3GB
He's running a DELL Motherboard with current BIOS of DELL Inc 1.0.7
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I'm stuck here and have no idea what to do other than say get a new processor. Any help would be appreciated thanks.