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Excessively High CPU usage
So the system I'm running on is:
Dell Studio 1558
Intel core i5 processor
ATI Radeon HD 5470....
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I can boot up my computer just fine, and browse the web for a while with absolutely no issues. If I run a game, its fine for about 15 minutes then my CPU goes out of control. It shows 100% usage. Then I exit any programs I'm running and check my resource monitor - it shows like 50% from windows explorer and the rest split between task manager and resource monitor. This continues until my computer restarts due to overheating or I get frustrated and restart it myself.
I have checked all of my drivers, and I'm pretty sure its up to date. My resource monitor also shows that several scvhost.exc processes are cpu suckers, but I'm not sure if that's relevent since its a system process?
If anyone has had this error before and knows how to fix it, please let me know! I have read a couple similar posts but mine seems to be a bit different