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#11
"Otherwise a clean install without excess software will fix this."
No it won't. People have tried everything including clean installs (as have I) and the problem inevitably comes back. A little search will show you that a massive number of people running nForce3 or nForce4 AMD chipsets are having this same problem. It always has the same symptoms (interrupts are overwhelming one of the CPU cores) and has nothing to do with applications that might or might not be running. Issues with applications are secondary as a result of an overwhelmed system.
Microsoft dropped the ball on this one big time. They knew about these issues during the beta testing stage and did nothing to fix the problem. Or was it on purpose they're screwing AMD for a second time -- first time was the deliberate delay in x64 software and OS drivers so that Intel could catch up. I guess their new CEO is no Steve Jobs, because they're knowingly ignoring serious defects in their product.
I guess they really don't need a few hundred thousand customers who will show them the finger and take up a Mac or move to a Linux solution. If they think I'm going to shell another $1000 to buy new hardware they are sorely mistaken.