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need some help... sky high cpu usage after clean install. read for inf
hi guys,
i'm at a bit of a dead end here and pulling my hair out!
i'll start with my specs:
hp g62 laptop
win 7 ultimate
8gb ram.
60gb ocz vertex ssd (os)
500gb wd green (drive bay for music)
i3 cpu
ok so here goes, i think i had picked up a virus a few weeks ago as everything spiked and i was getting issues, i did several boot time scans with avast for and pup's that may not be picked up when os is running and it didnt find anything.
at this point i was running 7 home premium, i tried a format and fresh re-install with that but the problem did not cease. so i then sanitized the drive twice with parted magic which was recommended to me by a few other sources and purchased 7 ultimate, installed it and hoped for the best.
I dj severral times weekly with this machine, the only programs that are installed are serato scratch live, ableton Live 8, internet explorer and vlc media player.
the laptop will run sweet as a nut for a while with cpu idling between 0 & 1% then all of a sudden the fan will go mental and cpu will jump upto 60/70% and stay there until i reboot
i did a system restore back to literally just the os installed and internet explorer and it is exactly the same.
does anyone have any ideas/suggestions that can please help me out... i have very important gigs on weds and thursdays with celebrity acts supporting and im starting to really worry about this.
ANY ideas much appreciated i will try all of them!!
many thanks in advance,
Brian.