FPS drops by ***90***% for brief moments

[SpyderTracks]

We need a full screenshot of HWMonitor readings during prime 95, don't have chrome open, just prime 95

It will of course be non responsive, it's a torture test on the CPU, there's no available CPU for anything else.

 

[Deleted member 94250]

We need a full screenshot of HWMonitor readings during prime 95, don't have chrome open, just prime 95

It will of course be non responsive, it's a torture test on the CPU, there's no available CPU for anything else.

ah i see. how do i get full readings?

 

[SpyderTracks]

ah i see. how do i get full readings?

Just open it full screen and expand all the sections then take a screenshot

 

[Deleted member 94250]

it did this instead
eedit: i'll just post two screenshots, the lower half and upper half:-

 

[SpyderTracks]

So that all looks ok.

Have you installed all updates?

Have you installed any AV / driver updaters / chrome plugins? Anything of note?

Can you leave the laptop on idle and open task manager and sort processes by CPU and take a screenshot?

 

[Deleted member 94250]

So that all looks ok.

Have you installed all updates?

Have you installed any AV / driver updaters / chrome plugins? Anything of note?

Can you leave the laptop on idle and open task manager and sort processes by CPU and take a screenshot?

i've left auto-update on, so...

what is AV? driver updater, no. chrome plugins: only UBlock origin and Honey

will do that last

 

[SpyderTracks]

i've left auto-update on, so...

what is AV? driver updater, no. chrome plugins: only UBlock origin and Honey

will do that last

AV is anti virus.

I would uninstall ublock and honey see if browser performance improves.

I'd also install malwarebytes and do a full scan including rootkits.

First thing you do with a new PC is install all updates, you have to manually do this or it isn't configured yet.

 

[Deleted member 94250]

AV is anti virus.

I would uninstall ublock and honey see if browser performance improves.

I'd also install malwarebytes and do a full scan including rootkits.

First thing you do with a new PC is install all updates, you have to manually do this or it isn't configured yet.

yeah i have bitdefender pro. ivehad it since i got the laptop and this lag was not there.

this lagging on chrome is a new thing, it wasnt there the past 4 months i've had all the extensions.
also the laggy behaviour is present in a really low-intensity offline game too. Hell MS word lags by a significant fraction of a second when typing.

i'll get malware bytes

 

[Deleted member 94250]

another thing, when i use RTSS and MSI Afterburner when gaming for an OSD performance display, it gives me total nonsense the left side of the screen starts flickering instead of giving me OSD. here is a screenshot:-

 

[SpyderTracks]

There’s nothing wrong with the laptop, your windows is borked, many many things wrong. I would suggest a full malware

I would do a full reinstall from scratch.

Don‘t use bitdefender, it’s pointless, start with windows defender which is just as good, get everything setup with drivers and make sure it’s working stably. DONT install chrome plugins.

Fairly certain it’s a software issue though, but reinstall will tell if it’s that or the SSD

 

[ubuysa]

I wonder whether you've had a driver update recently via Windows Update (esp a GPU driver update)? Can you go to your update history in settings, scroll down and expand the Driver Updates section. Any recent updates there?

For that matter, are there any Quality Updates just prior to you noticing this problem?

Edit: I just cross-posted with Spyder-Tracks. I certainly would agree that there comes a point in troubleshooting problems like this when a clean reinstall (from freshly downloaded bootable media) is a faster and more reliable solution. It is, as SpyderTracks says, the only way to tell whether you have a hardware issue.

 

[Deleted member 94250]

There’s nothing wrong with the laptop, your windows is borked, many many things wrong. I would suggest a full malware

I would do a full reinstall from scratch.

Don‘t use bitdefender, it’s pointless, start with windows defender which is just as good, get everything setup with drivers and make sure it’s working stably. DONT install chrome plugins.

Fairly certain it’s a software issue though, but reinstall will tell if it’s that or the SSD

okay malwarebytes:-

i will reinstall once i have a flash drive XD

too late i paid it already... all the drivers are on auto update so... how do i ensure stability?
chrome plugins aint the problem bruh, its the slow down.

okay i'll re install

 

[Deleted member 94250]

I wonder whether you've had a driver update recently via Windows Update (esp a GPU driver update)? Can you go to your update history in settings, scroll down and expand the Driver Updates section. Any recent updates there?

For that matter, are there any Quality Updates just prior to you noticing this problem?

Edit: I just cross-posted with Spyder-Tracks. I certainly would agree that there comes a point in troubleshooting problems like this when a clean reinstall (from freshly downloaded bootable media) is a faster and more reliable solution. It is, as SpyderTracks says, the only way to tell whether you have a hardware issue.

short answer, no. this problem started this Tuesday, no updates around then

 

[Deleted member 94250]

okay malwarebytes:-
View attachment 15833

i will reinstall once i have a flash drive XD

too late i paid it already... all the drivers are on auto update so... how do i ensure stability?
chrome plugins aint the problem bruh, its the slow down.

okay i'll re install

can i add more problems?
almost no application picks up the laptops built in mike. i didnt need to use zoom but one of my group members wants to collab on it, and it doesnt sense the mike. same for discord, but skype picks it. i've got wayy too many problems with this laptop!

 

[ubuysa]

can i add more problems?
almost no application picks up the laptops built in mike. i didnt need to use zoom but one of my group members wants to collab on it, and it doesnt sense the mike. same for discord, but skype picks it. i've got wayy too many problems with this laptop!

In that case a clean install is a must. You need an 8GB (min) USB stick and the Windows Media Creation Tool from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

 

[Deleted member 94250]

In that case a clean install is a must. You need an 8GB (min) USB stick and the Windows Media Creation Tool from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

okay. i have to get a flash disk first.
just had an absolute poop dropped on me, just now as i was playing the fans turned down in volume and the cpu temps dropped to 60 degrees from 78ish. fps from 60 to 12. any idea what happened?
i'm getting fed up with this laptop, i didnt have any problems until very recently

edit: it was plugged in and in performance mode
edit 2: a reboot solved the problem

 

[Deleted member 94250]

one more question, will a reinstall wipe all my stuff?

 

[ubuysa]

one more question, will a reinstall wipe all my stuff?

It will wipe everything on the drive (unless you manually partitioned the drive?)

 

[Deleted member 94250]

It will wipe everything on the drive (unless you manually partitioned the drive?)

i haven't partitioned, no. i'll back up what i can through cloud and my other budget laptop then reinstall. will let y'all know how it goes

 

[SpyderTracks]

too late i paid it already... all the drivers are on auto update so... how do i ensure stability?
chrome plugins aint the problem bruh, its the slow down.

None of this has any relevance to troubleshooting. DONT install either the plugins or the AV for troubleshooting, it needs to be clean installation and then just your games, no addons no nothing or it makes troubleshooting redundant.