I need help. CPU suddenly pegs 100%

[LGZY3]

I need help with my computer. I booted it up this morning to play Minecraft Dungeons that just released. When I opened up Discord I got a prompt for new device: Nvidia High Definition Audio. It then closed and reopened and closed again. It cycles through this so I was confused. I unplugged the Display Port from my GPU and re plugged it to no avail. When I opened Task Manager I saw that my CPU usage was pegging 100% which is not normal at all. I have a Ryzen 3 2200g which is a 4 core, 4 thread but I never hit 100% usage when starting up. I rebooted my PC after recording the first video clip seen below. When I rebooted my PC it was the same thing over again, but this time it shows my monitor with the same device as before but in parenthesis, as seen in the image below. I uninstalled Skype (I saw something on the internet that said Skype can make windows audio things run high CPU usage). I then force quit some programs such as Twitch, Voicemod, and Microsoft Teams. Now my CPU hits a nearly constant 80% usage, sometimes dropping to 79% or jumping to 85%. I then recorded the second clip, hopefully the 20 MB upload limit doesn't prevent me from uploading it. As I am typing this I have been monitoring task manager and noticed that something called Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation is rising in memory usage. About every second it gains about 1 MB to 3 MB of memory usage, I first noticed it at about 1,000 MB and it is currently at 2,362 MB. When my PC booted up there was some process called NVIDIA Container that was at like 50% usage or something close to that. The GPU engine was GPU 0 - Video Encode. The 50% usage disappeared after a while. Service Host: Local Service (Network Restricted) which is the parent process of Windows Audio has been jumping around from about 15% up to 20% CPU usage (Third image). Service Host: Windows Audio Endpoint Builder which is the parent process of Windows Audio Endpoint Builder has been jumping around from about 4.7% up to 9% CPU usage (Third Image). Windows Explorer has also been weird, jumping around from 10% up to 20% at times. Does anyone know anything about what is going on here? I tried to provide as much detail as I could after monitoring things for a while PS. Windows Audio Graph Isolation is now up to 2,900 MB of memory usage. The second video clip couldn't upload due to the 20 MB limit so I uploaded it to Google Drive, here is the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNyLZni9x6puNdq04VQPssFtaeP8-Qgn/view?usp=sharing   

[.Apex.]

Are you using audio through HDMI? if not then try disabling the NVIDIA High Definition Audio from Device Manager, right click on it and click disable.

[Fasauceome]

Are you controlling what programs open on start-up?

[LGZY3]

I disabled it but it's still acting strange. I now found out that device manager keeps refreshing like how Discord keeps telling me that a new device has been connected. I think it is every time that device manager gets refreshed, discord tries to connect to a device. 

[LGZY3]

Also I am not controlling what apps open on startup in Window's settings, but I did disable open on startup for Twitch and Microsoft Teams from within their applications.

[skannerz22]

1 hour ago, LGZY3 said:

I need help with my computer. I booted it up this morning to play Minecraft Dungeons that just released. When I opened up Discord I got a prompt for new device: Nvidia High Definition Audio. It then closed and reopened and closed again. It cycles through this so I was confused. I unplugged the Display Port from my GPU and re plugged it to no avail. When I opened Task Manager I saw that my CPU usage was pegging 100% which is not normal at all. I have a Ryzen 3 2200g which is a 4 core, 4 thread but I never hit 100% usage when starting up. I rebooted my PC after recording the first video clip seen below. When I rebooted my PC it was the same thing over again, but this time it shows my monitor with the same device as before but in parenthesis, as seen in the image below. I uninstalled Skype (I saw something on the internet that said Skype can make windows audio things run high CPU usage). I then force quit some programs such as Twitch, Voicemod, and Microsoft Teams. Now my CPU hits a nearly constant 80% usage, sometimes dropping to 79% or jumping to 85%. I then recorded the second clip, hopefully the 20 MB upload limit doesn't prevent me from uploading it. As I am typing this I have been monitoring task manager and noticed that something called Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation is rising in memory usage. About every second it gains about 1 MB to 3 MB of memory usage, I first noticed it at about 1,000 MB and it is currently at 2,362 MB. When my PC booted up there was some process called NVIDIA Container that was at like 50% usage or something close to that. The GPU engine was GPU 0 - Video Encode. The 50% usage disappeared after a while. Service Host: Local Service (Network Restricted) which is the parent process of Windows Audio has been jumping around from about 15% up to 20% CPU usage (Third image). Service Host: Windows Audio Endpoint Builder which is the parent process of Windows Audio Endpoint Builder has been jumping around from about 4.7% up to 9% CPU usage (Third Image). Windows Explorer has also been weird, jumping around from 10% up to 20% at times. Does anyone know anything about what is going on here? I tried to provide as much detail as I could after monitoring things for a while PS. Windows Audio Graph Isolation is now up to 2,900 MB of memory usage. The second video clip couldn't upload due to the 20 MB limit so I uploaded it to Google Drive, here is the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNyLZni9x6puNdq04VQPssFtaeP8-Qgn/view?usp=sharing   

Ryzen 3 2200g 79% in task manager seems normal

 

you can download https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy10/ and disable a lot of useless windows programs and windows spyware

[skannerz22]

download https://www.glarysoft.com and change your start up programs as well

[LGZY3]

Just now, skannerz22 said:

Ryzen 3 2200g 79% in task manager seems normal

 

you can download https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy10/ and disable a lot of useless windows programs and windows spyware

It's strange but this is far from normal on my PC, I usually get around 9% to 15% CPU usage while idling like this. Something is wrong and I just don't know what. My audio devices are acting weird and I tried updating drivers but everything is up to date

[LGZY3]

53 minutes ago, Syn. said:

Are you using audio through HDMI? if not then try disabling the NVIDIA High Definition Audio from Device Manager, right click on it and click disable.

I disabled it but it's still acting strange. I now found out that device manager keeps refreshing like how Discord keeps telling me that a new device has been connected. I think it is every time that device manager gets refreshed, discord tries to connect to a device. 

[LGZY3]

37 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Are you controlling what programs open on start-up?

Also I am not controlling what apps open on startup in Window's settings, but I did disable open on startup for Twitch and Microsoft Teams from within their applications.

[skannerz22]

restart the pc and make a new video without any programs open

[skannerz22]

then go find that service host and show what it has as usage

[.Apex.]

9 minutes ago, LGZY3 said:

I disabled it but it's still acting strange. I now found out that device manager keeps refreshing like how Discord keeps telling me that a new device has been connected. I think it is every time that device manager gets refreshed, discord tries to connect to a device. 

Seems like the NVIDIA audio devices are malfunctioning, have you tried using DDU? it's a program to completely uninstall your GPU drivers for a fresh start, you could also try removing the NVIDIA audio drivers from Device Manager first and see if that helps?




https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

[skannerz22]

with that cpu it seems normal if a mic is being used for discord

[skannerz22]

Just now, Syn. said:

Seems like the NVIDIA audio devices are malfunctioning, have you tried using DDU? it's a program to completely uninstall your GPU drivers to have a fresh start, you could also try removing the NVIDIA audio drivers from Device Manager first and see if that helps?




https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

he should go back to windows auto drivers and see if that changes anything

[skannerz22]

the driver for audio that first came with the pc when you got it, usually is the the one you should stick with unless it's broken on it's own

audio drivers don't need updating in most cases

[skannerz22]

if you get drivers from third party programs they install knock off garbage that makes the pc run bad in most scenarios

so get drivers manually from manufacturer

audio drivers should stick to default

[LGZY3]

10 minutes ago, skannerz22 said:

if you get drivers from third party programs they install knock off garbage that makes the pc run bad in most scenarios

so get drivers manually from manufacturer

audio drivers should stick to default

Yes, I only use the audio drivers built into my MOBO, Realtek

[LGZY3]

16 minutes ago, Syn. said:

Seems like the NVIDIA audio devices are malfunctioning, have you tried using DDU? it's a program to completely uninstall your GPU drivers for a fresh start, you could also try removing the NVIDIA audio drivers from Device Manager first and see if that helps?




https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

I am happy to say that after a few hours I finally got my PC behaving the way it should. Between checking for updated drivers, disabling multiple different audio outputs, re-enabling my monitor, running windows troubleshooting tool for my audio output, and then running it for my Blue Snowball input, something finally worked and my PC stopped cycling through connecting and disconnecting all audio devices.

[LGZY3]

Thank you to everyone who helped me here today, I really appreciate it. Me and my PC both thank each and every one of you

[LGZY3]

Yeah, so this issue returned today as well. I was trying my best to mess around with all the settings I was yesterday and sometimes it resolves it, but sometimes it jumps right back up to 100% and then lower to 35% to 45%. I think it is OK for now at about 15% usage (even though it keeps jumping to 20% to 25%), but I feel like it will mess up again soon enough.

 

I just want to know what is causing these issues I have been having. If I could at least know the cause I might be able to prevent it somehow. I may just need to reinstall windows 10 pro again. Did anyone have immense audio issues/glitches that make your CPU run at maximum usage?