Cpu started to spike again

[gilne]

Hello i posted a while ago you can look at my profile or this link:

Basically I uninstall the program  f.lux and my computer was back to normal  for 5 months until yesterday when the screen just started to have weird pixels over all the screen then the computer crashed exactly like last time.

 my cpu started to spike again to 100% in simple games again.

note: i did not reinstall that program. any idea what might be causing it?

 

 

specs

i5-7500 3.4ghz

16gb ram

Gtx 1060

250 ssd

1tb hdd

[LIGISTX]

2 minutes ago, gilne said:

Hello i posted a while ago you can look at my profile or this link:

Basically I uninstall the program  f.lux and my computer was back to normal  for 5 months until yesterday when the screen just started to have weird pixels over all the screen then the computer crashed exactly like last time.

 my cpu started to spike again to 100% in simple games again.

note: i did not reinstall that program. any idea what might be causing it?

 

 

specs

i5-7500 3.4ghz

16gb ram

Gtx 1060

250 ssd

1tb hdd

The pixel issue sounds so much like GPU... what power supply do you have?

 

As far as CPU spiking, there must be some bloatware running in the background or something. Basically just start uninstalling things you don't need, and use control alt delete -> startup tab to disable things you don't really need starting when your PC starts from starting at boot. All sorts of programs like to think they are the most important programs in the world... they usually are not. See if there are lots of things in there you can disable. If you think you need it enabled because you don't know what it is and its like an Intel thing, or nvidia thing, leave that enabled.

[gilne]

1 hour ago, LIGISTX said:

The pixel issue sounds so much like GPU... what power supply do you have?

 

As far as CPU spiking, there must be some bloatware running in the background or something. Basically just start uninstalling things you don't need, and use control alt delete -> startup tab to disable things you don't really need starting when your PC starts from starting at boot. All sorts of programs like to think they are the most important programs in the world... they usually are not. See if there are lots of things in there you can disable. If you think you need it enabled because you don't know what it is and its like an Intel thing, or nvidia thing, leave that enabled.

My power supply is Antec VP450 Power Supply 450 Watts.

I did a full scan with bit defender and hitman pro and there were no bloatware.

Also all my startup and programs in the background are disable

[gilne]

I clean my computer and started and it works clean now there was barley any dust.

I don't get what the problem was, it happens every few months ... really no clue.

[LIGISTX]

57 minutes ago, gilne said:

My power supply is Antec VP450 Power Supply 450 Watts.

I did a full scan with bit defender and hitman pro and there were no bloatware.

Also all my startup and programs in the background are disable

Not a great PSU, but it should be enough. Hmm.... what games?

[gilne]

On 7/14/2020 at 7:39 AM, LIGISTX said:

Not a great PSU, but it should be enough. Hmm.... what games?

Game like horizen dawn 

Just look what happend after few minutes to the screen

 

[gilne]

It works for a few minutes then it crashes

Is it the power suppley?

I had it for 3 years with bo problem

Suddnley this happens

 

This time there is no spike in cpu usage

It just make the screen all pixels like in the picture above and crash the pc

[Jenko32]

2 hours ago, gilne said:

It works for a few minutes then it crashes

Is it the power suppley?

I had it for 3 years with bo problem

Suddnley this happens

 

This time there is no spike in cpu usage

It just make the screen all pixels like in the picture above and crash the pc

Is the problem only with Horizon Zero Dawn?

Because it's a badly optimized port with lots of bug. Bad optimization could explain CPU spikes, yesterday I played it and it was running smooth (I have i7 4790 and gtx 1060) but today in a new area it was stuttering and had random usage on both CPU and GPU. Random crash are a problem of the game for now too

 

In case it happens with other games, that seems like a GPU related problem.

With what cable your monitor is connected to the GPU?

I have had a similar problem with my 1060 after thinking I dropped water on it, it's video output was like yours (but green instead of white pixels) but turned out it was the DVI cable, which contacts' were corroded (I cleaned the contacts with isopropyl alcohol (evaporating contact cleaner works too.) 

Might worth try, if you have the skills and things to do so, remove, clean PCI Express on both GPU and motherboard side with isopropyl alcohol and reinstert the GPU.

If you use contact cleaner/isopropyl alcohol remember to give it time to evaporate and check before giving power to the PC if that it's really dry.

[LIGISTX]

6 hours ago, gilne said:

Game like horizen dawn 

Just look what happend after few minutes to the screen

 

That sure looks like a bad GPU to me...

[gilne]

11 hours ago, Jenko32 said:

Is the problem only with Horizon Zero Dawn?

Because it's a badly optimized port with lots of bug. Bad optimization could explain CPU spikes, yesterday I played it and it was running smooth (I have i7 4790 and gtx 1060) but today in a new area it was stuttering and had random usage on both CPU and GPU. Random crash are a problem of the game for now too

 

In case it happens with other games, that seems like a GPU related problem.

With what cable your monitor is connected to the GPU?

I have had a similar problem with my 1060 after thinking I dropped water on it, it's video output was like yours (but green instead of white pixels) but turned out it was the DVI cable, which contacts' were corroded (I cleaned the contacts with isopropyl alcohol (evaporating contact cleaner works too.) 

Might worth try, if you have the skills and things to do so, remove, clean PCI Express on both GPU and motherboard side with isopropyl alcohol and reinstert the GPU.

If you use contact cleaner/isopropyl alcohol remember to give it time to evaporate and check before giving power to the PC if that it's 

it happens now even when im not playing a gane so i dont think its the gpu i will try to replace ny hdmi cable

Could it be maybe the power suplley cable

[Jenko32]

1 hour ago, gilne said:

it happens now even when im not playing a gane so i dont think its the gpu i will try to replace ny hdmi cable

Could it be maybe the power suplley cable

I don't think it's the power supply cable if it was the power supply cable, power would go out or something like that

I suggest you to buy a new GPU from somewhere like Amazon or Newegg where you can send it back in case it's not the real issue with your system

[gilne]

Im thinking of doing a clean windows instal and if it stil kep crashing the gpu is dead 

 

[Jenko32]

1 hour ago, gilne said:

Im thinking of doing a clean windows instal and if it stil kep crashing the gpu is dead 

 

Remember that if the problem is not the GPU you may want to return it if bought new but it's your choice if you want to try used market

It's likely it's the GPU anyway, but when doing the fresh Windows install don't install anything other than the game and drivers, if the problem is present when you finish installing everything you had then it's a program fault