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Unusually high CPU usage when moving mouse?

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For some reason moving my mouse makes my 4th CPU core jump up to around 100% when moving it over empty space on my desktop. It doesn't seem to do it anywhere else other that empty space on my desktop. I know USB mice do consume some CPU cycles unlike PS/2 but this seems a bit ridiculous. Maybe it's a Windows bug.

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Just now, Kilobytez95 said:

No, I can't see why a virus would do that anyways.

you never know nowadays man, my buddy had a virus that somehome kept changing his fan speeds. or so he says

 

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Just now, GreezyJeezy said:

you never know nowadays man, my buddy had a virus that somehome kept changing his fan speeds. or so he says

I know a virus can do many stupid things but it only happens on empty desktop space, if I open chrome or anything it's fine.

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1 minute ago, Kilobytez95 said:

I know a virus can do many stupid things but it only happens on empty desktop space, if I open chrome or anything it's fine.

do you have windows 10?

 

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3 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

then i'd bet on it being a bug

G700S. I have it set to 1000Hz polling but I tested it at  a lower polling rate and the same thing happens. I looked into it a bit more and it's explorer.exe causing the problem and it doesn't do this weird behavior at all when it's over something like taskmanager or the taskbar at the bottom.

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1 minute ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

If it lasts for only a moment while you're moving your mouse it's nothing to be concerned about. 

That's not my problem though. It's a huge waste of CPU resources when if it doesn't seem to be a problem.

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14 minutes ago, Kilobytez95 said:

That's not my problem though. It's a huge waste of CPU resources when if it doesn't seem to be a problem.

Do you have other programs open while these spikes occur?

 

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21 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Do you have other programs open while these spikes occur?

 

Just what I usually have open and nothing is running that I don't know about.

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