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Lenovo T480 with i7-8650U drops down to 399 MHz and stays there
Sometimes, my laptop will suddenly start performing very poorly. I thought it might be overheating, so I checked HWMonitor and saw that the temperatures were fine. What I did see however is that the ...
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Is overheating a sign that I need a new CPU?
I have an HP Envy laptop. A while ago my CPU fan started dying, and the whole side of the laptop would heat up. I didn't use an application to check the CPU temperature, but I never experienced ...
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High CPU temperature of new Clevo w350ST Laptop
I just recently bought a new Clevo W350ST laptop. While everything has been working extremely fine in it, its the CPU temperatures on the laptop I am worried about.
The Tj Max. for my processor (i7 ...
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CPU clock scales down so computer is unusable after switching to battery
When I am plugged in my laptop runs great however when I unplug it and I'm on battery power my CPU clock speed scales down pretty much all the way.
I know this is happening by monitoring the clock ...
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Toshiba laptop turns on then off after 5-10 seconds, with or without AC charger or battery connected
My relative has a Toshiba Satellite C50-A-19T laptop with an Intel Celeron 1005M. She left it for a bit to do some work, with the laptop just sitting there with Chrome open. Then, Windows decided to ...
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Lenovo T430 temperature issues? Fan control for Linux?
> sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +63.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +54.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +64.0°C (high =...
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Dell E7440 CPU frequency does not rise above 1GHz
I had notice a strange problem on my Dell Latitude E7440. Sometimes the CPU frequency never goes above 1.0 GHz (even when running some cpu intensive program, such as MATLAB), and the computer runs ...
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Diagnosing strange lag/catchup or freezing behaviors on my new Laptop
I've been noticing strange freezes, lags, and crashes, although not too often. Here's my setup:
Dell inspiron i7559, as purchased:
Intel i7 6700HQ 2.6 GHz processor (officially goes up past 3 on ...
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CPU power states and temperature spikes
i just noticed something really unusual on my brand new (slightly used) ASUS N550JV.
During my first checks in general performance and etc, i noticed that the temperatures were unusually high for a ...
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How can I control my fans with SpeedFan? Doesn't show anything
I have a problem. My laptop gets really hot every time... Last time it was around 120 degrees. I need to control my fans with SpeedFan. But the problem is that my laptop doesn't see the fans.
My ...
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Haswell power efficiency compared to Ivy and Sandy
After reading a few reviews about the Haswell CPU series, I concluded that upgrading from Ivy or Sandy bridge might not be worth it considering the limited power gain. However Intel does advertise ...
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Gateway laptop module bay light repeating 12 flashes - what error is that?
I have a Gateway M465-E laptop currently running fine with a T2300E Core Duo installed. I wanted to upgrade it to a Core 2 Duo. My brother has the same model laptop and that took a Core 2 Duo (T7200)...
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Brand new laptop making an electrical sizzling noise when opening programs
I just bought the Acer V17 Nitro VN7-792G-705X.
The processor is the Intel i7-6700HQ.
I noticed that when I open a program, say google chrome, you can distinctly hear a sizzling noise coming from ...
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CPU speed drops to 0.48GHz afer plugging charger
I have a Lenovo Yoga 500-15ibd laptop that I recently bought (used). Everything in it seems to be fine but whenever I plugin the charger it slows down.
I looked at the task manager and I saw that as ...
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Computer CPU is slow and stuck at 14% for a while for no clear reason
This would happen when CPU usage is above 90%. It's not a 3D rendering problem as it would happen with 2D application too.
Effects vary depending on application but usually freeze or crash. This ...
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