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Diagnosing desktop computer that unexpectedly shuts down - not overheating

Today my office desktop computer (which is also the main network machine) shut down unexpectedly while exporting a very large data file - the other computers in the network were already off. The ...
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Virtual Machine client slow and crashing

Admittedly I am working VirtualBox quite hard with this idea. I have a 32 Intel core (64 HT core), 128 GB workstation running CentOS 7. I am looking to run Windows in virtual machines, ideally in 16 ...
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Why does my computer only boot successfully after restarting my UPS (battery backup)?

So, before Windows 10 October 2018 (1809) update my computer ran flawlessly and played Fallout 4 with mods without any problems. If there's any crash, the computer would simply go to desktop. After ...
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3.95GB ram usage out of 8gb available windows 7 64bit

EDIT: I did see most of the questions with similar problem, and as stated below I did try most of the things that were proposed as a solution, none of it worked tho, hence why I asked my question to ...
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Why did formatting win 7 computers to windows 10 double their cpu-z bench score?

So I work at a company as an IT guy while I am doing my computer engineering degree. Doing hardware and software maintenance of computers is part of my job. I have had a weird experience with two of ...
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High CPU usage - seems to be in the function DefPortWriteAcpiRegister in ACPI.sys

I have been struggling with high CPU usage for a pretty long time, the issue happens when I do a full reboot of my laptop (a DELL Precision M6800, Windows 7, 64bits), it happens in the ACPI.sys ...
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When laptop switches on, the led lights up but nothing on screen

My laptop is a Samsung n150 plus and it runs windows 7 starter with 2gb ram and Intel atom processor with 1.66ghz clock rate.However, when i plugged in the charger a led lights up(which is for show ...
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~100% CPU Usage with little CPU Process utilization

Fresh install Windows 7 on single core desktop. Windows Task Manager: Performance Tab: spikes to ~100% CPU usage for long periods (30+ seconds) Processes Tab: sum of CPU column is < 4% Windows ...
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How do i enable Virtualization (VT) on Windows 7?

How would I enable vt for Windows 7? Thanks
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What's with i7 7700 throttling?

Hardware: Motherboard: Asus H170-Pro CPU: i7 7700 (Stock cooler) GPU: ZT-P10810F-10P (ZOTAC 1080 Ti AMP Extreme Core Edition) RAM: 16GB Software: Windows 7 x64 AIDA64 Extreme Games Issues: Why ...
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How to parallel windows pc in same network?

I have some windows pc in my local network, each of them have 8 cores cpu. I have program that takes lot of cpu resource, so I want to parallel it on all of the pc. Right now I running my program ...
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How to reduce the CPU speed to 1% of actual CPU speed for a specific Windows process? [duplicate]

I have a Windows software with a GUI that does cool things but too quickly (I cannot figure see all the editing it does in realtime because it goes too fast). How to reduce the CPU speed to 1% of ...
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svchost relativley high usage after some time

I have Windows 7 Ultimate. sometimes (not always), after about 3-4 minutes that I don't use the computer, I hear the sound of the cpu fan (CPU: 4790K -not overclocked , fan: Deepcool 120mm liquid ...
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Is it ok to change CPU rate limit of SID mid process?

One process in particular is using a lot of CPU (100% and raising temps to 95C) which needs to run for long period of time(~3 hrs). Using this guide helped limit the usable bandwidth of CPU to 50%. ...
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Audio not working at all after three overheat resets followed by a scan in safe mode

So, the audio stopped working completely in my PC, The motherboard is an Asrock H81M-HDS with an i5 4460 quad core processor. Along with 8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a GTX 760. The system suddenly reset after ...
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