Recent content by CrippledPenguin

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    Question High CPU usage on task manager startup

    It does down too fast for me to check usage but this is the best image I could get : cpu usage
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    Question High CPU usage on task manager startup

    I've recently noticed that when I open task manager the initial CPU usage is upwards of 80% and even 100% at times then it quickly shoots down to the normal level of around >10% when idle. This got me a little suspicious as I've never noticed it doing this before and found out this is typical...
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    Question M2 SSD Disappearing

    It's funny you mention that, my pc also wouldn't start a while back and sadly I tried multiple possible fixes at once so I didn't nail that exact cause, but resetting the cmos was one... I'll buy some batteries when I'm out next, would you happen to know what a 'low' cmos battery would cause in...
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    Question M2 SSD Disappearing

    I recently bought an M2 SSD and wall went well with installation. Then a few months ago I started up my PC and the drive wasn't there, after some trouble shooting I found that my BIOS setting that allows the M2 SSD to be detected was changed somehow. I ignored this thinking it was a one-off...
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    Computer Won't Start Using Power Button

    I recently just installed my new GTX 1070 replacing my old GTX 770. Although when I attempted to turn the computer back on after the installation using my computers power button it wouldn't start, no fans turning or anything. However with a little trouble shooting I found out that my computer...
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    My @ symbol doesn't work

    I know the title doesn't exactly help my point but here's my problem. For some reason my @ symbol stopped working, the usual keybind for the @ symbol for my keyboard is shift + ' but it just suddenly stopped working. I have temporarily fixed the issue by changing my computer language to US so I...
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    Sudden FPS Drops in games

    Ok I will try some settings tweaking to see how it goes. Now about the HDD and SSD, since I have recently reset my computer my HDD and SSD both still have around 90% of their space left and I run all of my current games from my HDD. I play on 1920 x 1080 res and on 120Hz (not sure if that makes...
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    Sudden FPS Drops in games

    Ok now im quite confused, I updated all of my drivers as you said but heres the thing. I get fps drops in games like league of legends and wow, but not in Overwatch. Im wondering what is the difference, I would say overwatch is more gpu intensive and I dont get fps drops, but for games like wow...
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    Sudden FPS Drops in games

    Ok, im just noticing that this issue doesnt seem to be limited to League of legends, it also seems to happen in world of warcraft. Im starting to think its a hardware problem now.... in your opinion, what would be the most likely component to cause such an issue?