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Thanks for your help, I'll try these and report back.

Update: I just selected and deselected BD PROCHOT and the temp shot up to over 95C immediately. Measured it in ThrottleStop and CoreTemp simultaneously. So looks like I have a volcano on my hands. Any advice?

Just downloaded ThrottleStop and deselected BD PROCHOT. This increased the CPU speed and the laptop is running much faster, though it's with the loud fan running all the time, which is also what I'm trying to avoid since it's been loud enough that I can't record myself or video call well for...

Thanks for the suggestions! I went into device manager and uninstalled/deleted the drivers under the system tab which started with Intel(R) before restarting and there's no change - should I do this with additional drivers? Yes, it's on a high performance mode. Any other tips?

Hello All, I've had problems with my less than 2 year old Acer Spin 3 for a year now, and have posted about it previously: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/acer-spin-3-with-ssd-sluggish-issues-with-windows-explorer-and-streaming.3579514/ It got suddenly very sluggish after being...

Still looking for advice in case anyone can help.

Thanks, my version of BIOS is from 3/2018 (InsydeCorp V1.04), and there are some updates available at that Acer link. I've just heard updating BIOS can be risky and I'm rather noobish. Any thoughts? I have Windows 10 Home version 1903. Thanks for your help.

Hello All, I have an issue I hope you can help me with. My Acer Spin 3 (sp314-51) with Windows 10 suddenly became painfully slow a few months ago and is having display issues. I think these may have to do with the graphics card but I’m not so well versed in this stuff so can’t be sure. This...

forgot to add that the memtest results were fine

Thanks for your reply. I was finally able to install Windows security updates after many failed attempts. Again, it's always a quick restart, no blue screen. CPU still around 98-99%. Windows Defender wasn't working so I used Malwarebytes and it removed 17 suspicious files. Will Windows...

Hello all, Any help with my issue here is much appreciated! Thanks in advance. I have an Acer Aspire V5 netbook (Windows 8, 2.5 years old) that for the last week or so has often (2-3 times a day, only using it about 4 times a day) been continually restarting, along with being a little slower...

Ok guys, randomly the computer started and is working today after about 8 hours of no start-up at all. Tell me if I may be wrong, but I think this means it's a hardware problem (like the one you just described). I suppose I should enjoy this while it lasts and look into a new computer. At...

I am a bit worried about paying someone to do the reinstall if it's a hardware issue. Sometimes when I attempt to start up I get a disk read error-does that point to hardware?

The key I got from magic jelly bean does not match the one on the sticker and not all letters are readable on the sticker. The computer pretty much won't boot at all, even in safe mode. Will try to do a reinstall if I can get a copy of Windows on a usb but I worry that might all be in vain if...

I do have everything backed up, I'm just not sure how I can reinstall Windows without a disk, without a disk drive in my computer, and without being able to read the product key...