So I have built several computers and have a general idea of what I am doing. But I am no means an expert. But this has seriously stumped me.
Specs: Custom Built.
Cpu - Intel 4770k i7
Motherboard - Asus z87-A
Graphics card - Gigabyte Nvidia 980 Ti Windforce
Storage - SSD 500 gb for windows. and 2, 1 terabyte hard drives for everything else.
Ram - 32 gb ddr3 corsair vengence.
OS - Windows 10 latest update non beta
TLDR: I believe WMI Provider Host is causing my computer to overload the CPU and causing the computer to not come out of sleep mode and causing performance issues when it runs.
Problem: Several times in the last couple weeks I have been having some performance problems with my computer. I load up task manager and it says WMI Provider Host is using between 50-80% of CPU usage. My understanding is it is a management program that is supposed to help run the various things on the computer to keep it running smoothly (this is known from google, I may be wrong). Due to this information I would kill some tasks that I didnt need running that running when I started the computer. Razer Synapse was one and after I killed the task the WMI program went down to nothing and I got the use of my computer back. I then tried to run Battle.net for playing Overwatch. It wouldnt load and every time I tried to open it it would cause WMI to increase. So I uninstalled battle.net and reinstalled it and still did the same thing. Out of irritation I killed WMI over and over again in the task manager. Low and behold battle.net worked like nothing happened and I was able to play games. YouTube has told me to go into services menu and restart the Windows Management Instrumentation program. Which now that I read it might be the same WMI program. I am nervous to do this however as I try to stay away from messing with Windows background programs a lot because I dont want to mess anything big up.
I began to notice other performance issues however because of the high CPU usage. I left my computer on over night and when I returned I clicked the mouse to wake it from sleep mode and the fans and lights came on but the DIGI+ VRM light was red on the motherboard (glass window case). In the manual it says that this is an issue with the CPU.
Im beginning to wonder if the two are related.
I have also read that this might be a virus disguised as the official windows program. I have run virus scans using Windows Defender to no avail. The only things that I have changed on the computer lately have been the addition of new games through Steam, and the Oculus Rift.
Any advice is welcome and appreciated.
Specs: Custom Built.
Cpu - Intel 4770k i7
Motherboard - Asus z87-A
Graphics card - Gigabyte Nvidia 980 Ti Windforce
Storage - SSD 500 gb for windows. and 2, 1 terabyte hard drives for everything else.
Ram - 32 gb ddr3 corsair vengence.
OS - Windows 10 latest update non beta
TLDR: I believe WMI Provider Host is causing my computer to overload the CPU and causing the computer to not come out of sleep mode and causing performance issues when it runs.
Problem: Several times in the last couple weeks I have been having some performance problems with my computer. I load up task manager and it says WMI Provider Host is using between 50-80% of CPU usage. My understanding is it is a management program that is supposed to help run the various things on the computer to keep it running smoothly (this is known from google, I may be wrong). Due to this information I would kill some tasks that I didnt need running that running when I started the computer. Razer Synapse was one and after I killed the task the WMI program went down to nothing and I got the use of my computer back. I then tried to run Battle.net for playing Overwatch. It wouldnt load and every time I tried to open it it would cause WMI to increase. So I uninstalled battle.net and reinstalled it and still did the same thing. Out of irritation I killed WMI over and over again in the task manager. Low and behold battle.net worked like nothing happened and I was able to play games. YouTube has told me to go into services menu and restart the Windows Management Instrumentation program. Which now that I read it might be the same WMI program. I am nervous to do this however as I try to stay away from messing with Windows background programs a lot because I dont want to mess anything big up.
I began to notice other performance issues however because of the high CPU usage. I left my computer on over night and when I returned I clicked the mouse to wake it from sleep mode and the fans and lights came on but the DIGI+ VRM light was red on the motherboard (glass window case). In the manual it says that this is an issue with the CPU.
Im beginning to wonder if the two are related.
I have also read that this might be a virus disguised as the official windows program. I have run virus scans using Windows Defender to no avail. The only things that I have changed on the computer lately have been the addition of new games through Steam, and the Oculus Rift.
Any advice is welcome and appreciated.
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