Why is my cpu usage so high after upgrading motherboard?

[Fullmetal_Alchemist]

I upgraded my motherboard and heatsink. The first day, my cpu idle temps were about 5 C, the next day the idle temps were 30 C. What could have caused this random spike?
I believe this is a list of all my current services

ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)
Adaptive Brightness
Adobe Flash Player Update Service
AMD External Events Utility
AMD FUEL Service
AMD RAIDXpert
Andrea ST Filters Service
Apple Mobile Device
AppleChargerSrv
Application Experience
Application Identity
Application Information
Application Layer Gateway Service
ASP.NET State Service
Audio Service
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Base Filtering Engine
BitLocker Drive Encryption Service
Block Level Backup Engine Service
Bluetooth Service
Bluetooth Support Service
Bonjour Service
Certificate Propagation
CNG Key Isolation
COM+ Event System
COM+ System Application
Computer Browser
Credential Manager
Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
DHCP Client
Diagnostic Policy Service
Diagnostic Service Host
Diagnostic System Host
Disk Defragmenter
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
DNS Client
Encrypting File System (EFS)
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Fax
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
GamesAppService
Group Policy Client
Health Key and Certificate Management
Hi-Rez Studios Authenticate and Update Service
HomeGroup Listener
HomeGroup Provider
HP Client Services
HP Software Framework Service
HP Support Assistant Service
Human Interface Device Access
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
Interactive Services Detection
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
IP Helper
iPod Service
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper
MBAMScheduler
MBAMService
Media Center Extender Service
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X64
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X86
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319_X64
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319_X86
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
Microsoft Office Diagnostics Service
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider
Mozilla Maintenance Service
MSCamSvc
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
Net.Pipe Listener Adapter
Net.Tcp Listener Adapter
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
Netlogon
Network Access Protection Agent
Network Connections

Thanks

 

[photonboy]

Hi,
First of all you said "usage" then just reported the temperature. I assume you are implying it must be used more as it's getting hotter.

You can MONITOR the CPU usage in the Task Manager-> Performance (CTRL-ALT-DEL).

A CPU may spike for short periods to do Anti-Virus scanning, a preset Image Backup or may be high if you have a Browser open.

Other:
30degC is actually typical for idle whereas 5degC is impossible unless it's pretty darn COLD in your room.

A CPU must be hotter than the room temperature.

 

[ddbtkd456]

^^Agreed^^

 

[Fullmetal_Alchemist]

Hi,
First of all you said "usage" then just reported the temperature. I assume you are implying it must be used more as it's getting hotter.

You can MONITOR the CPU usage in the Task Manager-> Performance (CTRL-ALT-DEL).

A CPU may spike for short periods to do Anti-Virus scanning, a preset Image Backup or may be high if you have a Browser open.

Other:
30degC is actually typical for idle whereas 5degC is impossible unless it's pretty darn COLD in your room.

A CPU must be hotter than the room temperature.

I don't know what i was thinking above, but my idle cpu usage is 20% before I upgraded my motherboard the idle usage was 2% Also now there are random 100% usage spikes. The only thing I installed after I upgraded the motherboard was the motherboard drivers and Catalyst control center for my gpu

 

[Fullmetal_Alchemist]

Just did malwarebytes process scan, ended up with huge list of "sweetpacks" and "sweet" pups. And A couple of internet explorer hijack things.

Ill see if fixing those solves anything...

meh

 

[ddbtkd456]

The other thing is check to see if windows update is doing it, both of my computers (laptop = A6 quad core) (desktop = FX 8350 8 Core) got totally floored to the maximum when windows update was updating....I disabled both.

 

[photonboy]

Just did malwarebytes process scan, ended up with huge list of "sweetpacks" and "sweet" pups. And A couple of internet explorer hijack things.

Ill see if fixing those solves anything...

meh

Just to be clear...
The motherboard has nothing to do with CPU usage. A CPU processes whatever data Windows or other programs send it.

I hope your issue is solved with Malwarebytes. Some malware can cause your drives to be scanned.

If you don't have a good Antivirus solution make sure you get one.

 

[ddbtkd456]

Just did malwarebytes process scan, ended up with huge list of "sweetpacks" and "sweet" pups. And A couple of internet explorer hijack things.

Ill see if fixing those solves anything...

meh

Just to be clear...
The motherboard has nothing to do with CPU usage. A CPU processes whatever data Windows or other programs send it.

I hope your issue is solved with Malwarebytes. Some malware can cause your drives to be scanned.

If you don't have a good Antivirus solution make sure you get one.

Agreed, Trend Micro is pretty good for 25-50 dollars depending on how many computers you want it on. I have had it for years and have yet to get a virus or anything.

 

[Fullmetal_Alchemist]

I do have malwarebytes pro and webroot installed, so i don't really know what could be causing this. Maybe its because I did not do a fresh install when upgrading motherboard, only did a sysprep OOBE.

Thanks for your help so far. I'll see if the problem persists tomorrow.

 

[photonboy]

I also recommend creating a BACKUP IMAGE to a secondary drive which you can RESTORE if the drive fails or you get a virus/glitch that can't be sorted out.

Windows Image is okay. I use Acronis True Image for automated, weekly backups. If you have a WD or Seagate drive you can get the FREE version (manual backup only) of Acronis TI (I think Seagate renamed it).

 

[Fullmetal_Alchemist]

I also recommend creating a BACKUP IMAGE to a secondary drive which you can RESTORE if the drive fails or you get a virus/glitch that can't be sorted out.

Windows Image is okay. I use Acronis True Image for automated, weekly backups. If you have a WD or Seagate drive you can get the FREE version (manual backup only) of Acronis TI (I think Seagate renamed it).

Running full malwarebytes scan, so far 7 issues...