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    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Shaazam, Apr 13, 2010.

  1. Shaazam

    Shaazam Notebook Enthusiast

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    HI guys I just installed another hard drive and set up raid 0. After doing a fresh install of windows and installing some drivers I notice my CPU usage was 30% at idle. I usually stand at 0-2% at idle. Any ideas? Plus my voltage to my comp increased to 1.25. How did that happen? Was it because of my previous overclock settings?
     
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    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    I'm not 100% sure but it could be that you have to enable or disable legacy AHCI in the BIOS.
     
    Aikimox, Apr 14, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Download process explorer and see whats using up your CPU.
     
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    EntityX Notebook Evangelist

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    What sort of temps are you seeing at idle? Are you still over clocked?

    Also, how is it that you have RGB screen with nvidia gpu? did you upgrade?
     
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    beelsr Notebook Consultant

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    download one of the following and see what's eating the CPU - task manager hoovers...
    process explorer - systernals.com
    YAPM or processhacker - both on sourceforge
     
    beelsr, Apr 14, 2010
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