reloaded windows, now running hot. why? (QX411)

Hi all,

I just formatted my drive and reloaded Windows (7 Home Premium). The only changes I've made at this point are installing Evernote and a few of the portable apps suite.

I currently have 10 tabs open in Google Portable, two windows in Evernote and a Notepad open, and the computer's fan is spinning and whining like crazy. This was not the case before when I had 2/3 of my hard drive full and I was running 4-6 installed apps.

The computer is 7 months, old. What the hell gives? Does Google Chrome Portable really freak the computer out?

Any suggestions?

SPECS:
Processor Name: Intel Core i5-2410M
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
RAM: 6 GB
Weight: 5.1 lb
Screen Size: 14.1 inches
Screen Size Type: Widescreen
Native Resolution: 1366 x 768
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Memory: 64
2nd Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GT 520M
2nd Graphics Memory: 1024
Storage Capacity (as Tested): 750 GB
Rotation Speed: 5400 rpm
Networking Options: 802.11n

 

Run HWiNFO and see if the CPU is running continuously at full speed. If it is, then look in Task Manager to see if any process is fully loading the CPU (25% or more CPU utilization) and kill that process. Does the CPU speed reduce? If not then select a balanced performance power profile.

John

 

Thanks. I rebooted and the issue hasn't returned, but I will use this going forward.

- sps