Is anyone having intermittent high cpu temp at idle?
I’m running latest bios 0.21. thanks.
Haven’t had time to look into it properly just putting it here as a placer until i get more time.
I suppose most users would probably not notice because the fan is loud all the time generally so you would be unaware of a cpu spiking high unless using HWMonitor / HWiNFO or Resource Monitor?
Obviously it would be noticeable playing a game as when mine is spiking out i can struggle to close resource monitor so gaming wouldn’t be doing too good.
This is happening frequently but in bursts so I will experience spike in CPU and I/O and then will be maxed out for a 2-4 minutes then die off on its own. Then 15 minutes or so the same thing happens again.
I’ll try get a better screenshot as I managed to catch this. I’ve modified the Thread Title to reflect the issue.
@petem MsMpEng.exe is part of Windows Defender (built-in antivirus). You could try disabling that and download a different A/V program. Otherwise, it might just be doing updates and running initial scans and might calm down after awhile.
Hmm. I never enabled it. I Just checked in “Windows Security” app and “Virus & threat protection” has a yellow exclamation mark and a button that says turn on.
I assume therefore that it’s not enabled?
EDIT: Rule 1 - Never assume. lol. I’m always quick to say this to others but seeminly dont take my own advice huh? lol
I can see that inside settings "Real time protection and Cloud Delivered Protection and Automatic sample submission are all ON.
Nope. Still happening.
Any one have any suggestions?
I’ve checked and cannot see Microsoft Security Essentials installed or System Center Endpoint Protection
@petem might be worth checking the windows system services (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services) and scroll down to the Windows Defender items and make sure they’re Startup Type is set to Manual or Disabled.
