A really weird bug occurred Helios 300 PH317-54

zSimeon
zSimeon Member Posts: 5

Tinkerer

edited August 2021 in Predator Laptops
The moment I turn on my laptop CPU starts to heat up to 90C and it's being used 100% but when I open task manager everything comes back to normal and when I close task manager CPU starts to heat up again and starts to be used 100%. My laptop is Helios 300 PH317-54

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  • Batareika007
    Batareika007 Member Posts: 106 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon
    edited August 2021

    * check the laptop for viruses and malwares. also see if there windows updates.

    * try to move battery status to better performance  


    * if you open any other applications, it's still 100% ?
  • zSimeon
    zSimeon Member Posts: 5

    Tinkerer

    I have malwarebytes premium and check for viruses daily, windows is updated to latest version. I always keep battery status at the best performance and no matter how many applications do I open it’s still 100%
  • Leostat
    Leostat ACE Posts: 3,043 Pathfinder
    Does it do that in both battery and AC? You could do a energy report to see if that catches the offending process
    powercfg /energy

    If it spools up when task manager isn't open only it does sound like some sort of malware, my bet is on a bitcoin miner . If it's just checking for tskmanger the energy report should get it and you can then kill it :)
  • zSimeon
    zSimeon Member Posts: 5

    Tinkerer

    Thanks for help, it was malware :)