Aspire A514-53 CPU issue, suddenly unit started running slow even on simple web navigation task

LeoM87

Hello ! been 10 days now that my laptop isn't working properly.

I've been using it mostly for playin an old online game and it worked nicely until a week ago then all of a sudden it started to run very slow even on simple web navigation tasks. i've tried drivers update, reinstalled OS and everything came to my mind to fix it. i'm not receiving any error notification and laptop didn't do any beep/freeze/blackscreen - it's just extremely slow.

From windows task i can see the CPU is always at low % and stuck at 0.39ghz speed.

Temperatures seems average anything around 37°-41°

Any suggestions ?

Thank you 🤞

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username1488

You have triggered some sort power savings mode, this happened to me earlier when I screwed around using the ThrottleStop app to increase performance.

Have you enabled the "maximum performance" power profile from windows power saving settings?

Does this issue persist when on battery power, plugged in, or both?

Are there any exclamation marks on Device Manager?

Have you installed any Acer software that might have triggered a battery-savings profile?

Are the fans obstructed or not spinning, perhaps triggering a "thermal throttle" mode?