Issues on Acer Aspire A515-51G Laptop – Slow Boot and High CPU Usage

hasnainshah

I’m currently using an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G and have been facing some performance issues recently. The laptop is taking longer than usual to boot, and the CPU usage is consistently high (above 80%) even when no heavy applications are running. I’ve tried restarting the system, but the issue persists.

Here are the details of my setup:

• OS: Windows 10 Home, version 1909
• RAM: 8 GB
• Processor: Intel Core i5 (8th Gen)
• Storage: 512 GB SSD
• Background programs: No unnecessary applications running in the background.

Has anyone faced a similar issue? I’ve already checked for software updates, but it hasn’t helped. Any advice or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/718431/issues-on-acer-aspire-a515-51g-laptop-slow-boot-and-high-cpu-usage

Hi, there is 4GB onboard (soldered) memory and another 4GB in the removable memory slot, you can upgrade up to 20GB total memory (4GB onboard+16GB in the slot), so I would suggest you buy a 8GB DDR4 2133MHz module with CL value of 15. or this one 16GB DDR4 3200MT/s Non-ECC Unbuffered SODIMM CL22 1RX8 1.2V 260-pin 16Gbit from Kingston (see link). Avoid buying any modules with XMP profile, such as Kingston HyperX or Corsair Vengeance modules. Memory for a Acer - Aspire A515-51G-553U - Kingston Technology

If you have a 2.5" Sata SSD or M2 Sata SSD get a PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD like the Gen3 Samsung 970 Evo Plus up to 2TB or a Gen4 SSD like the new Samsung 990 Evo Plus for the same price but that will run in a 3x4 PCIe slot at the same speed as a Gen3 SSD.
Upgrade to Windows11 23H2 but first check if you have a TPM 2.0 chip:

1. Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. Type tpm.msc and press Enter.
3. In the TPM Management window, check the Status and Specification Version.