Defiance III excessive CPU activity / heat on BOOT very slow to load W10 login prompt
Ok so Defiance III i7 6700, GTX1060 6gb 12GB RAM (came like that, always had 12GB) was working totally fine, no changes, no updates no nothing. I take care of this thing. It 'sleeps' in a case, I undervolt (its not that) I have a cooling pad. I dont run max settings in games so it runs cooler than the average. Mostly get reports of CPU and GPU around 60-70 degrees C while gaming, at IDLE etc its more like 35ish. I've had it about 2.5 years now and had no major issues since a Windows 10 update a long time ago wouldnt apply, but since then I've been getting regular updates etc and all is well.
Edit: boot disk is a 256GB M2 SSD
Suddenly about a week ago Windows 10 is taking an AGE to boot, there is a black screen and a long wait before the login prompt appears. During this time the CPU (NOT the GPU) fan is going nuts and the left side of the case is getting HOT (CPU side) when it finally gets to Windows login and I go in theres nothing. No weird processes, nothing.
Sometimes it just doesnt ever load the login prompt and I have to force a reboot. It just sits on black screen cooking itself.
I've tried installing updates when it does go into Windows, no difference, removing updates (says there arent any to remove) via the advanced startup repair options.
I've tried safe mode, startup repair several times and nothing seems to help.
Tried chkdsk via cmd from startup advanced options, said it fixed some things but upon reboot its the same.
I've removed the anti-virus (bullguard) and its the same.
It still takes ages to boot, it sometimes eventually does but in the eventvwr I can see the firmware is limiting the CPU, becauase its going insane on the CPU usage at boot which doesnt make sense. Theres no other errors and no weird activity. No SMART errors for HDD etc
First thought is virus, mining crypto on boot which explains the excessive CPU activity....but that doesnt make sense because if it does get into W10 its fine. Low CPU activity. Or its a hardware issue, but this doesnt seem to manifest itself in ANY way while the machine is running. No bluescreens. I can still play games.
All fans seem working.
Is there a diagnostic I can do via the BIOS etc? - also a couple times when I've been looking in the BIOS its just locked up and I have to force a reboot.
This is weird.
The last 'changes' I made was to install Flux and to update the powershell help files. So, yeah.
Also, how can I show the boot / post instead of the pc specialist logo on boot? Cant see this in the BIOS.
Help plz
Ok so Defiance III i7 6700, GTX1060 6gb 12GB RAM (came like that, always had 12GB) was working totally fine, no changes, no updates no nothing. I take care of this thing. It 'sleeps' in a case, I undervolt (its not that) I have a cooling pad. I dont run max settings in games so it runs cooler than the average. Mostly get reports of CPU and GPU around 60-70 degrees C while gaming, at IDLE etc its more like 35ish. I've had it about 2.5 years now and had no major issues since a Windows 10 update a long time ago wouldnt apply, but since then I've been getting regular updates etc and all is well.
Edit: boot disk is a 256GB M2 SSD
Suddenly about a week ago Windows 10 is taking an AGE to boot, there is a black screen and a long wait before the login prompt appears. During this time the CPU (NOT the GPU) fan is going nuts and the left side of the case is getting HOT (CPU side) when it finally gets to Windows login and I go in theres nothing. No weird processes, nothing.
Sometimes it just doesnt ever load the login prompt and I have to force a reboot. It just sits on black screen cooking itself.
I've tried installing updates when it does go into Windows, no difference, removing updates (says there arent any to remove) via the advanced startup repair options.
I've tried safe mode, startup repair several times and nothing seems to help.
Tried chkdsk via cmd from startup advanced options, said it fixed some things but upon reboot its the same.
I've removed the anti-virus (bullguard) and its the same.
It still takes ages to boot, it sometimes eventually does but in the eventvwr I can see the firmware is limiting the CPU, becauase its going insane on the CPU usage at boot which doesnt make sense. Theres no other errors and no weird activity. No SMART errors for HDD etc
First thought is virus, mining crypto on boot which explains the excessive CPU activity....but that doesnt make sense because if it does get into W10 its fine. Low CPU activity. Or its a hardware issue, but this doesnt seem to manifest itself in ANY way while the machine is running. No bluescreens. I can still play games.
All fans seem working.
Is there a diagnostic I can do via the BIOS etc? - also a couple times when I've been looking in the BIOS its just locked up and I have to force a reboot.
This is weird.
The last 'changes' I made was to install Flux and to update the powershell help files. So, yeah.
Also, how can I show the boot / post instead of the pc specialist logo on boot? Cant see this in the BIOS.
Help plz