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I've got a Sager laptop, a GeForce GTX 680M, an i7, 32GB of RAM, and I'm running Windows 7. My computer recently began to make that sound Windows makes when you plug in or unplug something (The da duh thing. Not sure how else to describe it.) out of the blue, and very often. Easily 10 times a minute on average. I wasn't sure what was going on so I restarted my computer in hopes that might fix it, and when it began to reboot, it did so MUCH slower than it ever has before. In addition, anything I open and close does so very slowly, fading in/out over a period of seconds. I restarted it again, and thought it booted up slightly faster than before, I'm still having the same issues. The sound isn't playing anymore though, thank god. What's going on here?
I suspect that some task is running in the background and eating up your CPU and RAM. – Daniel R Hicks – 2014-08-20T00:27:09.590
Just checked that. Task manager says CPU usage is at ~20% and the memory thing says 4.7GB – Ian McLeod – 2014-08-20T00:32:15.270
Sometimes Task Manager lies. – Daniel R Hicks – 2014-08-20T00:33:36.853
Where should I look then? And what for? – Ian McLeod – 2014-08-20T00:35:02.827
Install Process Explorer.
– Daniel R Hicks – 2014-08-20T00:42:16.383Says CPU usage is ~3%. Can't find any processes that seem out of the ordinary either. Could this be a hardware problem, maybe? Also, thanks for replying, and helping me out. I appreciate it. – Ian McLeod – 2014-08-20T00:45:16.133
It may be that you have a "floating" interrupt or some such. If you use a hardwired Internet cable rather than WiFi, make sure your WiFi adapter is still turned ON. Plug something (eg, a memory stick) into each USB port and remove it (with appropriate removal protocol). For "occupied" ports, remove and reinstall the device. Then "sleep" your unit for a minute or so, to reset interrupts. – Daniel R Hicks – 2014-08-20T01:27:28.930