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So I have a substantial gaming/ graphic arts computer running Windows 7 Ultimate. A few weeks ago I was playing a game when my power cord blew. The computer instantly shut off and there was a hole in the side of the wire; I quickly replaced the power strip and the cord in case either had problems, booted up the computer again, and it was okay. Working as normal.
A few days later, after a few hours of work it would start to slow down. I would restart it and it would be okay, but it gradually became slower and slower.
A few days ago I noticed that turning on the computer was taking longer and longer; finally today I turned it on and it took a full fifteen minutes to boot past the glowy windows logo. Then logging on took over twenty minutes to process, before finally being too slow to do anything with. Rebooting several times yielded the same result. I did a memory test which yielded no negative results, but this time it started up again. I've tested all the hardware and nothing seems to be functioning incorrectly. It slows down and finally it becomes unbearable and unusable.
I have no crapware installed and it's always run squeaky clean until now. I've never seen anything like this before and Google was no help. Could any of you know what's wrong?
Specs:
AMD FX-6300 6-core 3.5GHz CPU
16Gb 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 256-bit 1Gb Graphics card
ASRock 980DE3-U3S3 Motherboard
Seagate 1Tb HDD
Thanks in advance!
Processors do not lower their speed if they don't get enough power. They draw the power they need, and if the PSU can't provide it, it shuts down, or failing that ( broken psu ), the system malfunctions and/or reboots. A reduced processor frequency wouldn't account for significantly long boot times either. – psusi – 2015-06-11T02:06:51.650