roman saves the day whoooooo
going to buy one of those and then i'll post back here and say how it didn't work and my computer still sucks

my new power supply came in today. the last one on the 3 you linked.
the processor is still running like mad after installing it.
soooooo... what now

Quote from: Fat Joey;1602799my new power supply came in today. the last one on the 3 you linked.
the processor is still running like mad after installing it.
soooooo... what now

That's one thing fixed. Now you should do some tests. Tell us what happens when the graphics card is not hooked up.

Quote from: RomanClock;1602812That's one thing fixed. Now you should do some tests. Tell us what happens when the graphics card is not hooked up.

Unplug the video card and use the old integrated card?
Or unplug the card and turn the computer on?

Quote from: Fat Joey;1602814Unplug the video card and use the old integrated card?
Or unplug the card and turn the computer on?

Unplug the card from the power, if it makes noise (because it might make an annoying beeping noise) just turn off your computer and take out the card entirely (Only if you feel you can do it safely!) and then start your computer.
Then give us the readings.

If it still goes crazy, it's probably a driver issue.

(Don't worry about the PSU, its a good investment)

I don't think I understand what you're saying. Okay, I unplug the card. Then what does my vga cable go into? If I plugged it into the one on my computer, it would just use the integrated video card.

Also, the video card that I use doesn't require any power from the PSU through a cable.

Quote from: Fat Joey;1602856If I plugged it into the one on my computer, it would just use the integrated video card.

Yea and? Is there something wrong with that? You still need to see what the processor is doing without the card.

If it doesn't help, there could be a few more things I can think of:
1. CPU fan isn't working properly and its getting hotter than it should. Get SpeedFan and tell us what the temps are.
2. The graphics driver has some kind of problem (wrong version maybe), if so download a new driver here
3. Some other program is causing a problem, in which case try booting in safe mode and see if the problem persist and report findings here.

Quote from: RomanClock;1602862Yea and? Is there something wrong with that? You still need to see what the processor is doing without the card.

If it doesn't help, there could be a few more things I can think of:
1. CPU fan isn't working properly and its getting hotter than it should. Get SpeedFan and tell us what the temps are.
2. The graphics driver has some kind of problem (wrong version maybe), if so download a new driver here
3. Some other program is causing a problem, in which case try booting in safe mode and see if the problem persist and report findings here.

Oh okay, you said readings, so I thought I was supposed to get some kind of BIOS screen or something. I'm at Driver's Ed right now and posting from my phone but I'll check these out when I get home.

Thanks for all the help Roman.

Okay well since the new PSU and the drivers, the CPU usage sits at around 50% now.
Which is better, but still not what it should be doing.

In safe mode,

...

edit: Wanted to make a note that even though the computer said it was using 0-3% of the CPU, it was still really loud.

Go to the Exotics Tab and click Show the Magic so I can see that (don't need safe mode). The thing about SpeedFan is that its not always easy to tell whats what, the Exotics tab helps by grouping them.

And the noise: What did it sound like and what was making it?

The next step will be to look at the software side like processes and etc. Safe mode CPU usage indicates its probably some non-essential component, or that there is some kind of compatibility issues.

could just be the cooling fan on either the CPU or GPU, did you completely remove the graphics card to see if it made the sound? Does it make the sound immediately after turning it on? Does the sound ever stop then restart?

I'm not entire convinced you actually checked your processes for any that were using large amounts of your CPU.

Also it does no harm to a computer if you switch to a higher input voltage setting on the power supply than your region. What happens usually is it cuts your voltage in half, and your computer usually won't POST. It looks like a bad failure but you can just flip the switch back over.

I used to do that at work and make the IT people flip shit because they don't ever check the hardware thoroughly.

Also has anyone thought that the CPU usage might not be so much the problem, rather, it's just hella hot inside his case?

Quote from: Enthusiastic Angra Fan;1603412I'm not entire convinced you actually checked your processes for any that were using large amounts of your CPU.

http://files.myfrogbag.com/qwkqce/forheliopos.jpg

Quote from: RomanClock;1603022Go to the Exotics Tab and click Show the Magic so I can see that (don't need safe mode). The thing about SpeedFan is that its not always easy to tell whats what, the Exotics tab helps by grouping them.

http://files.myfrogbag.com/qwkqce/exotics.jpg

Quote from: RabidClock;1603411could just be the cooling fan on either the CPU or GPU, did you completely remove the graphics card to see if it made the sound? Does it make the sound immediately after turning it on? Does the sound ever stop then restart?

Seeing as the sound started AFTER I put the GPU in, I'm almost positive taking it out would stop the noise.
I'll go ahead and check right now though.

Quote from: Fat Joey;1603448http://files.myfrogbag.com/qwkqce/forheliopos.jpg

You could do me a favor and get a picture exactly like this but instead get one when the cpu usage is <90%?

Quote from: Enthusiastic Angra Fan;1603481You could do me a favor and get a picture exactly like this but instead get one when the cpu usage is <90%?

I think this is sufficient on account of it's already beyond fifty and he's not really doing anything. I'd say the problem is with the almost forty processes not shown on that screen. Maybe vista is configured to hide that or something. I may never understand that OS.

Quote from: Solenoidclock;1603518I think this is sufficient on account of it's already beyond fifty and he's not really doing anything. I'd say the problem is with the almost forty processes not shown on that screen. Maybe vista is configured to hide that or something. I may never understand that OS.

Roman had me take that one for him.
He couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.

Sort by memory. I'm really suspicious of that svchost that's hogging all that processor time, is it still like that or was that just a fluke of the moment?

http://files.myfrogbag.com/qwkqce/allusers.jpg

It's always like that.