Dell XPS laptop.
After upgrading to a Samsung SSD as my primary drive, my CPU usage maxes out for an hour or better every single time I boot my computer, completely negating any power savings I would otherwise see from moving from my old HDD as a primary drive. The cooling fan is constantly running on high now (never did before) and the Intel CPU monitor shows that it is pegged out at 3.0 GHz.
This started exactly when I made the upgrade and no other changes were made. I cannot find anything in Task Manager or Resource Monitor that would explain this. How can I figure out what is causing my CPU to max out? Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
After upgrading to a Samsung SSD as my primary drive, my CPU usage maxes out for an hour or better every single time I boot my computer, completely negating any power savings I would otherwise see from moving from my old HDD as a primary drive. The cooling fan is constantly running on high now (never did before) and the Intel CPU monitor shows that it is pegged out at 3.0 GHz.
This started exactly when I made the upgrade and no other changes were made. I cannot find anything in Task Manager or Resource Monitor that would explain this. How can I figure out what is causing my CPU to max out? Win 7 Pro 64 bit.