Looks like you have a misbehaving audio device driver or program.
I_suck_cock_for_free
That’s a common Lenovo problem. They stuff their laptops with bloat and outdated shite in the shipped OS.
Backup any data and reinstall Windows.
kevdeath666
crypto miners like to mask themselves as process names like that also.
DangyDanger
You never run the OS that was preinstalled on a new laptop.
First_Meat9481
Reinstall Windows … It will take a hour max + Installation of Apps prolly 2 hours max
Steve_SOLID
Restart your PC. There’s a windows bug that just shows 100% on CPU and let’s the CPU behave like that. Sometimes it shows me that Task Manager takes 80% of the CPU…
almothafar
It is worth to check Installed apps and checking if there is anything unfamiliar with, even if you see something legit, If you don’t need it, just uninstall it (as for example OneDrive), also check apps that start up with windows.
Try to run “sfc /scannow” this command did a lot of magic fixes for me, I do it first things first if I see anything weird.
Download PC Manager from Microsoft, it can do a little checks and cleanup.
Check for updates for drivers, usually these are in optional updates from windows update.
UlliSenpai
Lol Fn utility uses 3.6% 🤣
Clean windows install it is
Polystree
Are you sure that’s an OS issue and not your CPU throttled down to something like 400-800MHz? I experienced that issue once after updating my bios and my CPU usage was 100% all the time lol
I_T_S_N_O_T_T_
i think some malicious software is doing mining in your laptop cause 100 percent cpu usage on idle maybe pirated games or cracked software are the reasons
I don’t say this often… But Linux may be a solution
Videogamer_in
You can completely remove the audio drivers using DDU in safe mode. Then install the latest driver for your audio device without the bloat.
Armygamer303
Lenovo laptop ? Cause their copy of windows will always have issue
SolidSnakeInUrAss
Install ghost spectre windows/ or Atlas Os.
Thinkingbreak
Yes do a proper reset by using a USB. Don’t do it through the os
Gillespie1
Turn off all startup apps other than required and reset.
GoldenGamer175
Just use a usb drive with the windows install media to clean reset all partitions of this pc, make sure to download your wifi drivers onto a separate USB Drive or else you won’t be able to connect to the internet. (WiFi sometimes doesn’t work with the default wireless drivers for some reason)
El-hammudi21
I would factory reset it and fresh install a brand new windows honestly. Backup your essential files and reset it
BluDYT
This is why I always fresh install windows on laptops. I dont even bother logging into that bloat Infested borderline maleware infected OS.
Wiamly
Almost certainly a coin miner or something. Check services.msc for the service that matches those 2 top users of CPU and check the command line parameters. Bet it’s xmrig (or some similar miner)
Pickled_Toes_xD
Hi I would seriously suspect it’s melware or rare but could be bloat ware conflicting I would try to run MelBytes first and try to do it before your files get infected and when did you notice this problem.
dotcomGamingReddit
Okay u/pravhavdab i have had a fairly similar problem with a broken sound device. In my case it was my huntsman elite keyboard‘s souns driver. Unplugging it fixed it for me.
You can check if this is the case, by opening the sound settings (preferably through the old windows 7 control panel) and see if there is a device that keeps reconnecting
pLeThOrAx
How full are your drives?
Abel_Camel_Case
Had two HP laptops do that and would crash allll the time did a full wipe and reinstall of windows and same thing happened. So gave up but I hope ur efforts are more successful
Schnoofles
As others have said, this looks an awful lot like the cpu is throttling hard and runs at a couple hundred mhz. Could be a temperature issue or something being weird with the fan or power management shenanigans. It’s not just the audio driver seemingly using a lot of cpu power. Networking stack draws even more, but the real kicker is that ALL values are massively inflated, which you generally only see because they’re actually using normal amounts of resources and it’s just the cpu being stuck in a low clock state. I’ve seen this happen when active standby f’s up and the cpu’s locked at 400mhz and I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case here as well.
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Looks like you have a misbehaving audio device driver or program.
That’s a common Lenovo problem. They stuff their laptops with bloat and outdated shite in the shipped OS.
Backup any data and reinstall Windows.
crypto miners like to mask themselves as process names like that also.
You never run the OS that was preinstalled on a new laptop.
Reinstall Windows … It will take a hour max + Installation of Apps prolly 2 hours max
Restart your PC. There’s a windows bug that just shows 100% on CPU and let’s the CPU behave like that. Sometimes it shows me that Task Manager takes 80% of the CPU…
It is worth to check Installed apps and checking if there is anything unfamiliar with, even if you see something legit, If you don’t need it, just uninstall it (as for example OneDrive), also check apps that start up with windows.
Try to run “sfc /scannow” this command did a lot of magic fixes for me, I do it first things first if I see anything weird.
Download PC Manager from Microsoft, it can do a little checks and cleanup.
Check for updates for drivers, usually these are in optional updates from windows update.
Lol Fn utility uses 3.6% 🤣
Clean windows install it is
Are you sure that’s an OS issue and not your CPU throttled down to something like 400-800MHz? I experienced that issue once after updating my bios and my CPU usage was 100% all the time lol
i think some malicious software is doing mining in your laptop cause 100 percent cpu usage on idle maybe pirated games or cracked software are the reasons
What are the cpu températures and clocks?
I suspect some heavy thermal throttling.
Windows update?
I had this problem once it may be program fault
I don’t say this often… But Linux may be a solution
You can completely remove the audio drivers using DDU in safe mode. Then install the latest driver for your audio device without the bloat.
Lenovo laptop ? Cause their copy of windows will always have issue
Install ghost spectre windows/ or Atlas Os.
Yes do a proper reset by using a USB. Don’t do it through the os
Turn off all startup apps other than required and reset.
Just use a usb drive with the windows install media to clean reset all partitions of this pc, make sure to download your wifi drivers onto a separate USB Drive or else you won’t be able to connect to the internet. (WiFi sometimes doesn’t work with the default wireless drivers for some reason)
I would factory reset it and fresh install a brand new windows honestly. Backup your essential files and reset it
This is why I always fresh install windows on laptops. I dont even bother logging into that bloat Infested borderline maleware infected OS.
Almost certainly a coin miner or something. Check services.msc for the service that matches those 2 top users of CPU and check the command line parameters. Bet it’s xmrig (or some similar miner)
Hi I would seriously suspect it’s melware or rare but could be bloat ware conflicting I would try to run MelBytes first and try to do it before your files get infected and when did you notice this problem.
Okay u/pravhavdab i have had a fairly similar problem with a broken sound device. In my case it was my huntsman elite keyboard‘s souns driver. Unplugging it fixed it for me.
You can check if this is the case, by opening the sound settings (preferably through the old windows 7 control panel) and see if there is a device that keeps reconnecting
How full are your drives?
Had two HP laptops do that and would crash allll the time did a full wipe and reinstall of windows and same thing happened. So gave up but I hope ur efforts are more successful
As others have said, this looks an awful lot like the cpu is throttling hard and runs at a couple hundred mhz. Could be a temperature issue or something being weird with the fan or power management shenanigans. It’s not just the audio driver seemingly using a lot of cpu power. Networking stack draws even more, but the real kicker is that ALL values are massively inflated, which you generally only see because they’re actually using normal amounts of resources and it’s just the cpu being stuck in a low clock state. I’ve seen this happen when active standby f’s up and the cpu’s locked at 400mhz and I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case here as well.
there are like 50 things at 1% usage