CPU usage always at 100% on AMD Athlon X2

[DaveyBrasco]

I'm using an AMD Athlon X2 CPU with 4GB of RAM, yet sometimes my CPU
usage goes to 100%.

I previously had no issues for the past year. I thought it was an
SVCHost.exe process that was causing the issue, but I had tried to
apply a patch to fix that and still seem to sporadically have issues.

Anyone know what I could try? Any system monitors or tools I could
use?

I am fairly proficient with computers, so feel free to use technical
terminology.

[Mohammad AbuShady]

what's the name of the process that uses the processor? check the processes list in the task manager.

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[DaveyBrasco]

At first it was scvhost.exe, but I applied a patch to correct that.

Now it seems to still take 100% CPU usage, but only the System process
is high (90-95%). I thought the System CPU usage was supposed to
balance out the other processes, but I am stumped. :(

[Mohammad AbuShady]

Its a common problem, there's actually a virus that causes that, happened to me before, in just googled svchost 100% processor or something like that, found a small exe fix for it, and it actually worked, I wasn't sure if it was some virus or anything like that but guess I was lucky, but that was a really long time ago, don't have the exe now. You should find solutions easily on google.

[Nick M]

I saw a similar situation recently on a laptop. It was only happening when the user was using AC power. Turns out the power supply was underpowered for the laptop.
You do not mention if your system is a laptop or desktop.