Computer runs slowly after it crashed.
Computer runs slowly after it crashed.
Yesterday I dropped my computer and accidentally bent the CPU pins. After straightening them, it worked fine again. Now I see my desktop is slow and sometimes freezing when I move shortcuts or try to open explorer.exe. The icons load too long, and everything related to Windows 10 feels sluggish, especially games like CS:GO where FPS hasn’t changed much. I’ve tried resetting the system but nothing seems to help. Could someone assist me? Is this issue with my CPU, hard drive, or maybe just Windows? My specs are: M5A99FX Pro R2.0 FX-8370 GTX 970, 120GB Samsung SSD, 500GB HDD, EVGA 500W PSU. Also, my English isn’t my main language, sorry for the mistakes.
Hello! Welcome to the forum. explorer.exe is the Windows program that manages the desktop. Have you checked for any damage besides the pins? Like the hard drive, GPU socket, or RAM sticks? I believe this might be a user error since computers aren’t built to withstand drops.
I also checked another PCIe X16 port and installed a different RAM.