Windows 10: Windows 10 update has caused overheating, constant fan, and freezes

I updated to Windows 10 using the direct method (downloading the file from Microsoft's site rather than waiting for the update in my bottom right corner). Since I've updated, my computer has begun to drastically overheat; the simplest things such as unplugging and walking around with it will cause it to stutter and freeze for sometimes up to 5 minutes straight. It's absolutely dreadful, and I want to get this resolved.

The computer model is an HP Pavilion g6.

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Windows 10 freezes

Power and Sleep are just one of the things to check.

Freezing up usually is a sign of an overheating cpu..ie clogged laptop cooling fan duct..too small of a heatsink.

But in this case the most likely cause is bad video drivers.

Update windows today.

 

Fan noise / Continuously running since Bitlocker enabled

Hi,

I upgraded to Win 10 Pro and activated Bitlocker and now my laptop is relatively noisy with fan running continuously.

I am concerned re overheating, battery usage and find noise annoying.

I would like my computer to run silently as before.

Why has this occurred since Bitlocker activated and how can noise/ constant fan running be resolved.

Kind regards

Trevor

 

Hmmmmm - you might've already had a dying CPU fan or something CPU related. The only thing I could possibly think that could be happening here would be that perhaps you have more services now running on Windows 10 than you might've have on your previous version of Windows. So maybe the CPU is working harder now.

I'd have a hard time thinking that Windows 10 would in of itself cause hardware issues.
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Open Task Manager, click More Details, then check out r running processes. What are the processes taking up the most of r computer's resources?

 

CPU-wise, Firefox tends to take up the most, but even then my CPU usage rarely seems to pass 50%. When my computer has its "panic attacks" (i.e. the fan starts blaring, all of my programs freeze up, any audio that's playing becomes an intelligible stutter), if I catch a glimpse at my CPU, it seems to be fine.

 

Download Speccy. Open it, unplug r laptop, then walk around doing something that seems to trigger the overheat. Make sure r temps don't soar too high, and if they do and r resource usage is not that high in Task Manager, its most likely dust blocking cooling fans. Download Speccy | Find your computer specs, free!