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Vuhra
3 years ago

1 CPU core gets stuck at 100% after playing Apex for a while

I updated my computer with Windows 11 yesterday and was met with an issue in Apex for the first time ever: after 1-3 games, one of my CPU cores gets stuck at 100% load and doesn't come down until I c...
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DanLongman
3 years ago

Exact same behaviour on my system, I have a 5800x for a cpu but it is also the second thread that is stuck at 100% and my CPU temp skyrockets as well.

Same issue with not being able to kill the apex process either. 

It is ridicilious, 

but it is happening on other games that use Easy anti cheat, like Paladins and Lost Ark (same issues and symptoms those game tasks can't be closed and second thread stuck at 100%)

I really hope it is fixed soon!

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