Msi dragon center fan settings not taking effect
Based on this, I'm sure the issue is Windows or Dragon Center setting related. The only way we have found to get the CPU to drop from 100% usage (to about 50%), and for the fan to slow down, is to put the PC in "ECO" shift mode (a low power setting) in Dragon Center, which it can't really stay in if you are using the PC. MSI PCs come with a management program called Dragon Center. When looking at the CPU usage in task manager, it says 100% all the time, while basically in idle. Once powered up, the CPU fan starts running loudly at high speed, and never slows down. The next time he restarted, the PC took a long time to boot up. So he downloaded the Windows Update Assistant tool, and did it manual, which seemed to work. It has had a couple issues over the years, but just recently it was having issues doing the latest Windows 10 update, it would always fail just at the 100% mark. NOTE: RAM was increased to 16GB about 6 months back.