Maximum load of the processor on Satellite Pro A40

Greetings: I find that just after the upgrade of my A40 512 memory 2 GB, the processor has been moved to a constant use of 100%. I ran the virus and spyware and can't find anything. The machine has XP Pro SP2 and patches are up to date. Event log says nothing.
Advice requested

Hello

My advice for this: reinstall your operating system and update your tools/drivers then perhaps that the system will "reconfigure" itself and perhaps charge system will go down.

So it s surely worthy of trying it, just give it a try and a report if you have achieved some success. :)

Cheerings

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