I have an HP Spectre 13 Convertible laptop and I was trying to figure out why tablet mode would start acting weird (auto-rotate would stop working, the keyboard would suddenly come back to life with it on my lap and start typing gibberish)
Pretty sure I narrowed it down to AIDA64.
I see some of these in the Windows event logs:
: The embedded controller (EC) did not respond within the specified timeout period. This may indicate that there is an error in the EC hardware or firmware or that the BIOS is accessing the EC incorrectly. You should check with your computer manufacturer for an upgraded BIOS. In some situations, this error may cause the computer to function incorrectly.
I also see a lot of these, which I believe is the real issue, which is probably the side effect mentioned in the above log:
Check the remaining resource budget. Module exceeds resource budget, failed to AllocateFwCps, STATUS = Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API..
That is from Intel-SST-OED (some audio/mic thing).
Disable AIDA64, reboot, and none of those show up. How can I help you fix?
The laptop is using the latest BIOS, and the AIDA64 version is 6.32.5600.0.