Kingdom Hearts 2 Slowdown

[otakusupreme]

OK so here's the situation. I'm playing KH2 and everything is going good. never had pcsx2 play so good on my laptop. all the fastest possible settings. OK, now jump to about 18-20 hours later. I get to The World That Never Was. For those of you who dont know, this is the last world in the game. i make it to the castle and all of a sudden the EE % jumps up to 99-100%. It's so weird cause when i was playing the game before everything works fine but now it doesn't. I'm at a loss and any help would be amazing. Thank you guys in advance.

[jesalvein]

In order to help you further with your problem, please make sure the following are all provided.

• Your hardware specs - CPU, Graphics Card, Memory, Operating System.
  
• The version of PCSX2 you are using.
  
• Any non default settings you are using.
  
• What games you are trying to play and if you are playing them from ISO or DVD.
  

Thank You.

[otakusupreme]

ok so im brand new but i do know a little about this stuff.

CPU: Mobile Intel Core i7 2630qm (Sandy Bridge) @ 2.00 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 540m
RAM: 6 GB
OS: Windows 8 64-bit
PCSX2: 1.0.0 r5350

As Far as non default setting i will try to add pics of my settings.

I'm playing Kingdom Hearts 2 ISO that i created from my own disc.

                                   

[jesalvein]

this game may be a bit taxing at some points, and both your CPU & GPU are a bit weak. (2ghz isn't enough)
that said, pushing ee cycle rate & vu cycle stealing that high isn't a good idea.
better set them to 0 and experiment by increasing them 1 by 1.

[otakusupreme]

ive tried that. and its not just at this world. as soon as i got to it they all got slow not just this one.

[jesalvein]

could be an overheating issue...
did you set your windows power plan to performance mode, BTW ?

[otakusupreme]

i did. i also noticed a couple things. one my nvidia card randomly doesnt show up in my device manage. also my A/C power housing on my laptop is broke and my cord seems to be melted. not sure if its from overhearheating but coud be a problem. power cord does work though and battery is charging and fully charged.