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    Windows 8 Drivers Peg CPU

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rmcx, Oct 26, 2012.

  1. rmcx

    rmcx Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been running W8 for a couple of months now with no real drama. Today I downloaded the official Sony drivers and now my CPU is running 100% all the time.

    Not sure which driver.

    Anyone else seen this?
     
    rmcx, Oct 26, 2012
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  2. rmcx

    rmcx Notebook Evangelist

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    The culprit is the Intel Wireless LAN Driver Version 15.5.0.43.0831. The Sony file name is INDWLL-80275587-0082.
     
    rmcx, Oct 26, 2012
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  3. rohandhruva

    rohandhruva Notebook Geek

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    Were you able to fix it? If so, how?
     
    rohandhruva, Oct 27, 2012
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    rmcx Notebook Evangelist

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    No, I reverted to a previous checkpoint and didn't install it. There is a second driver for this device with a smaller version number but a newer date that seems to work ok.
     
    rmcx, Oct 27, 2012
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    rohandhruva Notebook Geek

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    Can you give me a link to the second driver? I already installed the flawed driver and now my CPU is at 100%, and the fan runs all the time! Any idea how to uninstall it? I don't have a checkpoint to revert to.
     
    rohandhruva, Oct 27, 2012
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    Should report this to Sony tech support lads, that way at least they know about it and can try fix it in future.
     
    Flickster, Oct 27, 2012
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    Same problem here, already installed the other driver but do not have a restore point to go back to. Anyone know how to uninstall the other driver? What I have done is uninstalled the Wireless LAN adapter itself and the cpu came down immediately. However, once I reinstall the adapter the cpu moves up to 100% again. Please help!
     
    shimmers, Oct 29, 2012
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