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post #1 of 26
1/24/10 at 8:16am
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So my i8kfangui shows a temperature of 51*C right now. It is "idling" for the most part. For some reason a process called svchost.exe (Network Service) utilizes much of the CPU, fluctuating between 15% and 50% with 250,420K of memory usage. I've tried to just terminate the process before, but right after I do that my laptop forces me to restart it.
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post #2 of 26
1/24/10 at 8:18am
Many apps use svchost process. You need to review all start-up processes and disable the ones that you don't need and see if any improvements.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 26
1/24/10 at 8:44am
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Well I did a Google search, seems there was an update by Microsoft that solved a "memory leak" issue with that process causing the memory usage to go really high (250MB is a lot) and the CPU process to max out (50% is 100% of one of my cores). Applied the patch and some batch file fix suggested on a site.

As of right now. 29,256K memory usage and 00 CPU usage. Will monitor this for a few days, see if that solves the issue.
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post #4 of 26
1/24/10 at 10:41am
You happen to have the link to Microsoft patch for us all?

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post #5 of 26
1/24/10 at 6:31pm
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Here just follow this guide.

http://www.technibble.com/how-to-fix...u-memory-leak/

So far so good, laptop has been running over night and the file is still under 30MB and currently using 0% of the CPU. I am idling at 34*C now...
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post #6 of 26
1/25/10 at 6:47am
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Alright, maybe I was wrong.

The process owned by user name "System" is still consuming only ~30Mb of memory but the svchost.ext owned by NETWORK SERVICE is now consuming 48,560K and is utilizing between 1 and 16% of the CPU. Something that didn't occur yesterday. The highest memory usage svchost.exe was owned by SYSTEM and it only consumed ~30MB, which is still is and it's not using any CPU.
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post #7 of 26
1/25/10 at 10:45am
As long as it can use the available RAM and not pushing the CPU usage, you are fine.

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post #8 of 26
1/25/10 at 7:32pm
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Well now it's up to about ~70MB in size and utilizing 9 - 30% of the CPU...
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post #9 of 26
1/25/10 at 8:12pm
What about your background and start-up processes? Have you reviewed them all?

Can you list out the processes and programs when this CPU usage level gets hit?

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post #10 of 26
1/26/10 at 6:07am
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This is the command line.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k rpcss

This is the process attached to it

RpcSs Remote Procedure Call C:\\Windows\system32\rpcss.dll
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post #11 of 26
1/26/10 at 7:14am
Why don't you try turning off (deactivate) Remote Procedure Services and see if any improvements?

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post #12 of 26
1/26/10 at 10:21am
dont want to sound like a party breaker but are we not getting a bit off topic
''Possible to fix my broken 7900GS GPU without "baking"?''
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post #13 of 26
1/26/10 at 12:54pm
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Originally Posted by ataxy View Post
dont want to sound like a party breaker but are we not getting a bit off topic
''Possible to fix my broken 7900GS GPU without "baking"?''
You are right. Moved related posts to new thread.

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post #14 of 26
1/29/10 at 4:18am
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Sorry guys.

I think I have tried to disable the RPC and the Windows forces a restart. It gives me a little timer telling me it's shutting down in xx seconds. Nothing I have been able to do to stop it.
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post #15 of 26
1/29/10 at 7:33am
Does not sound right somewhere. Virus scan? Re-installation?

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post #16 of 26
1/31/10 at 4:53am
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Its done this since I reinstalled Windows when I got the new hard drive installed, not too long after I bought the laptop.

Right now, after leaving the PC running for 2 days and 22 hours, that exact process is consuming ~120,696K and utilizing between 3 and 46% of the CPU.

I will also like to point out, might be related, might not. However since I've owned this laptop, anytime I change Wireless APs after utilizing one for a short period of time (10, 20, 30 minutes) it will cause the RPC to crash and force Windows to restart.

Windows XP SP2 Build 2600
Wireless card: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Not sure why it's always done that. It's just one of those things I've always just ignored. I hardly ever push the laptop to it's limits, so I hardly ever notice or been concerned enough to try to track it down.

With the upcoming game Battlefield: Bad Company 2 coming out I want to get the laptop running at it's optimum performance. I feel this might be a small issue, unless I restart the computer before I play the game.

Perhaps I could have a slightly faulty wireless card?
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post #17 of 26
1/31/10 at 5:47am
From what you posted just now, I would say that's where I would look into next. Might want to look first if there is any update drivers.

Is there any reasons why you are still on SP2 in XP?

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post #18 of 26
2/2/10 at 7:20pm
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I think I have an old Intel 2200 from the i9300 I used to have. Are the wireless cards from that compatible with the i9400s as well? I could switch them out, I know for sure the 2200 worked, I used it for years before finally upgrading to the ahteros card, then my laptop was stolen.

What does SP3 add/fix? Never looked into it.
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post #19 of 26
2/2/10 at 7:37pm
I would go ahead and switch out the card first.

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post #20 of 26
2/3/10 at 3:19am
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Can I use the one that came out of my i9300?
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