- Mar 18, 2012
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My computer:
Lenovo Y580
Intel Core i7
8 GB RAM
Windows 8
1 TB HDD
Hi, I've been having an issue with RAM usage on my Windows 8 laptop and I think I've pinpointed the issue. My RAM would continue to increase without any programs being opening (only background processes running) until it got to 100% in the task manager, with no application using nearly that much memory.
So, I downloaded RamMap and took a look, and under the processes section it showed thousands upon thousands of conhost.exe and powercfg.exe instances using 4kb each. The amount of them seemed to increase as the computer continued to be turned on.
I then downloaded Process Explorer and discovered that powercfg.exe and conhost.exe are continually being opened and closed, but remaining in my memory (according to RamMap).
I've run a full scan with Avast and have found no viruses present. I'm out of ideas as my RAM is leaking at an alarming rate and the only way to fix it is to reset the computer. Anyone have any ideas?
Lenovo Y580
Intel Core i7
8 GB RAM
Windows 8
1 TB HDD
Hi, I've been having an issue with RAM usage on my Windows 8 laptop and I think I've pinpointed the issue. My RAM would continue to increase without any programs being opening (only background processes running) until it got to 100% in the task manager, with no application using nearly that much memory.
So, I downloaded RamMap and took a look, and under the processes section it showed thousands upon thousands of conhost.exe and powercfg.exe instances using 4kb each. The amount of them seemed to increase as the computer continued to be turned on.
I then downloaded Process Explorer and discovered that powercfg.exe and conhost.exe are continually being opened and closed, but remaining in my memory (according to RamMap).
I've run a full scan with Avast and have found no viruses present. I'm out of ideas as my RAM is leaking at an alarming rate and the only way to fix it is to reset the computer. Anyone have any ideas?
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