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SOLVED on page 3! svchost.exe (during boot, especially)
Shane:
The update driver button doesn't go on the net to look for drivers, it simply looks on the current system and Windows updates if there is a updated driver, otherwise you use that button when you want to manually point it to drivers you might have downloaded :-)
I looked at acers website and they actually have a older version of the driver listed on their site, it might be worth removing the driver you have now and using the older one, sometimes that can make a difference as the newer driver could be trying to load something with the wireless that isnt supported on that model but it is on newer models, so by using the driver version that is on their site we can test that.
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Wireless%20LAN/Wireless%20LAN_Broadcom_5.60.18.8_W7x86W7x64_A.zip?acerid=633918985603329761&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%205517&OS=711&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6
You said it worked fine for a while and then started doing this, is it possible the driver got updated and thats when it started?
Shane
Bubba Euler:
If the Driver was updated, it was accomplished without my permission!! ~Ha~!
I use IObit's Driver Booster and have not had a download since Jan/Feb this year. It only acknowledges certified-by-M$ Drivers.
Question: Will the existing Driver be retained on the HDD when I install the "older" Driver? I would like the option of having the existing Driver handy if I need to re-install it, for some reason.
Shane:
You can tell if the driver had been replace by clicking the roll back driver button. If there was no older driver it will say so. At least that way you will know :-)
Shane
Bubba Euler:
Ah! Will do. Between this svchost.exe excess cycles and the newly DARK screen problem, I'm hesitant to press the Power Button!!! Golly, gee whiz!!!!!!!!!! I've got the White Collar Windows 7 Enterprise! I've maintained this little sucker of a laptop and STILL I get this "crap"~! Good grief, Charlie Brown. Apple's looking pretty good, right now.....................
Shane:
You may just need to do a proper power reset.
Shut down the laptop, pull the battery and unplug the power cord.
With both pulled out hit the power button a couple of times. When the system tries to turn on it will drain all the electricity out. The hardware is now properly reset. Plug everything back in and boot up :-)
Shane
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