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BarrySpar's avatar
BarrySpar
Aspirant
Jul 28, 2020

A7000.exe using 55% CPU when idle

I have an R7000 router and an A7000 WiFi adaptor. My PC's fan is constantly running and the PC will not sleep when idle.

I see that A7000.exe is using 55% of my CPU, which is astronomically high for a WiFi adaptor.

 

I tried uninstalling the A7000 utility but then the A7000 will not work at all. It does not work with any standard Windows driver.

 

 

3 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 28, 2020
    It doesn't but it does have stand alone drivers you can install instead of the whole utility.
    After you download it and extract it, simply run the standalone driver application and not the full utiliy
    • BarrySpar's avatar
      BarrySpar
      Aspirant
      Jul 29, 2020

      That's great! Can you show me where the driver is? The firmware available online only seems to be the entire utility.

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jul 29, 2020
        BarrySpar wrote:

        That's great! Can you show me where the driver is? The firmware available online only seems to be the entire utility.

        that firmware you download? extract it. One of the names will say "standalone". Use that. 

        Just make sure to uninstall the full driver/utility that you used first.