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September 22, 2017
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Windows 8, flash causes 100% cpu usage in google or firefox

  • September 22, 2017
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Okay so in a nutshell my old hdd failed, so i have bought a new one. This meant i needed to reinstall windows 8 and start a fresh.

Upon installing windows 8 i keep noticing that anytime i open a page with flash video on it, my cpy skyrockets frm 4% upto 100% and stays there untill i close the tab.

This never happened before i had to reinstall windows, everyting ran before before the reinstall.

The site im frequantly using and noticing it on is newepisodes.me

Ive tried several windows reinstalls to fix this, nothing, ive trouble shooted eveything i can find on google regarding to flash and browsers but nothing makes a change.

Ive ran all windows updates and refreshed drivers... nothing

nothing can stop the flash from causing huge cpu usage in firefox and chrome.

This is a fresh install with nothing else installed so it cannot be malware or virus related.

Is there a possibilty my cpu id failing somehow maybe?

I took the laptop apart this morning and cleaned all the fans also, it now running cooler but still at 100% usage using flash....

Processor

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz

Manufacturer Intel

Speed 2.5 GHz

Number of Cores 2

CPU ID BFEBFBFF000206A7

Family 06

Model 2A

Stepping 7

Revision

Memory

RAM 8.0 GB

Video Card

Video Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

Manufacturer

Chipset Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

Dedicated Memory 256 MB

Total Memory 2.0 GB

Pixel Shader Version 4.1

Vertex Shader Version 4.1

Hardware T & L Yes

Vendor ID 8086

Device 0126

Plug and Play ID VEN_8086&DEV_0126&SUBSYS_16521043&REV_09

Driver Version 9.17.10.4229

Operating System

Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Edition (build 9200), 64-bit

Service Pack 0

Size 64-bit

Edition Intel

Version 6.2.9200

Locale 0C09

BIOS

BIOS BIOS Date: 08/10/12 13:45:12 Ver: 04.06.03

Version American Megatrends Inc. K53E.221

Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.

Date 08/10/12

Sound

Audio 1

Sound Device High Definition Audio Device

Driver 6.2.9200.16384

Audio 2

Sound Device High Definition Audio Device

Driver 6.2.9200.16384

Drives

DVD Slimtype DVD A DS8A8SH

CD Slimtype DVD A DS8A8SH

Drive 1

Size 1.8 TB

Free Memory 1.4 TB

Drive 2

Size 931.2 GB

Free Memory 910.2 GB

Software

Internet Explorer 10.0.9200.16384

Chrome 61.0.3163.100

Firefox

Safari

Java

Flash 11.3.372.94

DirectX 11.0

.NET 4.5

QuickTime

Adobe PDF Reader

Please help ive spent almost a week troubleshooting this issue, im so sick of reinstalling windows over and over, and i really need this laptop to run my business

Regards

Erin

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