IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe

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I'm not sure why it's on my computer if I don't have any of the storage controllers. I also don't know why it's taking up so much CPU even on idle.


Sorry if the question is silly or stupid. Just very confused.

Intel link

Try updating, or even downgrading, your Intel drivers perhaps?

Intel link

Try updating, or even downgrading, your Intel drivers perhaps?

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I have an i3 processor. I think that's the reason why it's not letting me update it.

This is why I hate Intel. It's actually part of your SATA/SCSI/RAID controller's main driver and runtime set. Intel is notorious for doing stuff like this as well.

Intel actually doesn't release drivers (big shocker). More or less they use an INF and a Catalog file to reset and/or modify settings in the Registry to improve the default Microsoft driver's performance. There is no actual revision of the actual .dll or .sys drivers on the system.

Some revisions of the INF are written to support only certain hardware chips as well. In fact every Intel chipset out there uses the default Microsoft driver with custom settings from Intel only, and nothing more. The only time you'll get a newer driver file .dll or .sys, is when a service pack comes out that patches the whole system and updates the default drivers. Sometimes they do release a controller runtime (a software utility for management purposes), and some obscure drivers for security controllers, audio codecs, and their graphics line-up, but that's about it.

Only SiS, VIA, Nvidia, and AMD, along with other lesser known brands, actually release true drivers for their hardware.

Still don't know why it's taking up so much CPU usage.

By any chance do you have the Hard Drive Indexing Service enabled?

By any chance do you have the Hard Drive Indexing Service enabled?

Yeah.
Turning it off yields no difference.

Sometimes these programs just use a lot of memory because they are geared towards systems with higher memory levels (4GB to 8GB) or they are trying to place too much control of the system in software resources than hardware resources.