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Daniel Quinn wrote: |
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> I don't know if this is a hardware issue or not, but I thought that maybe I'd |
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> configured my kernel incorrectly and that this might be a known issue someone |
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> here has run across in the past so here goes: |
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> My computer is a pretty impressive AMD 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ box |
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> with 2GB of RAM and for the most part, I just use it to write code at work. |
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> However, whenever I'm doing something CPU-intensive, two things happen: |
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> * The load on the box goes up to 4 |
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> * The box intermittently wobbles from running at full-speed and dropping to |
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> a crawl. This is best seen while watching Flash videos online, |
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> compressing/encoding video, or compiling. Everything is fine for a few |
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> minutes, then suddenly the rate of compiling/compression/playback etc. |
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> drops to a crawl for about 1-3minutes, then back up to full speed. |
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> I don't know why it's happening. I've tried various kernel options with no |
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> change in behaviour. Outside of that though, I don't know what to try. |
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> Suggestions welcome :-( |
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Shot in the dark here. Could it be that something is getting hot, or |
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thinks it is getting hot, and slows down processing in a effort to cool |
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things down a bit? I don't know if this is just laptops but I think |
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there is a option in the kernel to do this. I don't use it but it may |
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be worth checking into. Maybe it was turned on by default. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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