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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 :-( |