What is causing this CPU usage fluctuation?

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I can't figure out what is causing this. No programs running at startup. Firewall off. System is, to the best of my knowledge, setup for audio performance.

I am afraid to start messing with windows in services.msc or msconfig without knowing what I am doing. :eek:

Repetitive CPU usage spikes up to 30% is killing my audio performance.

Any ideas?
 

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What processors are you running, and are you doing primarily MIDI, or Audio?
Can you post your settings for latency and such?
 
Thanks for reply sir!

AMD AthlonX2. Audio. Which settings should I post (from where)?
 
Hey JimmyS...

Try latencymon:

Can't post a link 'cause I'm a newbie - but it's resplendence dot com

It'll show you what progs are hogging.

M.
 
Hmm...Tried latencymon. Not working on my PC. Says no data available. Though like I said. I have no programs running and getting this CPU fluctuation.

I have got to be missing something here.:mad:
 
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Gave you some rep for that MM!
Now, what the hell can I get rid of? :)
 
Yeah - but you can get that without putting the program in gear - it generates that list on startup. If you click the little green arrow, and wait for about 2 minutes, it SHOULD aggregate data on your system.
 
It says everything is fine but when I record with lower buffer settings on the Tascam in Cubase, I can see those little spikes hitting the VST Performance meter overload light. I cant be sure but they seem to happen in the same pattern as I see in the Task manager performance meter with nothing running. That is why I query as to what might be causing this. Or is it just the way it is?

I am not the most computer literate idiot in the village obviously.
 

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You should look at the report screen and the monitor tab - after you've run it a little.
 
Check the drivers tab too. Between all of them - you'll see after a couple of minutes of looking what processes are spiking the system.

Also - if you haven't already - turn drive indexing off.

(My computer > right-click on the drive > properties > uncheck "index this drive for faster searching"
 
Dood! Disabling SuperFetch just cut that CPU usage peaks to 15%! You rule!!!!!
 
Very well actually. Old friends, good times, old stories. LOL.

Figured out some of the problems with my PC today. Some stupid W7 stuff. Now I'm just in a mood to tell new a**ho*es to this forum to get a clue. He He. It's the daddy in me that I never had I suppose. Dave is my father now
 
jimmys69 said:
Dood! Disabling SuperFetch just cut that CPU usage peaks to 15%! You rule!!!!!
Click to expand...

:) :) :) :)

Superfetch is great - for folks who ONLY do non-memory intensive repetitive stuff on a PC. But otherwise, it can be a huge hog. Glad to be of service. Lemme know how it goes!

M.
 
When the system files are destroyed, such as the KERNEL32. Win2K, under the DLL Win98 FONTS directory underneath font etc system is running basic documents destroyed, system will therefore unable to finish at startup initialization and forced to restart. You can do an experiment, the directory WIN98 dictionaries "FONTS" renamed try. When you bootable again, our computer will constantly repeated start.
 
Okay guys, what is superfetch, and is it something I have loaded just by virtue of installing W7? Good catch Mark, and welcome to the site. :cool:
 
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