Take a look and see if you have turned off Windows Search in the Administrative Services control panel. I bet its Windows indexing the file system.
73 On Sep 4, 2012, at 12:13 PM, "Peter G. Viscarola" <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems you have a device that's causing an "interrupt storm." > > It's tough to diagnose this without the sort of tools a developer would use. > > If *I* were trying to diagnose this, I'd use XPERF... it's not easy to use, > and iit only provides limited support for Windows XP. It ships as part of > the Windows SDK. > > I'm sorry, I know that's not particularly helpful. But I'm not aware of a > simpler tool that'll help diagnose this problem (which is pretty rare). > > P > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:flexedge-bounces@flex- >> radio.biz] On Behalf Of Al K0VM >> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Interrupt debug >> >> Dudley, >> Thanks for the response, but Process Explorer show the top two CPU >> usages as System Idle and Interrupts ! >> Strange.. >> Luckily, a reboot fixes it and PSDR continues to run in spite of it.. >> I doubt if earlier versions of PSDR would. >> >> AL, K0VM >> >> On 9/4/2012 10:27 AM, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: >>> Al, >>> >>> If you open Task manager, to Show process (for all users, checked at >>> the bottom) If you click the "CPU" title at the top, the highest CPU >>> usage process will start at the top. Eating that much CPU should be >>> easy to determine which process is causing the big CPU burn. >>> Hopefully is something that you will recognize, at least in Win7 you >>> can do a right click and it will tell you from which folder that >>> process came from. Things like remote control SW (VNC variants) can >>> go into the weeds from time to time, or some driver with a memory leak. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> 73, >>> Dudley >>> >>> WA5QPZ >>> FlexRadio Systems >>> >>> (512) 535-4713, Option 2 >>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> Chat >>> >> <https://www.crossloop.com/FlexRadioSupport?type=email%22+target%3D >> %22 >>> >> _blank%22%3E%3Cimg+border%3D%220%22+src%3D%22https://www.crossl >> oop.com >>> /images/badge-sm- >> gray.jpg%22+alt=%22Get+help+from+Dudley+%28WA5QPZ&%23 >>> 41;+Hurry> >>> >>> FlexRadio Systems(tm) >>> 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 >>> Austin, TX 78728 >>> >>> logo >>> /Tune In Excitement(tm)/ >>> PowerSDR(tm) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Al K0VM <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> This is a bit off-topic but... >>> I am having a problem with, what appears, to be a torrent of >>> interrupts consuming 50% of CPU... They arrive after several >>> hours of operation and don't really seem to effect current >>> versions of PSDR. >>> Once in the torrent mode, I can shut down all apps, >>> disconnect all external hardware ( except the monitors ) and the >>> interrupt portion of the the CPU usage remains at 40-50% ( as >>> reported by Process Explorer ). >>> Is there any debugging app for WinXP available that will >>> indentify the source of interrupts ? >>> >>> AL, K0VM >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flexedge mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. >>> It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation >>> and other technical SDR topics. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flexedge mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used >> for >> posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR >> topics. > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR > topics. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics.
