Another VERY good option on XP... bravo. I had forgotten about this venerable tool.
P > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Clafton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:52 PM > To: Peter G. Viscarola; 'Neal Campbell' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [FlexEdge] Interrupt debug > > Take a look at KernRate for XP. Comes as part of the Resource KT. I have > used this in the past > to narrow down issues to Video and Sound drivers. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adioltean/archive/2004/12/21/329321.aspx > > -- > Richard A Clafton | the brITish guy | W5\G7EIX RIROC - Hosting - > Development - Technology http://www.riroc.com | [email protected] "Jack > of all trades, master of none, though often better than the master of one." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:flexedge-bounces@flex- > radio.biz] On Behalf Of Peter G. Viscarola > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 11:25 AM > To: Neal Campbell > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Interrupt debug > > If the INTERRUPT portion of his CPU usage is at 40% to 50% during disk > indexing, there's a big problem with his system. > > Well, come to think of it, regardless of what's going on if the interrupt > portion > of his CPU usage is 40% to 50% at any time, I think there's probably a big > problem with his system. > > Assuming the description of the problem is accurate, and there's not some > other underlying source, he's either got a driver bug or a piece of > misbehaving hardware.... or both. > > Peter > K1PGV > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neal Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:21 PM > > To: Peter G. Viscarola > > Cc: Al K0VM; [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Interrupt debug > > > > 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. 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