On 2/23/06, Claudio Grondi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Probert wrote:
> Hi,
> My app runs in a loop looking for changes in a database, and like a
> good boy I call time.sleep(1) inside the loop. Unfortunately this
> sometimes runs for 200 seconds or so, presumably while my OS is calling
> Bill Gates to tell him what I've been doing. This happens under NT4,
> W2k, and XP. What do people do to fix this? Thanks!
>
> Paul Probert
> University of Wisconsin
>
In similar situation I would start to blame the hardware for the
problem, so below a kind of checklist to go through:
1. have you changed any hardware?
2. have you installed new drivers?
3. have you connected via USB/Firewire/IDE or other interfaces/ports
etc. some new devices?
4. have you installed new BIOS?
5. is your RAM ok?
6. are you sure there is no CD/DVD in your CD/DVD drive?
7. are you sure there is no floppy disk in your floppy drive?
8. are you sure your CPU/motherboard/RAM is not overheating?
Claudio
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So what exactly does the loop do? Try running the loop without sleep and then see how long that takes.
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