I had to reinstall windows the other day and, being in a hurry and not
watching what I was doing, I inadvertently installed the 32-bit version of
Win7. Of my 16GB of RAM, it reported that it could utilize 2.93GB. The
rest was just sitting there resting its electrons.
When I restored 64, the diff
Not appreciably on a 32-bit system. The max a 32-bit (x86) Windows
system can address and use is 3.5 GB of RAM.
-Tim
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So would increasing my ram from 3 to 4 reduce CPU workload?
K6DDS
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim Jannuzzo
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:07 AM
To: bobdds2...@gmail.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU usage
Any chance you have MiniDeluxe running from DDUtil?
ompanied by long DPC latency, I would have
attributed it to some network driver stalling and blocking MD. In the absence
of high DPC latency, I just attribute it to a gremlin.Jim KJ2P
> From: bobdds2...@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:37:25 -0800
> To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
> Subjec
Hi gang
I found the program that was over utilizing CPU time. Ddutil . Turned it off
and on. CPU went down to 25% with all the other programs running.
Bob K6DDS
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Sadly, on the processors with TurboBoost you have to enable Speedstep to get
the TurboBoost.
What I do is go to the Power Control Panel (assuming Win7 OS btw) and select
the High Performance profile. Then, in that profile go to 'change advanced
settings" and turn off Thermal Protection (I think th
SpeedStep or Cool-n-Quiet technologies are not conducive to real-time
audio processing applications. Obviously PowerSDR will still work, but
the results can be unpredictable.
-Tim
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I notice that my CPU frequency on my 3.2 ghz 6 core machine stays maxed most
of the time. I don't think my quad core did this I could be wrong. Will
PowerSDR tolerate having the CPU freq drop down to a lower CPU frequency
like down to 800 mHz?
Can I adjust for this on power management I have it se
Through magical incantations learned from a logical trial and error
process. That is what you call it when it is fixed, you don't understand
WHY the fix works, but you just know it does.
;-).
Bob
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Bill Roberts wrote:
> Just got around to installing PSDR 2.1.5
Just got around to installing PSDR 2.1.5 on my dual core, 2 GB RAM XP-SP3
system. I have noticed the CPU utilization spike when RX is squelched,
although not to the same degree reported by others. My typical CPU
utilization runs between 18 - 21% in all RX and TX modes including FM. With
squelch
e or if it will work on Win7
-Tim
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Leon Bishop
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:16 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU monitor
I just noticed the cpu usag
Try this
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/03/05/two-minute-drill-disabled-performance-counters-and-exctrlst-exe.aspx
-Tim
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Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:28 PM
To: 'Leon Bishop'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flex
I just noticed the cpu usage meter is not showing up on pwrsdr! Hmmm.
I chaged my MOBO and CPU out, perhaps that made it go away?
WIN 7 64 BIT
INTEL MOBO AND I7 CPU
PWRSDR 2.0.22
I doesn't hurt anything, but!
Leon N5PU
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:58 PM
To: Gary Keating; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU load for Firewire
Hopefully the Firewire vendor will be able to
: [Flexradio] CPU load for Firewire
Thank guys. I probably saw that info at some time but I needed to be led by the
hand back to the solution. CPU load with no apps running is back to the 4% I
saw with XP.
Gary ND9Z
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Thank guys. I probably saw that info at some time but I needed to be led by the
hand back to the solution. CPU load with no apps running is back to the 4% I
saw with XP.
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ob McGwier
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 12:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU load for Firewire
Install sp1 FIRST so it does not overwrite your firewire driver setting.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Tim Ellison wrote:
> In Win7, make sure you
x
>
>
> -Tim
>
>
> -Original Message-
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> flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Keating
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:58 AM
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: [Flexradio] CPU load for Firewire
: Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:58 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU load for Firewire
I just switched to Windows 7 64 bit after a year using XP for the Flex
computer. I notice that the CPU load seemed quite a bit higher so I took a
closer look at what was happening. I saw that the
I just switched to Windows 7 64 bit after a year using XP for the Flex
computer. I notice that the CPU load seemed quite a bit higher so I took a
closer look at what was happening. I saw that the CPU load on one of the four
cores was swinging from 20 to 80% with Flex-5000 turned on but no applic
Hi Jeff,
... and especially with the new 2.0.22 which seems to put a lot of
latency issues to bed for CW ops :-)
Regards
Dave
On 3/04/2011 4:33 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote:
Hi Jeff,
While the Celeron is a little on the light side, I would give it a try
before buying a new PC. We have a 2
Hi Jeff,
While the Celeron is a little on the light side, I would give it a try
before buying a new PC. We have a 2 GHz Celeron in the lab that we have run
production tests on for several years. Version 2.0 is a bit more of a
graphics load on the Celeron though.
Give it a try. Looking forward
/Products.aspx?topic=FlexReady_PC
-Tim
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Brown
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:54 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU performance
Greetings. I posted this
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Jeffrey Brown wrote:
> From Flex's recommendations I'm a little lacking. I'm
> wondering if my current setup even has a chance of getting on the air
> without going to the expense upgrading the aforementioned items right
> off the bat. Here's what I have:
>
> In
Greetings. I posted this to the Flex Forum the other day by haven't had but one
response...so I though I'd try here as well.
I'm just about ready to go all in on a new Flex-5000. Will probably
be making the purchase around first of May. This will be my first ever
new hf radio, and hopefully o
Mike:
XP does not do this. Vista and Windows 7 do it. MicroSoft knows about it,
and is working on it.
Move the USB buffer slider towards "Conservative." (Setup/General/Options)
to reduce the peaking.
Hint: You need to stop PowerSDR before the slider can be moved.
Then "Start" PowerSDR again.
Probably the wireless network adapter or Bluetooth transmitter.
-Tim
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike March
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:17 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio
I'm using a 1500, 2.0.19 and a Sony Vaio laptop.
As I monitor the CPU usage in both the software and in the Task Manager...I
notice a spike every 15 seconds.
Typically 5-10% then spiking to 60-70%...every 15 seconds. Both transmit
and receive are effected by this.
When I shut down the software, th
om [mailto:nealk...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Neal
> Campbell
> Sent: February-24-11 2:58 PM
> To: Kevin Hobbs
> Cc: Graham Haddock; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
>
>
>
> I would check to see if I was using the Standard VGA display
Cc: Graham Haddock; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
I would check to see if I was using the Standard VGA display driver as you
are either not getting any or much GPU assistance from your graphics card.
Maybe time to put in a new one!
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham
alk...@gmail.com [mailto:nealk...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Neal
> Campbell
> Sent: February-24-11 2:58 PM
> To: Kevin Hobbs
> Cc: Graham Haddock; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
>
>
>
> I would check to see if I was using the Standard
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
I would check to see if I was using the Standard VGA display driver as you
are either not getting any or much GPU assistance from your graphics card.
Maybe time to put in a new one!
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
(540
gt; Sent: February-24-11 2:17 PM
> To: Kevin Hobbs
> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
>
>
>
> Kevin:
>
> This is normal behavior.
> It takes more computer power to draw a bigger sized screen (for things that
> are
Kudos!!!
CPU percentage is now 4 -15 % down from 30%
Ron
k3vig
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:16:43 -0600
> From: gra...@flexradio.com
> To: ve...@cogeco.ca
> CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
>
> Kevin:
>
> Th
lf Of
Graham Haddock
Sent: February-24-11 2:17 PM
To: Kevin Hobbs
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU % vs Window Size
Kevin:
This is normal behavior.
It takes more computer power to draw a bigger sized screen (for things that
are changing.)
Try setting the panadaptor di
Kevin:
This is normal behavior.
It takes more computer power to draw a bigger sized screen (for things that
are changing.)
Try setting the panadaptor display to OFF and see what happens.
--- Graham
==
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Kevin Hobbs wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> I have been experimenting
Hi
I have been experimenting with the PowerSDR window size. By changing the
vertical height of the window (to get more / less panadpter size), I see my
CPU % very by as much as 20% (from 5 - 25) with only minimal changes in the
size. Does anyone else see this?
73 Kevin
Dave,
See my comments below
-Tim
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of David Walker
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 5:04 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU Usage & Interupts
Hi f
Hi folks,
On my Athlon II 3GHz Win64 OS and using the onboard firewire (VIA) of my
Mo Bo M489TD Pro / usb3 my cpu usage swings wildly from 3% to 30%
running PwrSDR. The 4th core can get up of 99% of usage occasionally
and when this occurs audio cracks and pops and CW keying timing falters
a
My cpu usage display in Power SDR disappeared following a crash the
other day, and I have not been able to restore it. I have reinstalled
Net 1.1 and Net 3.5 and used exctrist.exe in an attempt to re-enable
the reporting function, but to no avail. Does anyone know what files are
involved in Po
I too,have lost the CPU window at the bottom left of the PowerSDR
Pretty Betty Blue2 screen. I have not had the computer attached to
the internet, so Microsoft updates is not the answer. the last
update was when I downloaded .net 3.5 before loading Pretty Betty
and 1.19. Can anyone else wit
radio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of EB4APL
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:47 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU %
Tim,
Thank you for your help. I should have looked in the KB before, but
since I did´d remember of any previous occurrence in the reflector I
just skip
Tim,
Thank you for your help. I should have looked in the KB before, but
since I did´d remember of any previous occurrence in the reflector I
just skipped it and asked directly. Taking in account the work that
means compiling and maintaining this resource and the amount of useful
information
Look in the Knowledge Base. A search on CPU returned this article as
the 2nd hit. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50311.aspx
-Tim
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On 4/18/2009 2:44 PM, EB4APL wrote:
Some time ago I noticed that the CPU %
Some time ago I noticed that the CPU % info dissapeared from my
console, I can´t say from which version.
Is it someting related to my configuration, O.S. (Win 2k) or it was
dropped by some reason?
73 de Ignacio, EB4APL
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this weekends SS contest really creates a cpu load on the computer I use for
PWSDR and contesting/logging.
As I use CCU, the node software of VE7CC, I found that I could seriously
lower my cpu use level by running the CCU software on the shack secondary
computer.
And directing my logging/conte
>From Mr. Haighton who is having trouble getting this message through to the
reflector:
After reading the glowing references to the CPU performance on SVN 1424 I
decided to try using an older Sony Laptop again which I had purchased for
the SDR 1K some 3 years ago as it had a parallel port.
I h
svn 1175 display off 9.4-17.2 avg 12svn1424 10.9 -20 avg 14
2.4 P with 760mb ram D44 Jerry
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DUAL CORE 3.2USING eldiro'66
dual monitors
cpu use with 1422 with writelog running was 34%
upgrade to 1424 with writelog running is 15%
called a few MDC qso party on ssb and no strangeness (other than me of
course)
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A VERY interesting concept.
Jim - W4YXU
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU resources
>
>>
>> While I'm getting a "round tuit" for that...I decided to try so
>
> While I'm getting a "round tuit" for that...I decided to try some things
> to decrease the load on the XP. The one thing that really helped was
> just going from 192K to 96K. It cut the CPU load almost in half.
As graduate economics major before I went into medicine: OTOH, (supposed
to be a
Yes. The USBIO driver is not Vista compatible.
Eric
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> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:03 PM
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or Roll
> > www.w3oz.com
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> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:14 PM
> > To: Flexradio
> > Subject: [Flexradio] CPU reso
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:14 PM
> To: Flexradio
> Subject: [Flexradio] CPU resources
>
> FYI ---I saw the CPU resources double on the last coup
help.
73 Larry
Larry Wassman W3OZ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:14 PM
To: Flexradio
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU resources
FYI ---I saw the CPU resources
FYI ---I saw the CPU resources double on the last couple of months of
the alphaware...enough that I went out out and bought another computer
(faster faster)...only to find out I cant run my USB cable with Vista
(its cool I use it for work as well)...s now I need to go snag a
Parallel Card..
Carl,
Use the Tips for Optimizing Windows XP at the web
site, Q10307. My CPU went from 35% average to
20% average on a 1.86 GHz P4 Sony laptop with 1.5
GHz of RAM, running SVN 1408 with a FireBox after
I optimized my XP Home. The extra RAM helps
too. However,you probably have sufficient RA
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:47 AM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] CPU Usage - need to reduce overhead?
I am running both 1.8 and 1.9.1 (latest versions) on my HP A520n
Pavilion de
Hello Carl,
A separate video card should provide a significant performance increase.
As a test, turn off the panadapter display by selecting "Off" from the
"Display Mode" dropdown list beneath the panadapter display, and see how
much your cpu usage drops. This will give you some idea of how muc
I am running both 1.8 and 1.9.1 (latest versions) on my HP A520n
Pavilion desktop (2.12 GHz, 960 Mb ram) and am seeing CPU usage of 50%
and higher most of the time. This computer came with 64 Mb shared memory
for video and I suspect that the CPU is being taxed trying to keep up
with the visual
t power is not
passed through, so the devices at the end of the chain need a separate
power supply.
-Tim
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Dale Boresz
Cc: FlexRadio List
Subject: Re:
Neal:
10 percent LESS. The Flex 5000 at 192000 is an intense consumer of
firewire resources. The CPU usage goes UP ten per cent and even this is
variable depending on user hardware.
We do not have sufficient experience yet to say this card is great and
this one is horrible. We are using a n
Which firewire card are you using? Are there other firewire devices
chained thru the 5000?
I cannot wait to have an additional 10% CPU!
Neal
On 8/3/07, Dale Boresz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After consulting with other beta-testers, it looks like we're seeing an
> increase of about 10 to 20% C
After consulting with other beta-testers, it looks like we're seeing an
increase of about 10 to 20% CPU usage with the FLEX-5000 over the
SDR-1000. This is probably going to be dependent upon the individual
computer. My computer is a 3.0GHz Pentium P4 with 3GB RAM, and after
examining it more c
The CPU load when running the FLEX-5000 is about the same as when
running the SDR-1000.
73, Dale
WA8SRA
Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote:
> Hello :-)
> With Flex5000 ... CPU Load is the same as SDR-1000?
> Higher, lower ?
>
> Thank's a lot.
>
>
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With Flex5000 ... CPU Load is the same as SDR-1000?
Higher, lower ?
Thank's a lot.
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If I have the Sub RX active.
at approximately 40%, PWSDR goes into meltdown.
FA-66
Control Panel settings Buffer Size (min), WDM smaller, ASIO Smaller
Setup>Audio
Ediron FA-66 firewire
Buffer 2048, Sample Rate 19200
If in VAC the buffer is 512, Sample 12000
PSDR priority set to HIGH
I tried a
I am up and trotting with new machine (amd64x2 4600) and was getting audio
dropouts.
FYI
The culprit turns out to be the hardware monitor for the chip/board temp -
"easytune" ver et5. The guilty process is "gui.exe". This comes with
gigabyte boards.
I'll let the bios temp warning do the deeds
thanks.
box is amd athlon 64 x2 4600 with 1g 800 mhz mem in 2 sticks. Ints,
can't tell yet, but it won't be doing much else when doing flex. ( I
don't multi-task as well as I used to - leave it to the cpu!)
Jim - W4YXU
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OK, built better pc. What settings will get worst case cpu % with test
drive ssb file ? So far I haven't seen it over 10% and that only when
changing something. Usually ride between 4 - 6 % on one core.
Jim - W4YXU
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Even though I'm running a Pent 4 3.2ghz with 1 gig of ram, I see a bit of
CPU% jumps.
Dual monitors on a Nvidia dual card, running DXBase, on one monitor,
WinWarbler and Cluster on the other.
Edirol sound system.
Right now with all that running, I'm seeing 28% to 35% cpu use.
I 'used to know'
And that 25% is average over the measuring period it could have gone
way high for short periods, if its at the wrong time you drop audio.
So to prevent that most people like to see those numbers as low as possible.
At 04:32 PM 2/8/2007, you wrote:
>Unless I am missing something here, if I am usi
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Verzonden: do 8-2-2007 23:32
Aan: 'Reflector Flex-Radio'
Onderwerp: Re: [Fle
Stenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:32:01 -0600
>
>Unless I am missing something here, if I am using 5% of something or 25% of
>something.
Unless I am missing something here, if I am using 5% of something or 25% of
somethingthe job is still getting done.
73 Ross K9COX
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When my wife picked up a new laptop, I looked specifically for one that
had a separate graphics card. It is relatively easy to identify these
laptops. In most laps, the memory will not be 1 Gbyte, but something
smaller like 900 Mbyte. This is because the video memory is shred with
the processor,
Jeff,
Normal. As I mentioned before, I have a 1.8 GHz lap top with 12 MB
RAM and it ran 20 to 30 % CPU and about once a minute, it would peak
at 100% in which case the SDR display would freeze. I upgraded to
1.5G RAM and it runs 10 to 20 % and never peaks above about 50%.
73, Chas W1CG
At
I, like Larry, built up a new computer just for the SDR. I used the video that
was on the mother board. It went from 5-10% on my old machine to 20-30% on my
new machine. I then put in a $90 video card (don't remember the name of the
card) in the new computer and the CPU dropped to 5-10%.
Dave,
adio.biz
Onderwerp: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
Jeff,
You have several things working against you on a laptop.
Disks are slower
Memory is slower
CPUs generally do not have as much cache memory
I/O busses are slower
Running more processes in background (things like battery power ma
Jeff,
I built up a small, but hopefully independent, computer to run the
Flex. My main machine that was doing the job before was a 2.8 G P4
with 512 MB and I also had CPU utilization figures in the single digits
(5-8%). I never had any performance issues with it. The new box is a
2.4 G P4 with 512
Bob wrote:
> So far as I am concerned, 512 MB has not been
> sufficient memory for ANY
> Microsoft OS under pressure since Windows 98/ME.
>
> Bob
You run your machines harder than I do, then.
I'm still getting by just fine with my 2.4 GHz machine and 512 MB.
I run PowerSDR and there's less "gl
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Jeff,
You have several things working against you on a laptop.
Disks are slower
Memory is slower
CPUs generally do not have as much cache memory
I/O busses are slower
Running more processes in background (things like battery power management)
Graphics are slower (have to conserve power)
Most lap
l Services
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Anderson
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:02 AM
To: Robert McGwier; Charles Greene
Cc: flexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
For reference: my main S
For reference: my main SDR machine, which is a
non-laptop 3.2GHZ Pentium, runs my SDR without a
problem using only 512MB of memory, and it also has no
problem running debug versions under Visual Studio.
CPU utilization is somewhere in the range of 10 - 20%.
Which is why I'm so surprised of the cy
(Oh yeah, I better not forget Registry First Aid, which isn't free, but
seems to be doing me a good job.)
Thanks,
Ken WR5H
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From: Robert McGwier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:28 AM
To: Ken Klein
Cc: 'Reflector Flex-Radio
So far as I am concerned, 512 MB has not been sufficient memory for ANY
Microsoft OS under pressure since Windows 98/ME.
Bob
Charles Greene wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> 512 MB RAM is not enough to keep from paging memory to the HD. If
> you bring up the windows task manager and watch the memory parame
Avast will download updates automatically these days, I use it myself
on the one Windows PC.
At 07:28 AM 2/8/2007, Robert McGwier wrote:
>Just be advised that free is not without cost. You will have to do
>regular scans MANUALLY as they do not schedule them unless you pay (at
>least the last tim
Just be advised that free is not without cost. You will have to do
regular scans MANUALLY as they do not schedule them unless you pay (at
least the last time I bothered to look at the instructions!). Avast
does work beautifully and they are as quick as any I have used on
getting new wild viru
fine. Go
>figure!
>
>Thanks to all for the help, and best regards! Will continue
>experimenting...
>
>- Jeff, K6JCA
>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Charles Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 2:22 PM
>To: Jeff Anders
ry good program.
Ken WR5H
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Thompson
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:20 PM
To: Jeff Anderson
Cc: Reflector Flex-Radio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
Jeff,
Try running MSCONFIG in
ds! Will continue
>experimenting...
>
>- Jeff, K6JCA
>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Charles Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 2:22 PM
>To: Jeff Anderson; Reflector Flex-Radio
>Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
&g
Anderson; Reflector Flex-Radio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
Jeff,
I'm surprised the 2.8 GHz uses so much CPU time. Have you optimized
XP per the guide? I am running a 1.8 GHz Sony VAIO Lap Top with XP
Home and a PreSonus FireBox. The the CPU runs 6 to 22 percent but
u
Jeff,
I'm surprised the 2.8 GHz uses so much CPU time. Have you optimized
XP per the guide? I am running a 1.8 GHz Sony VAIO Lap Top with XP
Home and a PreSonus FireBox. The the CPU runs 6 to 22 percent but
usually stays between 11 and 19 percent, and it updates once every
one to two second
Jeff,
I had that happen to me, also. I could not find the culprit using the
task manager, so I ran MSCONFIG under the run command and rebooted with
a minimum configuration, i.e. most of the auto starting applications
were not loaded. The problem went away, so I again tried to find the
culpri
I had a similar problem, and what stopped it was the stopping of all
unnecessary process that run in Windows. My PC started at 50% spiking
to 75%, after the change it's now about 7% with no spikes. This is on
a Dual processor Pentium III 1GHz PC. A Dell 220 Precision workstation.
I believe the
Jeff,
Besides Intel's Speed-Step stuff, be sure to turn off the
wireless/bluetooth, infrared port, along with the serial port (if it
has one). Biggest CPU burst program I found is Spyware detectors
and anti-virus programs. Turn those off.Also try turning off the
panadapter, some of th
2007 12:32 PM
To: Ken N9VV; Flex-radio Reflector
Cc: Tim Ellison
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
Thanks, Tim & Ken, for your replies.
Yesterday I tried turning off the panadapter (and also
reducing the display's FPS), and, surprisingly, that
didn't seem to change th
smann
FlexRadio Systems
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jeff Anderson
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:32 AM
> To: Ken N9VV; Flex-radio Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question
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