Re: System Idle Process uses 99% cpu

[Raffaele Fragapane <jaco(at)thejaco.com>]

never had that happening, but then I haven't rendered much in MRay from 
inside XSI for over 2 years now.

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Oscar Juarez wrote:

> Talking about this kind of issues does anyone has this, in dual 
> systems, suddenly stops
> using both processors and only works one and in dual HT systems also 
> appears to be using one
> thread. so it drops to 25% of the capacity. And everything, rendering 
> etc.. goes hell slow.
>
>
>
> I´ve seen it in three computers, two dual xeons, and one dual athlon.
> its hard to reproduce.
>
> Hope someone can help, if anyone had it.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Raffaele Fragapane wrote:
>
> > X2 CPUs have some ACPI issues of sorts when in tandem with some 
> > monitor devices (dell FP 24 and 20 in my case).
> >
> > I know it sounds absolutely ridiculous, but it took me a solid 3 
> > months after I got my new X2 at home to figure out why the hell win 
> > would boot in 8 seconds flat but then stick to high CPU load for 
> > minutes after the boot (or after a screensaver kick).
> > Getting rid of ACPI on win solved it right away.
> >
> > I also suspect that AMD's Cool&lagged drivers might have been 
> > involved in some of this clusterf**k of an issue.
> >
> > The problem obviously never presented itself in linux, at all... 
> > thanks MS.
> >
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> >
> > Wayne wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the clarification there Holger. I wonder why the lag is 
> > > occuring at that time then L Perhaps a reboot and defrag is in 
> > > order. Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Wayne-
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] *On 
> > > Behalf Of *Schoenberger
> > > *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2006 8:03 PM
> > > *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > *Subject:* RE: System Idle Process uses 99% cpu
> > >
> > > The "idle process" is the percentage of the CPU which is not used...
> > >
> > > If your idle process is 100%, then your CPU does not do anything.
> > >
> > > (Beside some rumours about secret MS functions hidden in the "idle 
> > > process")
> > >
> > > Holger Schönberger
> > > technical director
> > > The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
> > >
> > >     
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> > >
> > >
> > >     *From:* owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
> > >     *On Behalf Of *Wayne
> > >     *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2006 11:47 PM
> > >     *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > >     *Subject:* OT: System Idle Process uses 99% cpu
> > >
> > >     I’m experiencing some lag in XSI when modeling due to what seems
> > >     to be the System Idle Process soaking up cpu cycles. Running 64bit
> > >     xsi on 64bit xp, with dual, dual core amd processors. My system
> > >     idle process will skyrocket up to 89-99% and that is when the lag
> > >     occurs in the viewport in XSI. I’m not sure if the two are related
> > >     whatsoever, hence the reason I’m asking here. I searched
> > >     microsoft.com for the system idle process but turning up nothing
> > >     thus far. Anyone able to toss me a clue? Thanks
> > >
> > >     -Wayne-
> > >
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