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I just upgraded my media computer to win 7 x86 and dharma 10.1, I was using 10.0 and XP before
Now I have extremely high cpu usage (50% +) when just sitting in the library.
Today towards the end of a movie the cpu usage was around 90%.
I restarted xbmc and was able to continue watching the movie, without stuttering.
Log files dont reveal any clues and task manager shows xbmc as the cuplrit.
nothing else is running in the background other than normal windows 7 stuff.
this is a dedicated xbmc box playing media from a smb share. I had no issues with XP, just decided to upgrade.
Any thoughts?
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2011-11-19, 23:04
(This post was last modified: 2011-11-20, 20:43 by drewlover.)
Hmmm... I am having the same issue... Can we identify the PCI Express Link Power State Management as the issue?
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So I've set this value to OFF for both battery and plugged-in state. Doesn't seem to fix the issue.
As best as I can tell, if the laptop wakes from a sleep state or a hibernate state (having been in said state for a while, not sure how long that "while" has to be yet) then it has an issue... I would pinpoint this on some kind of power settings.. But I've gone through everything and said to use maximum performance, not to allow power management on what would let me (ie, don't let the hard drive sleep, etc).
When XBMC won't start, it literally hoses my OS state. Task manager freezes, chrome moves extremely sluggishly (taking ~2 minutes to start up).
This is an awesome brand new laptop, in the midst of testing I've upgraded video and network drivers, and have played with all the power options listed in this thread. NOTHING is working. I really don't wanna take this laptop back and get charged restocking fees due to this (I bought 2 of them actually!!!). I'm not in the market for a laptop much more expensive to get a "better" setup.
Model #: L775-S5306
What gives?
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I wasn't having it... Took it back. Disappointed, because for an i3, 4gb ram, 15.6" screen, that was a great deal for $399.... too bad this Intel HD 3000 blows ass. Even with the power saving disabled it still acted stupid.
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Have you guys tried running without a network connection? Does it make any difference?
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I am also having this problem on an HP dv6 with Win7 x64, Intel Core i7, 8gb of ram and an ATI 6770M. I have updated the bios and all drivers and I have tired both XBMC 10.1 and the latest nightly build. I have also tried all of the power option changes suggested in this thread.
The only suggestion I have not tried is starting in windowed mode because I can not figure out what to put in "advancedsettings.xml" to do that.
The only solution that has worked so far is starting XBMC the second I boot up but that is a bit of a pain so any more suggestions would be great. This laptop was purchased primarily for using XBMC so help is much appreciated.
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2011-12-14, 23:23
(This post was last modified: 2011-12-15, 01:22 by saintrocky.)
Damn.. didnt work. Ran some more tests with that solution, but didnt work.
this is so frustrating!
edit: dosent work with windowed mode either.
I want to add that i got my laptop connected to my receiver / TV all the time
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2011-12-24, 11:05
(This post was last modified: 2011-12-24, 11:26 by jeremy6973.)
Hello,
I'm having exactly the same issue with Xbmc...
Afer 2 minutes I can't launch it anymore.
I tried to change every power settings possible lol.
My laptot is an Asus G74SX ( I7-2630QM , GTX560M, W7 64bits )
As there is no real solution for the moment, i made it start on windows start up.
I'm sorry if there is mistakes in my sentences but I'm Belgian... This is an international problem !! lol
Update: I've change some parameters in the Nvidia panel and ... Xbmc launches.
I have to make some more tests.
Things that I've changed (only in the Nvidia control panel in 3d parameters then not in the global tab but the program tab, and then I selected Xbmc):
-Power Management mode -> max perf
-Vertical Sync -> Force disabled
-Triple Buffering -> Activated.
Doesn't work a second time ..... So forget this :/
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I'm having a similar incident. (I believe so, at least).
I have an Acer Revo 3610 running Win7. My media on a network location.
I leave the PC on 24/7, no sleep or standby mode.
Everything was working perfectly, then suddenly it would start to freeze. I can't kill the process. If I go in through task manager, it would kill the app, but I'd still see the process running.
If I launch CMD with "Run as administrator" and use TaskKill, and then I'm able to kill the task. When I try to restart, the system seems to freeze at Logging Off.
I can't help but wonder if some Windows Updates from the last 2 weeks have caused this issue?
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I have the same problem, after updating to eden.It's just freezing even after playing with the menu.Solution - i reinstalled the old version.
Ultra xtreamer , win 7 64
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Doesn't seem to be any particular action other than I noticed on mine that it's guaranteed to hang if you try to change an option that requires a separate text entry dialog to open.
I've had it hang in most other areas.
No one has put in a bug report on this it looks like.
So annoying when the Pc freez everytime i tried to open XBMC, and i had to push the power button to turn it off.. could only open XBMC if i opened the program right away when i got into windows.
