2012-01-26, 16:46
I have a new Dell XPS 14Z I7 laptop with a Crucial 512GB SSD that has had a problem with XBMC (both 10.1 and Eden Beta 1 & 2) where it takes one core to 100% and effectively dogs the whole system down forcing a hard power off because you cannot do a controlled shutdown. With a fresh reboot I could run 10.1 fine, but after using the laptop for a while the problem would crop up. I could never run Eden Beta 1, but did a fresh install of Beta 2 yesterday and it ran a few times then the same problem would appear even after a fresh start.
I disabled all startup items in Msconfig, which allowed Beta 2 to run perfectly, then started adding them in a few at a time until I found one that was causing the problem. For some reason, the above device which is used for Free - Fall protection (it's called FF in startup) is the culprit. Not an issue for me since I have an SSD, but certainly a pain and likely causing issues for anyone else with a SSD and maybe even other I7 laptops with conventional drives.
Hope this helps others experiencing this same odd behavior!
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Cancel the above, the FF was not the problem and I'm back to trying startup items one by one to find it..... :mad:
I disabled all startup items in Msconfig, which allowed Beta 2 to run perfectly, then started adding them in a few at a time until I found one that was causing the problem. For some reason, the above device which is used for Free - Fall protection (it's called FF in startup) is the culprit. Not an issue for me since I have an SSD, but certainly a pain and likely causing issues for anyone else with a SSD and maybe even other I7 laptops with conventional drives.
Hope this helps others experiencing this same odd behavior!
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Cancel the above, the FF was not the problem and I'm back to trying startup items one by one to find it..... :mad:
