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Help! I can not find why, but after 1-2 hours of work the CPU meter on VDJ starts counting 80-90 percent CPU load - without any other applications or programs runing - Anyway, then the problems starts. Every time I load a song in one of the decks, the sound starts chopping. Once you load the song again sounds became normal, however, performance of CPU load values ​​are again between 80-90% .
I always stop antivirus and wireless network before I started work. I use VDJ only with audio files. Even tried a VirtualDJ PC Optimizer . All drivers are UP to Date
I use Hercules RMX, external hard drive, Windows 7 Ultimate
Fujitsu Siemens esprimo U9200
Intel(R) Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 64-bit OS
Any IDEAS ...
 

Mensajes Mon 16 Dec 13 @ 10:10 am
Has this happened suddenly or has it been a problem from the start?

If recent you could try restoring your machine to an earlier date. It could be caused by an update that has been downloaded and installed automatically. Rolling the machine back to a date when you know it worked and then manually installing each update one at a time might help to find where the trouble started.

Daz
 

Try to increase the latency on the performance tab.

Otherwise, start saving for a Mac, lol!

Goodluck!
 

Yes Dazmax it is happened suddenly, after one and a half hour gig during the mix :(
BTW every time I prefer to Update manually, so there is no automatic Updates :(
It "drives me crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals) :)
unfortunately no restore point at the moment ... And the last thing I want to do is reinstall


Thank you guys for your suggestions. other ideas?
 

@ 938MyDJ
increase the latency is already done - wasn't helpful :(
you sayn' MAC will save the day?
What about I Pad is it fully responsible for VDJ PRO ?
 

Hey, when you say no other applications running int he background, did you check for processes running.

Processes can run and take up memory, (which i think is the issue here). Something is running and consuming the free available memory.
Best thing to do is have it running (when not on a gig and get it into the same state.

Check the process list under the task manager sort by the memoy column.
See highest first and kill off the processes that are not needed and are using high memory.

Let us know what you find out.

:)
 

Just another thought. Could one of your drives be spinning down due to your power management settings? Usualy this would only show up on loading but might cause issues with tracks which stream from the drive or are so long that they do not fully load from the drive due to Max Load settings.

As your system was stable and working. If nothing else has been changed then I would strongly suggest a recently installed Driver would be your top suspect.

You could check through the drivers most recently installed. Look up the driver dates in their properties tab and also check out the last modified date in the file info for the drivers. That should help narrow down what and when the culprit was installed.

If not then a wipe and re install mey be your only way back. Sure its a few hours work but the first possible faults in diagnosis should not be avoided just because they take time to investigate.

Daz
 

The software does not care what time it is, or how long it has been running. This sounds like a hardware issue. It only happens after a certain time period, is it roughly the same time period? Could it be an over heating problem? If you blow out the fans, use a tooth pick to keep the fans from moving. It seems this laptop has been around for awhile, how old is it?
 

*Honestly I was thinking about the case of overheating, because nothing happens during the mixing, but to play music.

*On processes that run in background, I opened several times to check during mixing and it appears that the only thing is indicated by high values ​​is "System Idle Process". Nothing much ...

* About the long tracks- never happened - from options on VDJ I choose to not loading more then 10 min long tracks. and almost never play things already mixed.

*Many thanks guys for the answers.

*I'll try with a cooling pad to see if has to do with the CPU temperature. if the device is working properly on the task. :(

and then we'll see...

Stupid is that I have 2 or 3 business events per day (Christmas parties)
i.e. the only thing left for me to just keep my fingers crossed

*** cheers all > respect
 

I wouldn't take that risk... go out on a gig with un-stable laptop.

If it's time to replace it, I will just close my eyes and swipe that credit card.

That's just me. I wouldn't want to ruin my name with such issue.
 

How old is this laptop? Do not use this in front of paying clients. Would you take a blown speaker to a gig?
 

My reason for suspecting a software problem is based on your CPU suddenly showing that it is maxing out. Perhaps tho as AMAHM suggests, heat could be an issue. many Laptops have a CPU throttle system which will slow the clock speed to help manage the CPU temp. I had not thought of it before but perhaps this could be what is giving the CPU indication. If you suspect an Overheating problem it might be worth downloading one of the free temp monitor program's available on the net. One I have used with no problems is "speed Fan". That way you can check the temperatures on the motherboard and see if this is an issue.

When the problem appears, what do you do? How you have to recover the system can also be an indicator for what is going wrong. For example if just closing and re opening VDJ gives you another hour running then heat is not likely to be the problem. If however to need to shut down and turn off for half an hour before you can use the system again heat is a strong contender.

Daz
 

i see you have 3 gig... would that b one, 2 gig stick and a one, 1 gig stick???
 

Does this occur after midnight ? I know windows task scheduler starts a few things at midnight most notably winsat.exe and that is a huge CPU hog
 

@ pseft You are right about the memory it's exactly the same configuration ... Is there a problem about it?

@ djjohnnyrox it happens all the time not just after midnight :(

@ 938MyDJ it is a risk but I have My backUp sound source, so it's working bu now. I will replace it, but saving for some that I wouldn't make me crazy - next 2-3 years :) I hope


I was wondering if it was possible external hard drive not cool enough, given that it is closed in the stage box. If there is a need for cooling: (

Simply slows the transfer and hence the CPU? If there is any logic in this

cheers yall
 

me_you wrote :
I was wondering if it was possible external hard drive not cool enough


I remember there was another VDJ user recently that had a problem with hot external drives.

here it is

 

yes it is… when the memory is not even it only uses the one stick… you better off getting another 2 gig stick to make it 4 gig
 

groovindj wrote :
me_you wrote :
I was wondering if it was possible external hard drive not cool enough


I remember there was another VDJ user recently that had a problem with hot external drives.

here it is



hmm looks the same

10x
 



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