navsimpson Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I'm curious to know - is something wrong with my PC given that Sonicstage is often at 20 - 40% CPU usage when it's doing absolutely nothing i.e. just open, not even playing a song. My venerable old laptop gets hot quickly and using SS just heats it up for no good reason.Is anyone else having this problem? Or is this just the way the software works?-Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Nope, it's just you, LOL. I just tried and sure enough SS and it's modules take up like 0-1% of CPU useage when idle. Nothing anywhere near what you're getting. I have no idea why it's doing that for you. Maybe check for viruses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 It depends on how modern your CPU is. I have a P4 2.6GHz. SS when idle gets 0-2% CPU usage. Playing a song will jump the CPU usage to ~10% and go back to ~2-4%. Scrolling the library/tracks will hit up to 50% CPU usage. I find iTunes to have similar activities, hitting the CPU to about 48% during scrolling the library/tracks. My older AthlonXP 1700+ will have 100% CPU usage during the same activity(scrolling the library) in iTunes. If you notice CPU usage when SS is idle, check the task manager to see if it's caused by something else (eg. Firewall, virus scanner, or maybe virus/trojan/adware). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerfuffle Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Mine's taking three to four percent while playing a song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navsimpson Posted January 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Thanks for the feedback guys... I check for viruses/spyware pretty regularly, and nothing has showed up. Perhaps it's because my PC is old? (P4m 1.8GHz). Well, I guess I'll have to suffer with it until I can afford a new laptop...-Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 What are you using to check the CPU useage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Thanks for the feedback guys... I check for viruses/spyware pretty regularly, and nothing has showed up. Perhaps it's because my PC is old? (P4m 1.8GHz). Well, I guess I'll have to suffer with it until I can afford a new laptop...Why? Even though you see higher CPU usage, do you see any slowdowns? If not, the CPU can still handle the job just fine. Personally, I'm not wasting money on new PC just because I see my CPU usage jumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navsimpson Posted January 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 I was just using task manager - omg jukebox was the process I was checking. While when you first open SS, it's doing nothing (1 or 2 percent) after a while, it spikes for no reason - and, thus, so does my fan.-Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I was just using task manager - omg jukebox was the process I was checking. While when you first open SS, it's doing nothing (1 or 2 percent) after a while, it spikes for no reason - and, thus, so does my fan.-NavHmm something weird is happening there it seems. How long are you waiting before the useage spikes? Your computer's CPU is not that slow. Considering 0-1% useage of a P4 2.6Ghz, that's still nowhere near 50% of a P4 1.8Ghz. Given we don't know the bus speeds here and there are slight differences with P4 generations, that isn't really a big deal talking about a 1% CPU load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicrosoftPwnsU™ Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 I also found that it used up an astonishing 106MB of my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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