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Legacy_SuperFly_2000

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NWN maxing out processor usage
« on: March 01, 2011, 12:20:18 am »


               Also the fan makes a hell of a noise at the same time.

This can't be right.

Been playing NWN for like 6 years on this computer.

The only thing I changed lately was I was running Defrag. That should however IMPROVE on the performance. Also I did download a lot of new HAK's lately.

My harddrives are almost full but I keep them at at last 4 gigs of free space each...hmm...maybe I'll look more into this...it could be something with the swapping file not getting enough space or in worst case problems with the harddrive itself.
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 12:31:12 am »


               

SuperFly_2000 wrote...

Also the fan makes a hell of a noise at the same time.

This can't be right.

Been playing NWN for like 6 years on this computer.

The only thing I changed lately was I was running Defrag. That should however IMPROVE on the performance. Also I did download a lot of new HAK's lately.

My harddrives are almost full but I keep them at at last 4 gigs of free space each...hmm...maybe I'll look more into this...it could be something with the swapping file not getting enough space or in worst case problems with the harddrive itself.


This is not much room.  I know the defrager need at least 15% free to properly defrag.  So 4gigs is good if your hard drive is only 26Gigs in size.  

Also if you have Virtual memory,  And I have never been able to turn it Off on my XP system without crashing the system, It will eat away at that 4 Gigs free space also. 
               
               

               
            
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Legacy_SuperFly_2000

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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 02:03:49 am »


               I tried freeing up space but that didn't help.

Something is seriously wrong and I don't know what.

I don't think NWN used to take this much CPU...and this is probably what makes the fan go haywire....
               
               

               


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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 02:14:08 am »


               Maybe something wrong with the computer in general. A few months ago the power unit died...so I got the a new one (same model/brand). It has worked ok since then. Only recently I noticed theese problems...with a fan accelerating heavily...

I know there was some windows updates a week ago or so....


Hmm...maybe time to get a new computer. This is one is kind of old...only it did work great so far and especially with NWN....(as it is XP). I've read about a lot of problems with running NWN on Windows 7 and I don't want to experience that....
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 04:05:12 am »


               Find a used computer store. You can likely get 2 old Windows PCs for half the price of a newer comp on sale.
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 04:15:54 am »


               CPU usage is always a pig on my machines.  I was watching with glee earlier as I had both client and toolset running (I have a dual core 3.33gHz) and it pegged both processors at 100% or near the entire time.
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 07:30:32 am »


               NWN always uses 100% of one core. That is just the way it is written.
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 07:47:24 am »


               ****...so it must be my fan that "hit the fan" again...or some controler....time to buy a new computer Superfly. *eyeing a nice looking HP*.

Any ideas on Brand? I am leaning towards HP...want silent...maybe we don't have the same brands in Europe as you do in the states. We have mostly Acer but then also Packard Bell, HP, COmpaq and Dell...

I hope windows 7 doesn't give me a world of pain...

Thanks for the help so far guys...
               
               

               


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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 08:41:16 am »


               

SuperFly_2000 wrote...

Maybe something wrong with the computer in general. A few months ago the power unit died...so I got the a new one (same model/brand). It has worked ok since then. Only recently I noticed theese problems...with a fan accelerating heavily...

I know there was some windows updates a week ago or so....


Hmm...maybe time to get a new computer. This is one is kind of old...only it did work great so far and especially with NWN....(as it is XP). I've read about a lot of problems with running NWN on Windows 7 and I don't want to experience that....


Yes, it could well be a hardware problem since your pc is not shining new any more '<img'>. If you move on to a new system, I would recommend not to install nwn anew, but to copy over the nwn directory from your old hard drive to your new one. When I tried installing nwn on win7 some months ago, I had lots of issues. After I just copied over the working and up to date version from my old winXP install, set up a desktop icon for nwn to run as admin and in winXP SP3 compatibility mode and started the nwconfig util once from the nwn main menu, everything was smooth as silk. Just my 2¢.

Greetings
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PS: The experiences mentioned above lead me to the conclusion that the software installer for nwn does not work as intended on Windows 7.
               
               

               


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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2011, 12:17:14 pm »


               Maybe I'll try uninstall the anti-virus program I am using (AVG). It recently had a mayor update. Maybe that screwed something up. The design of the program is not very good....as you can't turn it off. Seems uninstall is the only way to turn it off.

I still would have Ad-Aware running...but that program can at least be turned off. (Well...I know anti-virus programs sometimes always screw with the system even if they are turned off. Maybe I uninstall them both just for testing. I really don't want to buy a new computer if I can avoid it. This one works great out of every other aspect....)

Anything else to try?
               
               

               


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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2011, 01:49:08 pm »


               Maybe a vcard temp/humidity monitor program?  At least you would be able to rule out excessive demands when playing certain games.   Disabling security/virus seems a good strategy as well.
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2011, 03:47:49 pm »


               HipMaestro...you got more info about such a program. Like a link?

I uninstalled AVG anti-virus and also some other programs. Seems I have less noise now but it is still a bit irritating....
               
               

               
            
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2011, 04:20:34 pm »


               HWMonitor  (seems like they have sample versions available for download for this one).  Many of these programs only work for certain mfgrs. like nVidia vs. ATI vs. Intel, etc. ... but you get the idea.

edit:  I have never installed a temp monitor on my machine... just seen one in action.  Been tempted to get one though.  '<img'>
               
               

               


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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2011, 01:05:00 am »


               I think I solved it now. There was a lot of dust in between the metallic coolingflanges close to the CPU fan.

I had to dismantle it to be able to clean it properly with a vaccum cleaner but it went pretty easy.

The fan doesn't go crazy anymore...


The fan came to a halt the a few minutes after I first had reassembled it and I was afraid I made something wrong...but I suspect some shaky connection to the powersupply. The connector is a small plastic thingie....

               
               

               


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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2011, 01:11:21 am »


               Maybe get some cooling-paste too...

Edit: On second thought this doesn't seem to be very important. The most important thing is that metal is close to metal...
               
               

               


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