Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 hello. im running Utorrent 1.4 ATM and i wonder why it is using 100% of my CPU atm? it just started today, have never happend before. but as soon as i turn utorrent of. it drops back to almost 0% load. why is this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animorc Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Sorry for the stupid question, but are you hash-checking a torrent?If not, check this page: http://utorrent.com/faq.php#My.C2.B5Torrent_freezes_locks_up_sometimes_and_or_uses_100_CPUTell us of any progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 no it's not hash checking any files :/ and i dont use avast nor do i have any firewall and it still usese 100% CPU when running :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 and edit. when i turn Utorrent of it still is in the running processes window for 1-2 min then it goes off and my CPU usage drops to 0% load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Any anti-virus at all? Or any other resident software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 i have norton antivirus wich i turned of completly while testing and now i dont have any softwarez what i know of. this just happend todayand have never before happend. i didint install anyting at the time it happnd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Try uninstalling NAV and see if it fixes it. (NAV is pants anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 can it help to uninstall Utorrent and reinstall it ? since this happend just out of NO reason. i wasent even using the comp when it happend i was sitting on hte one next to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 /bumpBTW if i do reinstall it. do i need to readd all my torrents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I doubt making µTorrent start fresh would help, but uninstalling that cruddy NAV software might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 just tested you suggestion now firon. did not help. same prob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 BTW i just noticed that during the 100% CPU spike all torrent downloads go down do 0 & upload 0 then when it's over everyting just bursts like a bubble and in 2 secs i download normaly in 500K again. what is this this ? O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Well, you can always try deleting settings.dat and settings.dat.old in %AppData%\uTorrent :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0y0 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 I'm sorry for interrupting, but... did you say 500KB/s Rizzler? oODo you mean the overall DL-speed, or one torrent...? I'm happy when i reach the 100k mark for a torrent...edit: I do have a connection which allows 500KB/s and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 fr0y0 yes i can come up to 900K i got a BBB 100Mbit conection in swedenwell anyway that did not help. still have utorrent.exe causing 100% CPU loads.can installing the new beta version fix it maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Might. Go ahead and try the beta, I think I may know what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 ok i will try installing it. what do you think is happening ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Two words: Disk Overloaded. Upgrade to the beta and try setting diskio.write_queue_size to 16384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 hmm ok it's saying -1. what do that mean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Automatic (which doesn't work perfectly sometimes). try changing it to 16384 (don't forget to hit Set) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 hmm now my download speed went down hugely and im playing a game now like i did before and i haveent had any 100% CPU load from it now. how come ? and i didint even change version. i just changed. diskio.write_queue_size. the HDD is new "2 weeks" and this has never happend before with Utorrent and i haven been playing games with it on before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 So your download speeds got worse, but it's not freezing anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 yepp that was what happendbut now i changed to the beta and changed diskio.write_queue_size back to -1 and havent had a single problem at all with the CPU LOAD, can this be a 1.4Version problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 So using -1 and there's no CPU or speed problems or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzler Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 yes. using -1 on the new beta 1.4.1 versin is working lite a charm now there's no CPU or speed problems or at all, but whne i had the older 1.4.0 version the problem we have talked about all the time above occourd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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