Fast machine-Hangs during certain tasks

securitybreach · 2009-02-12 14:40:49

To begin with I have Core2Quad with 5gb of ram and I am running ArchLinux64. The problem is whenever I do certain cpu intensive tasks like unrar a huge file or converting movies via devede(well only on the step that makes a iso), everything hangs a little bit especially firefox. Anybody got a logical reason why this happens? Also, the cpu usage does not seem to go that high (reading via gkrellm) and I have a ton of memory. So why the hanging? Also, I have a very good heatsink so its not that. My cpu temps never go above 100 F and usually stay at 89 F. So its not overheating.

Thanks

Last edited by securitybreach (2009-02-12 14:57:04)

Wintervenom · 2009-02-12 18:34:00

I think it has something to do with I/O scheduler. That happens on my machine whenever lots of I/O activity is going on, especially during copying, writing large files, etc. And it happens on just about every machine I've ran Linux under.

Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-02-12 18:40:56)

securitybreach · 2009-02-12 22:57:26

Thanks that was exactly what it was.

Thanks

Last edited by securitybreach (2009-02-13 17:12:15)

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#1 2009-02-12 14:40:49

Fast machine-Hangs during certain tasks

#2 2009-02-12 18:34:00

Re: Fast machine-Hangs during certain tasks

#3 2009-02-12 22:57:26

Re: Fast machine-Hangs during certain tasks

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