[enzity]

Hi andre, i registered to this board just cause i figured you have just the tools i need.

To start things of, lately i've been having wierd spikes in game with around 0.2s freeze every now and then (much like microstuttering, but not quite), so i checked my resource monitor and i noticed something i've never seen before; System interrupts process. Now i understand this is bad, and i believe you have the solution for me!

I tried both LatencyMon and xperf but since i didnt quite catch what to look for it didnt do much good for me, so here i'll upload the .etl file for you to look at!


DPC_interrupt.zip

My specs:

i5 2500k
GeForce GTX 670
8GB Corsair 1600MHz ram
Fractal Design Integra 650W
MSI P67A-C45

Usb devices:
SteelSeries Xai (Mouse)

PS/2 Devices:

Qpad MK-50 (Keyboard)

Thanks in advance! <3

[MagicAndre1981]

Revolt, on 07 December 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

I have problems with my battery but it didn't make my computer laggy before. It even shows a warning when I boot the PC but I don't have money to buy another one and also I can't see the connection; if I remove it it will solve the high cpu usage?

yes, disable the battery or remove it and only use AC power.

enzity, on 07 December 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

I tried both LatencyMon and xperf but since i didnt quite catch what to look for it didnt do much good for me, so here i'll upload the .etl file for you to look at!


DPC_interrupt.zip

you have ISR (interrupt) spieks of the ataport.SYS driver. Do you run all your drives in AHCI mode or do you use the IDE mode?

[enzity]

MagicAndre1981, on 07 December 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

Revolt, on 07 December 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

I have problems with my battery but it didn't make my computer laggy before. It even shows a warning when I boot the PC but I don't have money to buy another one and also I can't see the connection; if I remove it it will solve the high cpu usage?

yes, disable the battery or remove it and only use AC power.

enzity, on 07 December 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

I tried both LatencyMon and xperf but since i didnt quite catch what to look for it didnt do much good for me, so here i'll upload the .etl file for you to look at!


DPC_interrupt.zip

you have ISR (interrupt) spieks of the ataport.SYS driver. Do you run all your drives in AHCI mode or do you use the IDE mode?

Now that you mentioned it, i did have a overclock malfunction not to long ago and had to reset cmos, and it seems it reverted the drives back to IDE mode, i swapped back to AHCI again but the process is still there However im playing BF3 right now and it dont seem like i have the stutter anymore, will edit if i notice it again.


edit: nope, it's not gone. What i've done up til now was changing back to ACHI mode, swapped the drives SATA ports a couple of times. I also tried resetting CMOS and immediatly put the AHCI mode on, no progress either... MEHHHHHH

What can i possibly try now ? I'm considering doing a fresh install, but i'm pretty scared it wont make a difference. What would you do in this situation?

note: In idle, the System Interrupts is no more than 0.5-1% usage on average, but when i play games that 1% bumps up to 3% and its all on Core0 which makes the game stutter from time to time... Pls halp!

This post has been edited by enzity: 07 December 2012 - 06:01 PM

[Furyclaw]

Hey Andre!


I'm running into some issues with my system and I am starting to get desperate. I've been trying to fix this issue for the past 4 hours without any luck.
I've managed to locate that my ACPI.sys file is getting DPC errors a lot.

So far, I've tried: Updating everything Windows wanted to update.
Tried (Unsucessfully) to update BIOS. For some reason it just won't flash.
I've tried all 3 power modes that come with my system. All 3 power modes that come with Windows.
Have tried updating all drivers I could find, but they all come back up to date.



Here's my Xperf file, hope you can make some use of it, as I just can't. http://www39.zippysh...11232/file.html

Win7 64Bit.
i5 3770k
16Gb Ram
Gtx 670



(Note: I will be at work until 2PM GMT, so no rush in responding until then.

[MagicAndre1981]

enzity, on 07 December 2012 - 04:36 PM, said:

edit: nope, it's not gone. What i've done up til now was changing back to ACHI mode, swapped the drives SATA ports a couple of times. I also tried resetting CMOS and immediatly put the AHCI mode on, no progress either... MEHHHHHH

What can i possibly try now ? I'm considering doing a fresh install, but i'm pretty scared it wont make a difference. What would you do in this situation?

note: In idle, the System Interrupts is no more than 0.5-1% usage on average, but when i play games that 1% bumps up to 3% and its all on Core0 which makes the game stutter from time to time... Pls halp!

make a new tarce, this timw when using AHCI.

Furyclaw, on 07 December 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

I've managed to locate that my ACPI.sys file is getting DPC errors a lot.

So far, I've tried: Updating everything Windows wanted to update.
Tried (Unsucessfully) to update BIOS. For some reason it just won't flash.
I've tried all 3 power modes that come with my system. All 3 power modes that come with Windows.
Have tried updating all drivers I could find, but they all come back up to date.

I can't really use the trace because it misses several events Increasing the buffer can help. Please run this:

xperf -on latency -stackwalk profile -buffersize 2048 -MaxFile 256 -FileMode Circular && timeout -1 && xperf -d DPC_Interrupt.etl

[Furyclaw]

Comes up with an error: "xperf: error: -on: does not expect 4 argument(s)."

What am I doing wrong? XD

[Furyclaw]

Hoping this file I just recorded using the program can be of any assistance, as I won't be available for many hours


Thanks for the help so far. http://www26.zippysh...96680/file.html

[MagicAndre1981]

it works fine for me. copy and paste the complete command into the command prompt

[MagicAndre1981]

@Furyclaw

we posted the same time.

The new tarce shows you have high CPU usgae caused by he ACPI driver. ACPI.sys!OSNotifyDeviceWake looks like Windows has issues to enable devices after they were send to sleep. so disable the powersaving options in device manager for all devices.

[Furyclaw]

@Andre


I will definately try that out when I get home. Power management is getting to be an annoying thing in this new rig.


Will get back to you with the results. Thank you for your patience and expertise.

[Furyclaw]

Not many good news


I came home and tried to disable power saving on all my units that had the option in Device Management. This didn't have any difference. I also managed to get my bios updated to the newest version available on the website, but this also have not proved useful.


Still sitting at 33-36% CPU usage when just having a webpage up. are there any more steps we can do to resolve this?

[Revolt]

MagicAndre1981, on 07 December 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

yes, disable the battery or remove it and only use AC power.

I removed it and the CPU still remains at a minimum of around 60%

[MagicAndre1981]

@both

make new traces and upload them.

[Furyclaw]

I've just installed a brand new copy of Win7, in a desperate attempt to make this s*** work. Can barely play BF3 with this rig at 1368, Low Gfx.
Same problems are occuring, but might have moved location. Hopefully you can help. Working on installing new drivers as we speak.

http://www40.zippysh...67420/file.html

[MagicAndre1981]

it is the same APCI issue again. ry to switch to the powerplan "High Perfomance". this disables the power saving options. Does this fix the issue?

[Furyclaw]

It changes nothing i'm afraid. Still getting interrupts.

Would a faulty psu cause this? Its quite old.


Here's all my hardware as listed by my order reciepts, what my PC lists, all that.

P8Z77V-LX MOBO, 1502 BIOS version.
i5 3570k, No OC.
Corsair XMS3 1600MHz 16GB Vengeance CL9 (4x4Gig set)
Chieftec Super Series 750W PSU (Modular)
Gainward GeForce GTX670 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E
Razer Anansi keyboard.
Razer Deathadder 3.5G
Steelseries Siberia V2 Dig.Surround.

This post has been edited by Furyclaw: 09 December 2012 - 08:36 AM

[MagicAndre1981]

the PSu is fine.

Change the PCIe slot of the GPU. Does this help? Also look in the BIOS/UEFI if you have an option High Precision Event Timer (HPET). Change it's state and look if this fixes anything.

[Furyclaw]

Changed from top to bottom PCIe slot, no change.

Changed HPT (HPET) from Enabled to Disabled. No change.


=( This is getting frustrating xD
But I really appreciate the help.

This post has been edited by Furyclaw: 09 December 2012 - 10:51 AM

[Furyclaw]

Right. I'm really considering reverting back to my old system and RMA this MOBO. My friend was experiencing some of the same issues like this, and he sent his kit in, and when the new one arrived he saw none of the errors. When the new stuff gets here I will try again. Really can't see what is left that is causing the problems.


We've so far tried:
Power management settings. BIOS and Windows.
No USB devices connected vs. all connected.
Different GFX card. and different PCIe slots.
Brand new install of Windows.

This post has been edited by Furyclaw: 09 December 2012 - 11:05 AM

[enzity]

Here comes the new .etl file, changes done: Removed all overclocking, AHCI mode on, new RST drivers for SATA

DPC_interrupt.zip