CPU Meter Spiking

[Joe Kelly]

Hello All,
Has anyone else ever had this problem? Sessions that were
running fine before now won't. I get running out of CPU error.
I notice when I look at the CPU meter I see a thin green line in front
spiking and going into the red. Even when nothing is running .
could if be a corut file???
I had this problem before (it happened after updating OS9.1 to 9.2 and
updating the firmware) and I did fix it by erasing my system hard
drive and doing a new install Back to OS 9.1.
I would hate to have to go though that again..
Any ideals on what this could be ?
I don't beleive there is anything running in the background
I use this machine for pro tools only. Thanks

Mac G4 466 w/ 1ghz sonnet upgrade
1.28 gig ram (260pt/ 200dae)

[pinq]

man, i just had the same damn thing happen, except that i didn't change a thing! The only thing that changed was that I moved my machine, and now i can't even playback two tracks without the thing peaking out... in the exact same fashion that you described. Anyone, please help!

tim

[MidnightFlyer]

Are all your plug in files closed under your DAE? Sometimes when I have all my plugins displayed on my system drive, it seems like it taxes the cpu, at least it does on my G4 800. But when I close them all, the meter is no longer pegged in the red.

[Michael Cottrell]

I have a G4/466Mhz (Digital Audio) w/Sonnet 1Ghz upgrade.

I constantly have a problem with my PCI Usage meter pegging to red when I open sessions.

I'm starting to wonder if I made the right choice by upgrading my CPU. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

[ajazzie]

I had this with the cpu and also the system meter around 2 years ago, seemed that it happened to some of the early 733 quicksilvers.
I fixed it with a strip down of extensions, really weeding out the extensions from the base set and making a audio set.
this fixed my prob.
hope this helps.
AJ