- Joined
- Jul 4, 2010
- Messages
- 92
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z390 Designare-OC
- CPU
- i9-9900K
- Graphics
- RX Vega 64
My hack has been pretty good for the last 5 years, but now when I step away for a few minutes, it's been taking a very long time to "wake up" and kick back into gear.
Even if my computer isn't asleep, it'll be completely unresponsive (except for mouse movement) for 15-30 seconds, and then it'll start to catch up and do all the things I had asked it to do. Activity Monitor is pretty interesting during the catch up (it starts to update very quickly) but it has shown no potential culprits - it's usually showing only a small CPU load since it was idling.
It only ever happens when I'm away for my computer for a minute (the longer I'm away the more likely it is to happen), and I can't say it happens 100% of the time but it's up to several times a day.
My only hunch is that while my CPU idles at 33ºC (according to the BIOS), it shows idling at around 100ºC in iStat, so maybe there's a broken sensor or something that is causing my CPU to throttle. That said, it has NEVER slowed down when I'm producing music (high CPU load) or during stress tests/benchmarks, and I get good results. Like I said above, It only ever happens when I'm away for my computer for at least a minute or two.
Some kind of energy saving maybe? I have "Put hard disks to sleep if possible" disabled, and I'm running on an SSD anyway.
Anyway, thanks in advance!
Even if my computer isn't asleep, it'll be completely unresponsive (except for mouse movement) for 15-30 seconds, and then it'll start to catch up and do all the things I had asked it to do. Activity Monitor is pretty interesting during the catch up (it starts to update very quickly) but it has shown no potential culprits - it's usually showing only a small CPU load since it was idling.
It only ever happens when I'm away for my computer for a minute (the longer I'm away the more likely it is to happen), and I can't say it happens 100% of the time but it's up to several times a day.
My only hunch is that while my CPU idles at 33ºC (according to the BIOS), it shows idling at around 100ºC in iStat, so maybe there's a broken sensor or something that is causing my CPU to throttle. That said, it has NEVER slowed down when I'm producing music (high CPU load) or during stress tests/benchmarks, and I get good results. Like I said above, It only ever happens when I'm away for my computer for at least a minute or two.
Some kind of energy saving maybe? I have "Put hard disks to sleep if possible" disabled, and I'm running on an SSD anyway.
Anyway, thanks in advance!
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