[time-nuts] Lady Heather on Laptop

[Jerry]

Thanks for the tips.  I am using latest verison 3.10.  Also sorry that I did
not describe the problem clearly. I see the seconds ticking by nicely but
then every 20-30 seconds, the 'seconds' number freezes for a few seconds and
then the display races through and catches up.  Sounds like a background
process on the Vista Laptop.

jerry 

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of jim s
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:21 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather on Laptop


On 9/27/2012 4:07 AM, Jerry wrote:
> I am using a dedicated fast pro9cessor laptop but Lady heather seems 
> to slo9w down and every 20-30 seconds I can see it race through the 
> seconds to catch up.
There are some system and version suggestions posted in other replies.  
Another thing that happens is the laptop has system management mode code
that runs on laptops and some of it is buggy such that it causes pauses and
losses of control on windows and other OS's due to execution of bios code to
maintain control of battery charging and care.

That might explain the pauses.  One way to verify it is to run it and see if
the pauses happen with the battery or power removed.  Not sure of a
solution,  but may give more info.

There is another possibility that happens to me, and that is network
related.  There are system processes on my XP system that happen, which may
still be on Vista which lock the system, but not for so long as 20 seconds.

jim

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