Yet Another Slow Performance Issue

I am noticing some seriously slow performance on my state-of-the-art 2.5 Ghz G5. I don't even know where to start. It happens frequently, it happens switching back and forth b/w apps, I get the spinning ball all the time, I have to restart to "refrech" the machine, which doesn't help, it hangs, it thinks, it does whatever it does. No real reason it would be doing this, I am not taxing the processors in any great way. I only have a few apps open, running a medium size photoshop file, and I'm trying to get some work done on a deadline and it's really reaaly irritating.
What kind of maintenance should I run to cleanse this machine or somthing? Norton? De-fragment? I sure hope there's a solution for this weak performance.
G5, dual 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Norton Utilties hasn't been good to us, even their AV has had a serious takeover exploit because it runs with root powers.
Applications running with root powers (admin password install) is one of the greatest threats we face as Mac users because it introduces all the more chances of failure behind our greatest security barrier, the admin password.
About your performance issues, I have written something about it that can make your Mac fly like the wind.
Visit my site and download the performance and cloning text doc, it's a bit of rough draft, but the hard core info is there.
One thing I need to add to my file above is that Western Digital is coming out with a larger faster drive called the RaptorX. Even though the clear cover is about worthless to us PowerMac G5 owners, the size and speed of this drive makes a excellent boot drive for performance.

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Yet Another Nvidia Performance Issue (YANPI)

Hi everyone! First post here so excuse if I post this under a wrong category. Also excuse my english.
Straight to the point, I've been using my laptop with Gnome and Compiz Fusion for a while and until not long ago everything was working perfectly smooth and all. I don't know if it is related to an upgrade or what but I didn't change any configuration. The problem itself is that all the 3D rendering is done by the CPU even though Nvidia Performance Level goes to Level 2 (Nvidia 8400M, NV GPU Clock 400 MHz, NV RAM Clock 400 MHz). Glxgears shows a performance of at least 1300 FPS but the processor level goes to 80% (Core 2 duo). I went to System Monitor and I saw that glxgears was eating one of my processors and part of the other.
Here are some facts:
Direct rendering is on (glxinfo | grep direct)
nvidia-settings -q GPUCurrentPerfMode -t returns 1 while glxgears is running (2D Mode rendering)
nvidia-settings -q GPUCurrentPerfLevel -t returns 2 while glxgears is running (Nvidia Performance Level)
nvidia driver version: 190.42
xorg.conf says:
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load    "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400M GS"
Option    "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerLevel=0x2"
Option    "Coolbits" "1"
Option    "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option    "NoLogo" "True"
Option    "RenderAccel" "True"
Option    "DamageEvents" "True"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Well, I guess that's the important stuff. Again, this problem started without me touching anything so I would assume it was a pacman upgrade issue. I will appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks in advance.

... Compiz has always used up a lot of CPU usage, but that's not an indicator that the graphic card not doing the rendering.
The 60 fps glxgears you see is probably vertical synchronized one and that's why it doesn't eat CPU, but understand this, in complicated graphical application there is a lot of work for the CPU, not just the GPU, and the latter often results bottlenecked by the former. Read a random CPU review/benchmark on the Internet and you'll see how different CPUs result in different frame rate in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky or WoW for example, but in Games like Crysis different CPUs don't affect the framerate, because the game is too heavy on the GPU for the CPU to have influence. It's completely normal for Compiz and X to eat up 50% CPU during effects, it's just the way they are designed to work, and don't search for a problem with your graphic's card.

Yet another slow connection issue

My broadband speed is totally unreliable - and from a quick scan of the forums it seems I'm not the only one!
Much the same as numerous other posters, I'm paying for up to 8meg broadband but typically getting far less than that. Being in a rural location i appreciate that the local phone exchange probably isn't the most high tech facility in the world, but we're only 2 miles away from it and the speed tester has recorded up to 7meg on occasion. Today, and this seems to be an increasingly frequent occurence, the speed tester says "your IP profile is 250k".
We had an engineer out 3 weeks ago for the same problem but he could find no faults at the house, said there were no reported faults on the local exchange and the morning before he arrived the IP profile had already been reset to a more usable level. Rang the call centre again today and after wasting about an hour trying to explain the problem then waiting for him to check things and call me back, then explaining the same thing over again, absolutely nothing has been resolved and they want to send out another engineer.
I have a couple of very simple questions which the customer services team seem incapable of answering:
1. what is the reason for my IP profile being set so low?
2. what needs to be done to fix it now?
3. what needs to be done to stop it happening again?
I don't think the guy I spoke to actually knows what an IP profile is, let alone how to resolve a problem with it. What is the point of a technical support helpline when the staff quite obviously have no technical knowledge?!

Have spent another hour of my life on the phone to BT helpline this afternoon.
Apparently the reason we hadn't received the call back yesterday was due to a "technical issue" at their end and the request had not been passed on to the engineer team.
Having gone through exactly the same conversation and process as on Tuesday, the helpline chap has run his tests and when pressed told me that he could determine no faults on the line. An engineer might be able to determine other faults though so he would like to book an appointment for an engineer to call.
Unfortunately, even though I've waited 2 days for this already because they didn't pass on the engineer request the other day, they can't do anything to prioritise the call so I've now got to wait up to another 48hrs for somebody to ring me to book the appointment. As its Thursday now, that probably means that it could Monday before that happens and therefore probably the middle of next week before the engineer actually gets to the house. So another week of broadband that is barely faster than dial up.

Yet Another Slow DSL Issue - Speed No Better Than Dialup?

I consider myself fairly computer savvy (as I work with them as a profession), but must admit that Internet Connectivity is not my forte...
I currently subscribe to the Hi Speed DSL Enhanced - lately, the speed has degraded to not much better than dialup. I have had this service for several years - nothing has changed on my end hardware-wise, so this event is not assumed to be from my end.
I am running:
Westell 6100 Modem (Transcever Rev 7.2.3.0/Software Version 4.04.03.00)
NetGear RangeMax Duo Wireless N-Router #WNDR3300
(2) computers are hooked up:
(1) XP - hardwired directly to the Westell modem
(1) Win7 - hooked up via wireless
Both computers are running latest version of OS, IE and all software is up to date.
Both computers use Kaspersky Internet Security (internet speed the same whether it is ON or OFF)
Absolutely NO Maleware/Spyware or Viruses on either computer
I reboot the modem several times/day - with no result in increased speed
(2) phones installed in home - both with appropriate filters installed
My 1st resort was to call support - I can tell you that will be the LAST time I utilize that 'service' I have come to the end of my rope with waiting extended periods of time, only to be connected with a foreign country, with a poor connection, with an operator that barely speaks english, only to have them read thru a script telling me to do ridicuously stupid things like 'reboot the modem' (no kidding) or swap my hardwire CAT cable from my computer to modem end-for-end?
Next resort was this forum - infinitely more helpful!
Ran a Transceiver Stats Check as a baseline - Speed (Down-Up) was a crappy 96 Kbits/sec by 448 Kbits/sec
Then I tried a couple suggestions from this forum - my new Transceiver Stats:
Transceiver Statistics
Transceiver Revision:
7.2.3.0
Vendor ID Code:
4
Line Mode:
G.DMT Mode
Data Path:
Interleaved
Transceiver Information
Downstream Path
Upstream Path
DSL Speed (Kbits/Sec)
608
448
Margin (dB)
8.0
13.0
Line Attenuation (dB)
63.5
31.5
Transmit Power (dBm)
14.7
11.9
HUGE improvement eh?
One thing I did notice when attempting to check for newer version of modem firmware - when trying to update from web it gave me a 'Cannot Connect to Server Error'?
Speed is noticeably increased - but is it still where it should be?
If not, what other fixes should I attempt?
And finally, why is it that every time the weather gets even slightly inclement (sky clouds over, rain, thunderstorm, etc) our DSL goes off entirely?
Thanx for all your help in advance!

Can you fill us in a bit on what you did to improve the synch speed on the modem? Did you find some advice around here to connect the modem to your NID or did you investigate for damage to the home wiring? Your line should be running at a higher speed, which for what you seem to have is 1184kbps down, 448kbps up.
Do you also have voice service with Verizon? If so, how is that, especially during storms? Getting any noise on it? It could be possible if the line is not having issues due to corrosion, somewhere along the line shielding could be missing, and in comes a storm CRC'ing the line out of service.
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The first to bring me 1Gbps Fiber for $30/m wins!

Yet Another P7N Diamond Issue

Apart from the ongoing problem I am still having in this thread I now have yet another dilemma. I bought a BFG 9800 GT OC2 as a upgrade and installed it the usual way ensuring I connected the 6 pin connector too and the pc does not boot up even after several attempts
Instead I am getting a strange beeping pattern one long beep then some shorts
Please if someone could shed some light I would greatly appreciate it even if its regarding my previous issue.

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I use the above Cooler Master PSU, zero issues. Has 4 pci-e connectors, so it's ready for quad sli if I ever want to go that route with my P6n Diamond. Has lots of different connection options, highly rated PSU. Not all Cooler Master PSUs underperform, just have to know what you're buying. The above supply also has 2 8 pin connectors so for instance when my GTX 295 arrives I'll have no trouble (card uses 6/8 pin). Reviews also can be helpful.

Service Manager 2012 SP1 consoles hanging or slow performance issue in Virtual Environment

Hii,
We are facing SCSM SP1 console performance issue which is utilizing high CPU and working deadly.
For information, our SCSM is in Virtual environment via Hyper-V.
When running the console over an RDP session to a Hyper-V virtual machine, we have to be careful not to maximize the console so that it will remain fast. If we maximize on the VM, the console is so slow as for it to be unusable.
Can someone share his experience, please?
Regards, Syed Fahad Ali

Hi Sayed,
This is a bug and hopefully Microsoft team will solve it soon. if you can to vote for this bug here
https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/feedback/details/810667/scsm-console-consumes-a-lot-of-cpu-when-opened-maximized-on-work-item-view-like-all-incidents
Mohamed Fawzi | http://fawzi.wordpress.com

Randomly slow, yet consistently slow, performance on only one project

After reading through many of the FAQs before posting this, I'm still at a loss for a solution though I admit I haven't exhausted all of my options just yet (I'm waiting on the more drastic ones - like throwing the computer).
I can scrub and play without problem, but any time I alter anything (trim, delete, even razor a clip in the timeline) Premiere hangs for about 2 minutes after that mouse click... and any mouse click aside from play/stop. I've been editing 1080p .mov files shot from a Canon 7d for a couple months now (my free time is rather limited). I'm using an iMac with OS X (3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 800 MHz, etc.) and I've double checked that all updates for it and CS5 are up to date. The source files are kept on an external raid drive attached via USB 2.0 and I haven't had any issues. I know these factors break multiple rules listed in this forum, but, like I said, I haven't had any problem 'till about 48 hours ago and without obvious cause.
Since then, I've run multiple cache cleaners, virus software, etc., I've re-saved under different names, I've copied and pasted everything into new projects, I've copied the source files onto my internal drive (effectively giving me far less than the suggested 20% free space necessary, though) and reassigned them to a duplicate project, and I've tried beginning from scratch with importing only a few of the .mov files from my shoot into a new project. Unfortunately, the only one that has not repeated the problem is the last option. I'd rather not have to start editing from scratch. I refused to believe there is simply too much information in the timeline (barely 20 minutes with maybe a hundred cuts from about 50 or so separate source files). My only thoughts at this point are that the footage became corrupt (then why can I still edit it from a brand new project?), the computer has an undetectable virus (why does anything else beside this project, or projects with matching timelines, work?), my software/hardware is inadequate (nothing changed within the last week, or since the beginning of my project).
Do I need to uninstall and reinstall? Do I need to go back down to CS3, which never gave me such problems? Do I need to make the switch to Final Cut because I've just about had it with Premiere's difficulties?
I really hope there's an obvious solution that I've overlooked. Or any solution...

Which version of Premiere Pro are you running? CS5, 5.0.2, or 5.0.3? What kind of video card is installed? If you are on a Mac with an ATI card and running Premiere Pro 5.0.2, or 5.0.3, reinstall Premiere Pro CS5 and leave it at v. 5.0. Do not update it.
Another possibility is a corrupt sequence. Can you copy/paste your clips from your master sequence to a new one with the same settings. Try that.
You should also know that your system really needs upgrading, or you'll continue to have problems like this. USB 2.0 is much, much too slow for the files you wish to play back. Upgrade to an external FW800 drive and your situation will improve. Also bump up the RAM to max out your iMac (8 or 16 GB) for a better editing experience.
In comparing Premiere Pro CS5 and CS3 versions, CS5 will need more resources because of its nature as a 64 bit application. You'll definitely need a lot more RAM for the system to operate as you would expect it.

Publication slow performance issue in BO 4.0 SP04 WebI

Hi,
Publication of a report is taking around 4 hours in BO 4.0 sp04 WEBI and failing some times.
same publication is taking around 1 hour in BO 3.1.
More details about existing publication setup:
publication with many dynamic recipients and the destination is shared file system,format excel sheets.
Normal report refresh is taking around 5 to 10 minutes.
Known issue:
We were trying to upgrade to newer versions to BO 4.0 SP08 but there was a problem during upgradation
Several errors such as could not open file: <install
dir>\InstallData\InstallCache\<package name> were found in the setup
logs.
After trying to find this file, we discovered that the InstallCache
directory only contained 1 subfolder and this issue throwing an errors while upgrading to later versions.
Is there any way to fix publication issue in BO 4.0 Sp04 publication slow perforce with out up-gradation to SP08?
For up-gradation BO 4.0 SP04 to SP08 how to handle above mentioned installation cache issue?

To get a good performance, you need proper server sizing and configuration in CMC. Follow the guidelines available in sap documentation to ensure the sizing is appropriate.
You can have a dedicated APS for publication and allocate enough memory to it and then test the same. For details: http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Business+Intelligence+4.x+APS+%28Adaptive+Processing+Server%29+Service+Distribution

Yet another Quick TIme issue.

I made new audio in Digital Performer and imported an MOV file as the source video. The new file was saved as an MOV and plays perfectly on a mac. However, when I try to play this on my pc's QT, I have to load the new file first THEN the original file before both the video/audio play. Help!

OK, that makes total sense. Thank you very much Jon; that explains the issue very clearly. This of course begs another question though; how to I merge the new audio file and the original video file?
That may depend on how you plan to play the file. My preferred strategy is to create a new target file and prevent the original source files from being accidentally modified in case I need to repeat the merge sequence.
1) Open the source files.
2) Create a new empty player.
3) Copy the individual files to the empty player in the order you wish them played.
4 Save the resulting new file as a stand alone file.
This merged file would play in most versions of QT based apps but maight be a problem in some versions of mobile device players which require content be "flattened" to individual audio and video tracks. (I.e., the QT 7 player can play up to 99 mixed data tracks but some versions of the mobile players do not.)

Yet another CC billing issue

I had to update the credit card on file with my Creative Cloud account. Since then, the card has not been billed. The last payment was made on October 6. The information on file is correct, and has been for quite some time (even with multiple attempts to re-update it). Now access to my Adobe products has been suspended. I tried calling Adobe multiple times ... once hanging up after 45 minutes of being on hold, another time choosing the call-back option and never receiving a call back, and finally getting the recording that the wait time was between 90 and 120 minutes. One time I got through on chat, but after the unsuccessful session I was told to call Customer Support. Yet a connection to sales was near instantaneous.
These wait times are completely unacceptable. I understand that the attack on your servers has caused big headaches, but hire some temporary support staff to get through this.
Please, Adobe, help me out. I need to use your products for work.
-Jon-

Hi Jon,
I am so sorry for the inconvenience faced by you, please provide me your contact number, if possible with an alternate contact number. I will follow up the issue.
I have send an email to you also, please respond.
Regards,
Rajshree

Yet another slow speed thread....

Every so often I have issues with the speeds pertaining to my two BT Broadband lines into my house.
So here we go again, I've problems with one of the lines which for my rural village location usually nets very good results...
Normally I get this :-
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 3072 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 2500 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 2332 kbps
Presently I'm getting:-
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 1344 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 1000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 878 kbps
Why I ask does the speed keep changing, today BT India claims it's a line CHOKE problem, likely story.
Net result wait another 48 hours for another phone call.
I get these issues every 6 months or so, I suspect the grass wouldn't be any greener with other ISP.
Can anybody offer any thoughts?

No changes, nothing at all, in actual fact I don't even have a PC connected to this broadband line it's purely for the games consoles. I have a separate broadband line for my home office etc.
Just had a call from BT India, with out wishing to sound derogatory I might as well talk to my pet cat. Apparently they were ringing to see if the problem had been resolved, I only reported it 2 hrs ago.

Help - slowing/performance issues

I've been using imovie with no problems until just recently my little 10 minute movie won't play back properly from the timeline. It looks like it's in slow motion & rebooting my computer doesn't help. Also, when I choose 'extract audio' from a clip, it randomly won't work.
This 'slowing' issue seems to be affecting other programs involving video playback, such as quicktime.
Any suggestions on how to fix these issues??
Thanks!!!

Turn off FileVault:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93460
If that didn't help, try everything here:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/OSX/panther.shtml
and here:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/iMovie3FixesIssues.shtml
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/iMovie4FixesIssues.shtml
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Yet another Time Machine issue

I had a failure in time machine several months ago, and did a full reset of time machine as instructed on the discussion boards. Today I noticed that not only had Time machine failed to Back up, but it had no back ups when I 'entered' it.
When I reset Time Machine (on a 4 T external hard drive, so space isn't an issue), it failed with an error message:
The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.
The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk. WHen that volume is repaired (disk is partitioned) it says volume repair complete, and updating boot support partitions for the volume as required. Then it says Error: Couldn't unmount disk. When the second partition is repaired, it sends the same message.
I assume this is a problem with the Back Up Disk (a Lacie, purchased within the last few months). Or, is it a problem with Time Machine?
Any help out there?
THANKS
I have been running Lion for about a month.

Sounds like a problem with the drive like a corrupted directory or RDB. I would just erase the drive with Disk Utility and start over:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.

Yet Another Invalid Registration Issue

I see that many people have trouble getting QuickTime to accept their registration data for QuickTime Pro. I am having the same problem. I bought QTPro back on my eMac (Tiger)(clean re-install performed before selling so there is no issue with someone else using the registration info). Now, I can't register it with my Mac Mini. I am pasting the data EXACTLY as it was provided in my registration email.
Is there anyway to get support from Apple on this? I logged into the Apple store and confirmed again that the registration code in my email is identical to the one I am trying to use. Does any one have any suggestions?
Also, as required I AM connected to the internet while trying to do the registration.
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.4)
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.4)

OK, I'm really p*ssed-off now. I have Final Cut Pro 5, but no Quicktime Pro now. What's going on Apple?!!!

Yet Another YouTube Connection Issue

Hi,
Long time Mac user, 1st time poster
Yes, I have the (apparently) infamous "I can't get the YouTube URL to work" problem. I have gone thru a number of the related/similar questions already on the ASC but still no joy.
For the past few months I cannot get my MacBook Pro to even see/load Youtube.com while at home using our iMac as a WiFi hub. It is not a video/Flash issue as I can load/view streaming video from many other sites. If I go on the road, Youtube loads & works fine. Our boy's Window's PC loads & runs Youtube fine from the same iMac at home. Wife has the same issue as me with her MacBook. It is only Youtube that will not load as an URL (as well as any imbedded YouTube videos).
The fact that two MacBooks have the identical problem running off the same WiFi connection (plus that the site works when using other hot spots) leads me to suspect its something on the iMac that is not allowing our MacBooks to load this site, but yet an old PC laptop using the same WiFi as us loads YouTube fine.
On the MacBook end I tried the HTML5, the direct IP, clearing all caches (including Library ones), reseting Safari, trying other browsers (Firefox has the identical problem), etc....and still can't see Youtube.com.
Could there be something on the iMac that is blocking this one site? The iMac is o-l-d & is simply used for WiFi.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated!

Even the cheapest wireless router will work much better than what you have as a WiFi access point, and over the life of the device you'll probably save enough on electricity to recover the cost.

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