On Thursday, October 19, 2017 10:42:21 PM EDT j...@dodin.org wrote: > Le 19/10/2017 à 22:16, Tom a écrit : > > Could my CPU be on the fritz? How can I test that? > > did you activate the VTx (or other virtual) in the bios? >
The BIOS has 3 Virtualization settings. The first one just enables virtualization, and that was already selected. The second option is "Enable VT for Direct I/O". Enabling that one by itself made the problem worse. The third option is Trusted Execution, which requires the second option. Selecting both the 2nd and 3rd options creates a BIOS error about invalid setup. I had to disable them so I could reboot. BTW, VBox is version 5.1.26, the VM has 4 cores and 16Gig of RAM, and VT-x is enabled for the VM, Also, the problem does not happen right away. It usually happens after using the VM for a few hours. For example, while I'm typing this in the host, VBox is using 30% - 33% CPU. Swiching to the VM to activate a minimized window changes the CPU usage to 55% to 65% for a few seconds, but then it drops back down to 33%. These examples are all while performance is normal. Lastly, when performance sucks, all running apps in the VM have normal CPU usages. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
