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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
