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Title: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: M4D45M on August 11, 2005, 12:23:45 PM
hi there.
I got a problem..

I have an AMD 2000+ (Palomino Core) CPU,
which has usually 55 to 60 °C.
So I hate that wdasm renders 100% CPU, cuz the temperatue increases steadily.

The CPU usage is only 100% if I'm not using a control at the moment (scrollbar, menu, etc.)
and the 100% CPU usage doesn't apear immediately, - only after I clicked on a String or an API-call to find.

Can anybody tell me if it's normal that wdasm renders 100% CPU.
If it is: why the the fuck is this so ?? (I can't seem to find any reason for this)
can't I get around this ?

If it's not: Does anybody know where the problem could be?

And last but not least: If this is the wrong place to ask for this, I must apologize.
but can anybody pleaze forward me then to somewhere else.

so thank you guys for listening.
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: roticv on August 11, 2005, 12:52:46 PM
Because disassembling is not an easy task. Especially when you are attempting to do it on gigantic files.
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: hitchhikr on August 11, 2005, 01:24:21 PM
They probably forgot to put some sleep() when idling.
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: hutch-- on August 11, 2005, 01:41:26 PM
Its nrmal for an application that is run by itself to take 100% by task manager but if you run another task of the same priority, it should start to reduce the wdasm percentage. There is a good tool on the Sysinternals site for testing the actual percentages each process uses.
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: Ghirai on August 11, 2005, 01:46:06 PM
He's right, W32Dasm is using 99% cpu even after finishing dissasembly.
It's normal for that app  :P
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: M4D45M on August 11, 2005, 05:05:38 PM
back again..
thanx for interest.

to "roticv": it's like "Ghirai" discovered: It uses 100% CPU while it should be idle.

I already know of the task priority thing,
but I wondered if anybody knows a workaround for wdasm or some patch / bugfix etc.

or perhaps another user-friendly dissambler.

I don't wanna bug you, but if anybody already knows some solution, plz post!



thanx in advance.

Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: sluggy on August 12, 2005, 01:11:16 AM
I think the real problem here is that you need better cooling on your cpu  :lol
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: comrade on August 12, 2005, 02:33:59 AM
it is indeed a problem w32dasm
it does show 99% CPU usage, but it has no real effect on the system, it is as if it was idle
maybe u can check patches by Bratalarm
Title: Re: wdasm893 renders 100% CPU. normal??
Post by: Ghirai on August 12, 2005, 10:45:59 AM
Yeah, i'm using his latest patch, same thing.