mettelus
That is a very good point (and why I am not a fan of laptops or overclocking 24/7). The engineering design of electronics fall apart quickly once temperatures fall outside of "normal operating band." "Limits" are the extreme values for most cases (with design buffer) to prevent damage, but the performance does drop off before that point.
 
Windows-based programs that tap into the computer sensors are highly advisable for anyone until they know what things look like "typically." For electronics, the cooler the better...

Hi Michael-


I've always used desktops and much prefer them! The only reason I'm using a laptop now is because I inherited it from my Dad and its specs are much better than what I had. I'd be limping along with SONAR with my old desktop. My laptop still feels foreign to me after 3+ years, since I can't just open it up and swap out this, that or the other. I consider myself lucky that I had nothing worse than massive latency considering the internal temps were maxing out the readings.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

ston
Are you seeing any new wifi activity e.g. from your neighbours?  There are a limited number of channels available and quite often they'll interfere with each other.  I ditched mine recently (more as an experiment to take some of the load off the USB subsystem really, and to free up a USB port) for a new pair of home plug devices which work much better than wifi in a house.

Hi ston-
 
I'm all set for now (see above.) It was a combination of WiFi being enabled when it didn't need to be and extreme overheating, which I've since resolved.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

Zo
Susan , what power scheme are you on ?

Did you ran any updates 10 dayz ago ?

Hi Zo-
 
I'm all set for now (see above.) 
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

Cool over heating , will reduce cpu speed wirch increase dpc latency

P= f * V°2 *£

P = heat
F = cpu frequency
V = voltage
£ = adjustement coefficient

To reduce P , f gonna be lowered and so v .... Basically this is what happen to macbook pro , when it s overheated , they loose perf

My last advice , is if you go laptop , go with real Pro ones ( hp zbook , hp elitebook , dell precision , lenovo w series ect )

LOTS of folks have issues with DPC Latency spikes that are triggered by their WiFi adapters.  The simple fix for that for ME (and many others) is to disable the WiFi adapter (some laptops have a function key or a physical switch, or they go into Windows Device Manager and Disable it there).  THEN Sonar can be launched and the WiFi isn't there to interfere with latency during the Sonar session.  Once finished with Sonar and it is closed, then simply turn WiFi back on (or Enable it in device manager), and all is back to working fine.
 
Bob Bone
 

robert_e_bone
LOTS of folks have issues with DPC Latency spikes that are triggered by their WiFi adapters.  The simple fix for that for ME (and many others) is to disable the WiFi adapter (some laptops have a function key or a physical switch, or they go into Windows Device Manager and Disable it there).  THEN Sonar can be launched and the WiFi isn't there to interfere with latency during the Sonar session.  Once finished with Sonar and it is closed, then simply turn WiFi back on (or Enable it in device manager), and all is back to working fine.
 
Bob Bone
 

Hi Bob-
 
I disabled WiFi (see post#5 above for details) and that helped quite a bit, but my PC was also running *very* hot and once I solved that everything went back to normal. So I actually had two separate issues, but all's good now.
 
Thanks!
 
-Susan