sluggish performance of labview on dell precision 670

[Timothy 123]

Hi,

Has anyone used labview 8.2 on a dell precision 670. I sometimes get sluggish performance of my vis using this computer. I have a much slower computer a micron pentium 3, and it has no such problems. I also have problems with accessing tdms files. Has anyone else has similar problems with this computer and are there any workarounds.

Thank you,

Tim

[mikeporter]

I have not heard about specific problems, but check all the usual stuff: Amount of memory, available disk space, fragmentation, operating system, other stuff running in the background (like virus checkers or network-based backup utilities).

Also when you say sluggish performance, when does this occur? Editing VIs? Running VIs? Printing? Opening?
Is it always sluggish or just at some times? Do these sluggish periods correlate to anything else - like a particular time of day?


Mike...

[Timothy 123]

Hi,

The sluggish performance occurs only when the vi is running. I have not noted if it occurs during certain times of days, but it does not always occur. It only occurs sometimes.

-Tim

[mikeporter]

Well the thing to do is monitor the system and when you catch it being "sluggish" check the task manager and see what else is running that might be consuming undue CPU cycles and/or memory. In situations like this I have found things like anti-virus software (the corporate editions of Symantec seem to be particularly bad) that suddenly decides it has to scan the entire hard disk, but any sort of automated background process can do it.

Also run a spy-ware scan with a good tool like LavaSoft's Ad-Aware. Even systems that don't receive email or typically surf the web can become infected.

Mike...

Message Edited by mikeporter on 06-10-2007 12:44 PM