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    Electron CPU usage

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    • Mykle1M Offline
      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Snille
      last edited by Mykle1

      @Snille said in Electron CPU usage:

      Mine is from UK it seams. :)

      Here it is. It appears that mine is also from the UK. How about the other info? Does it match up to yours?

      processor	: 3
      model name	: ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
      BogoMIPS	: 76.80
      Features	: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32 
      CPU implementer	: 0x41
      CPU architecture: 7
      CPU variant	: 0x0
      CPU part	: 0xd03
      CPU revision	: 4
      
      Hardware	: BCM2709
      Revision	: a02082
      Serial		: 0000000028d2c528
      pi@Pi3:~ $ 
      
      

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      • SnilleS Offline
        Snille Module Developer
        last edited by

        @Mykle1 Here is my full “list”. :)

        processor       : 0
        model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
        BogoMIPS        : 76.80
        Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
        CPU implementer : 0x41
        CPU architecture: 7
        CPU variant     : 0x0
        CPU part        : 0xd03
        CPU revision    : 4
        
        processor       : 1
        model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
        BogoMIPS        : 76.80
        Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
        CPU implementer : 0x41
        CPU architecture: 7
        CPU variant     : 0x0
        CPU part        : 0xd03
        CPU revision    : 4
        
        processor       : 2
        model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
        BogoMIPS        : 76.80
        Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
        CPU implementer : 0x41
        CPU architecture: 7
        CPU variant     : 0x0
        CPU part        : 0xd03
        CPU revision    : 4
        
        processor       : 3
        model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
        BogoMIPS        : 76.80
        Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
        CPU implementer : 0x41
        CPU architecture: 7
        CPU variant     : 0x0
        CPU part        : 0xd03
        CPU revision    : 4
        
        Hardware        : BCM2835
        Revision        : a02082
        Serial          : x
        

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        • Mykle1M Offline
          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Snille
          last edited by

          @Snille

          The only difference I see:

          My hardware = BCM2709
          Your hardware = BCM2835

          I’m curious to see @wtidwell results

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            wtidwell @Mykle1
            last edited by

            @Mykle1
            @Snille
            I’ll do this as soon as I can, I’m still not home from the day yet but I’ll get to it later this evening.
            Thank you everyone for your help!

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              wtidwell @Mykle1
              last edited by

              @Mykle1
              @Snille

              My hardware is also BCM2835 revision a02082 , just like Snille. I have another micro SD I think floating around somewhere in my house, I’ll try and do a clean install of rapsian stretch lite on it tomorrow and use the auto install script on that and see how that goes. Fingers crossed I just got a crappy SD card or something.

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              • Mykle1M Offline
                Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                last edited by

                @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                Fingers crossed I just got a crappy SD card or something.

                How did you make out? I’ve been thinking about this issue since you started the topic. I did quite a bit of googling and there are a number of instances where people had trouble (not with MM) with performance, and heat. In many cases, those people determined that their Pi’s were faulty, after much time, frustration and troubleshooting. In those cases, they had their Pi’s replaced and the problem was solved.

                I hope the new SD solves your problem but I have my doubts about that. Please keep me informed and good luck.

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                • W Offline
                  wtidwell @Mykle1
                  last edited by

                  @Mykle1
                  Well I ordered a new pi 3 on Amazon and did a fresh install it’s the same thing all over again. Every time the text changes on magic mirror it maxes out my cpu. And it’s starting to overheat as well and I didn’t even change any overclock settings.

                  Quite infuriating honestly. I don’t know what I’ll try next.

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                  • Mykle1M Offline
                    Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                    last edited by Mykle1

                    @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                    Quite infuriating honestly. I don’t know what I’ll try next.

                    Oh man, that sucks. I’m sorry to hear that. I’m at a lost here. Really, there is no logical reason for that to happen

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                      wtidwell @Mykle1
                      last edited by

                      @Mykle1
                      My last ditch effort is to try a new SD card. The card it came with is a SanDisk 32gb card and it’s just a plain black card and I have this otherone which is a SanDisk ultra 32gb card so maybe that does something.

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                      • Mykle1M Offline
                        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                        last edited by

                        @wtidwell

                        I am certainly rooting for you! I think there was/is a walk-through on preparing the SD card, formatting and such, although I don’t remember where. It’s been a long time.

                        The best of luck to you. Please keep me posted

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                          wtidwell @Mykle1
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                          @Mykle1
                          Just to rule out one more variable: the pi 3 should be fine running at 1080p yes?

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                          • Mykle1M Offline
                            Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                            last edited by Mykle1

                            @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                            Just to rule out one more variable: the pi 3 should be fine running at 1080p yes?

                            Here is my res on an old HP monitor. That’s using the DVI interface. It does not have HDMI.

                            0_1503620651851_Capture.JPG

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                            • cowboysdudeC Offline
                              cowboysdude Module Developer @wtidwell
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                              @wtidwell Yeah I don’t use those plain black sd cards I buy the more expensive ones because of the issues.

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                              • Mykle1M Offline
                                Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
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                                @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                                I have this otherone which is a SanDisk ultra 32gb card so maybe that does something.

                                I looked to see what SD card is in my Pi but all I could come up with is the wrapper it came in. I bought one of those CanaKit’s with everything included. I don’t want to take my mirror down if I don’t have to, sorry.

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                                  wtidwell @cowboysdude
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                                  @cowboysdude
                                  @Mykle1

                                  I’m beginning to think it’s the SD card. I did a clean install of Raspian on the SanDisk ultra which is the same class (u1) as the other card which was plain black and it seemed like it was a twinge better but not fantastic. Thanks for your input cowboysdude.

                                  I ordered a SanDisk extreme u3 which will get here tomorrow and try that and report back in. Don’t take your mirror down haha

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                                    Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                                    last edited by Mykle1

                                    @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                                    I’m beginning to think it’s the SD card.

                                    I hope that’s it. Then we can all laugh about it. Keep me posted.

                                    Just in case:
                                    https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/

                                    And:

                                    HOW TO FORMAT AN SD CARD AS FAT
                                    
                                    Note: If you're formatting an SD (or micro SD) card that has a capacity over 32GB (i.e. 64GB and above), then see the separate SDXC formatting instructions.
                                    
                                    WINDOWS
                                    
                                    For Windows users we recommend formatting your SD card using the SD Association's Formatting Tool, which can be downloaded from sdcard.org. You will need to set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" option to "ON" in the "Options" menu to ensure that the entire SD card volume is formatted, and not just a single partition. The updated size will be shown after the format is complete.
                                    
                                    MAC OS
                                    
                                    The SD Association's Formatting Tool is also available for Mac users, although the default OS X Disk Utility is also capable of formatting the entire disk. To do this, select the SD card volume and choose Erase with MS-DOS format.
                                    
                                    LINUX
                                    
                                    For Linux users we recommend gparted (or the command line version  parted). Norman Dunbar has written up instructions for Linux users.
                                    

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                                    • Mykle1M Offline
                                      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                                      last edited by Mykle1

                                      @wtidwell

                                      Ok, this is the kit I bought back in January. I checked my amazon.com history.
                                      “You purchased this item on January 16, 2017”
                                      https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Kit/dp/B01C6Q2GSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503626951&sr=1-1&keywords=32+GB+Micro+SD+Card+(Class+10)+pre-loaded+with+NOOBS

                                      So this is the SD card I have in my Pi3-B mirror. Recommended Micro SD Card pre-loaded with NOOBS

                                      0_1503627277699_71AWjYnh4pL.SL1500.jpg

                                      That is also where I installed my Raspbian Jessie from. You can install it from NOOBS

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                                        wtidwell @Mykle1
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                                        @Mykle1

                                        Well I just installed everything on a brand new SanDisk extreme u3 MicroSD. And it’s still using all my dang cpu and the transitions are still so laggy.

                                        I think I’ve tried everything at this point.

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                                          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
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                                          @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

                                          I think I’ve tried everything at this point.

                                          Damn! :-(

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                                            wtidwell @Mykle1
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                                            @Mykle1
                                            Is there anything to do after using the install script? Am I missing some next step?

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