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    Electron CPU usage

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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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          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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              @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

              I think I’ve tried everything at this point.

              Damn! :-(

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                wtidwell @Mykle1
                last edited by

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

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                  Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @wtidwell
                  last edited by

                  @wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

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

                  You could try this, but I don’t think it’s anything you’re doing or not doing. MM is running, it’s just not running well. I left you another suggestion in the other topic you posted in.

                  Updating your MagicMirror²

                  If you want to update your MagicMirror² to the latest version, use your terminal to go to your Magic Mirror folder and type the following command:

                  git pull && npm install
                  If you changed nothing more than the config or the modules, this should work without any problems. Type git status to see your changes, if there are any, you can reset them with git reset --hard. After that, git pull should be possible.

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                    TiemenMoesker
                    last edited by

                    I am having the exact same problem. It is so frustrating.

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                      wtidwell @TiemenMoesker
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                      @TiemenMoesker
                      I’m really sorry =/ I don’t have any better information for you, maybe you can fix yours. Mine is still busted…

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                        TiemenMoesker
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                        In details: My mm time is running fine until an animation happens, the time freezes and the choppy animation accurs. When the animation is done the time starts again and it speeds up to the point it should be. Also I noticed that every time the animation happens the CPU jumps to 90+% usage. The pi itself also goes extremely hot.

                        I bought my raspberry from coolblue.nl 4 days ago.

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