Lizzie Firelyte Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 hi, I'm new to second life and playing on a new computer. i got a message bubble that Second Life was using CPU. i didn't get a chance to click on the message to read it. how can i make sure that Second Life isn't causing damage to my computer by over heating it? CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3340 CPU @ 3.10GHz (3093.03 MHz)Memory: 8101 MBOS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA CorporationGraphics Card: GeForce GTX 650/PCIe/SSE2Windows Graphics Driver Version: 9.18.0013.3182OpenGL Version: 4.4.0libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.0Audio Driver Version: FMOD Ex 4.44.12Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded)Voice Server Version: Not ConnectedBuilt with MSVC version 1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Set the debug setting YieldTime to something like 50 or 100 or whatever you fancy. Higher values will yield more CPU time away from SL but SL will become slightly more sluggish. Pick something you like. Second setting, MaxFPS to something like 30, will stop the GPU running away more than it needs to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkerer Melville Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Here is how to check the termperature of your computer: System slows or stops when running graphics? Check for GPU overheatingTKR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Firelyte Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 i changed those settings but still got the same error message today. could this have something to do with my virus detection program? i'm using Norton Internet Securities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Precisely which viewer are you using? Be very precise in the answer please, the bit from Help, About at the top will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERI01 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That comes from Norton antivirus packages. Second Life is supposed to use a lot of CPU. The best fix is to replace Norton with a good antivirus package. If you want to keep using Norton, open its interface, go to admin settings - performance monitor - program exclusions - configure and add your viewer to the exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Firelyte Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Second Life 3.6.12 (284506) Dec 4 2013 04:55:18 (Second Life Release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 ok, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't the version of Firestorm beta where they left out support for the two settings I mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventina Dalgleish Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 You can also use a simple application like speedfan to monitor your temperatures and cpu activity I do not use Norton but it is known for being a bit sluggish you need to add exceptions in the configuration to not filter your cache or your viewer as when it scans everything it does slow the machine and creates a poor experience in SL just google speedfan simple easy to use and free )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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