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CPU USAGE 100% - Capture One 9

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  • BeO
    Top Commenter
    Hi.
    Could you be more precise please?

    As my graphics card is not supported, my CPU usagae is about 100% during certain operations.
    On importing, preview files are generated which utilizes either the graphics card or the CPU.
    After the import finished, CPU usage drops back to normal levels.
    When I edit a single image, as long as a move the slider, and maybe a little longer until the new preview is done, the CPU is 100%. Then it drops.
    On out processing, the CPU is 100%, then again it drops back.


    All the above is normal in my experience with my computer.
    I never saw a CPU danger warning.
    Hot? I don't know. Is your CPU overclocked? Or your fan not working?
    Win7, C1 version 8.

    cheers
    BeO
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  • Christian Gruner
    With CO9 using Canon files we now use all available cores for decoding & decompressing the raw file. This might be why you see an increase in combined CPU-usage.

    If your system gets too hot from 100% CPU usage, you should check the cooling system thoroughly. A computer should be able to run for hours at full load without any incidents.
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  • RichardT
    I am wondering what software is generating the alert about cpu danger. I'm not aware that Windows 7 would do this itself, I have never got such a message on my windows 7 PC.

    Do you have any third-party software installed that would generate this alert? If so, how is it calibrated?
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  • Christian Gruner
    [quote="RichardT" wrote:
    I am wondering what software is generating the alert about cpu danger. I'm not aware that Windows 7 would do this itself, I have never got such a message on my windows 7 PC.

    Do you have any third-party software installed that would generate this alert? If so, how is it calibrated?


    Usually when installing the utils for the motherboard (at least the more high-end ones), there is also included a utility that displays and warns about all the computer temperatures, including CPU, GPU, case, disks and so on. The same utility can usually also configure different response-curves and warning thresholds.
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  • RichardT
    [quote="Christian Gruner" wrote:
    [quote="RichardT" wrote:
    I am wondering what software is generating the alert about cpu danger. I'm not aware that Windows 7 would do this itself, I have never got such a message on my windows 7 PC.

    Do you have any third-party software installed that would generate this alert? If so, how is it calibrated?


    Usually when installing the utils for the motherboard (at least the more high-end ones), there is also included a utility that displays and warns about all the computer temperatures, including CPU, GPU, case, disks and so on. The same utility can usually also configure different response-curves and warning thresholds.


    Indeed. When I used to assemble my own PCs I would install one of these third party utilities. The utilities would have caveats that stated they needed to be calibrated for the individual machine and the thresholds set accordingly. The default values would probably not be suitable in all cases.

    My windows 7 PC is an off-the-shelf HP machine (top of the range at the time). However, it didn't come with any hardware monitoring software.
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  • NN635864909521537496UL
    I´m not a newbie with computer. I´m newbie only with english idiom...
    However, I think you guys may understand me, isn´t?

    When I say my CPU goes to 100% I mean = temperature equals 70graus or more (no OC). The maximum was 76C while I was important .cr2 files.
    My mainboard service (asus tools - pro MB) gives me an alert about danger!
    It means that the CPU is very hot!!! Burning!!!

    I usually edit video, photoshop and other softwares (hard work), never my cpu gets hot. My cooler works with more than 2000rpm and my case has 4 coolers!!! NEVER my computer gets hot!!! Capture one 9 is a shame!

    ONLY USING CAPTURE ONE 9 occurs this problem!
    Capture one 8 is normal = works fine! *Mod edit: removed for profanity*

    It is a bug!!! I´m sure about that!

    A simple editing/importing files burns my cpu!!! I never saw anything like that...
    Even renderizing video, working with .psd more than 1gb...
    But with C1 v9 (9.02) a simple .cr2 (with 21mb) burns my cpu! BUG!!!

    This software needs a new version to 9.03 urgently!!!!

    Win 7
    Asus P8Z77V PRO
    i7 3700
    coolermaster v6
    8gb ram
    256gb SSD
    1TB SSHD 7200rpm, where kepps the files .cr2
    MB Case with 3 coolers extra

    I built this pc in 2013. But it stay very good yet nowdays. very fast.

    ** I use lightroom and Canon´s DPP as well (working fine). When I was using C1 v8, it worked fine, no problem about any alert/hot cpu.
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  • Christian Gruner
    Let me be clear: Software does not cause overheating of system, lack of cooling does. If your CPU or any other component of your computer overheats, the cause is not software, but lack of proper and adequate cooling.

    As I mentioned in my previous response, Canon files are now decoded with multiple cores. Your CPU disipates 77 watts on total, and has 4 cores. Let's us simplify things, and say that each core disipates 77/4 = ~19 watts.
    In CO 8, Canon files were decoded by only 1 core, that means that during this process, the cooling system only had to handle 19 watts.
    Now it has to handle 77 watts, 4 times more as all cores are used.

    The multi-threading of the decoding step means that it will be up to 10x times faster on systems with a lot of cores. In your case likely around 3-4 times faster.

    Please try and run this Burn-in utility: http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm
    If you cannot run for at least 1 hour without any problems, I suggest you improve the cooling system.
    Looking at your CPU cooler, it should easily handle the load, so I would suggest you take a look the thermal paste used between the CPU and the copper-plate. Heat are likely not being transferred as efficiently as it should.

    Another advise for your would be to get double the amount of ram.

    I will lock this thread, as it seems this cannot be discussed without the use of profanity and an overload of caps lock and exclamation-marks.
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