High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Not pushing, but curious if you've had a chance to discover anything yet? I do miss having VirtualBox and hoping to get it back working again. Thank you.
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
I'm afraid not. First, I had to download the (*#%) thing 3 times due to corruption. And then there were lots of things going on, including new releases and new development releases, so no, not yet. I do have the VM now working (finally), I'll try to analyze it tonight...
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
You logs look just fine. Absolutely innocent.
Try one thing, will you? Change the network card from "NAT" to "Host-Only", "Internal" or "Not Attached". See if that changes the situation. I have a feeling that what you're seeing is the Win81 trying to update itself. If you cut the "oxygen" from the updates (no network), you might suppress the CPU "fire". Give it a shot and let me know.
Oh, BTW, 5.2.20 is out, you might want to update...
Try one thing, will you? Change the network card from "NAT" to "Host-Only", "Internal" or "Not Attached". See if that changes the situation. I have a feeling that what you're seeing is the Win81 trying to update itself. If you cut the "oxygen" from the updates (no network), you might suppress the CPU "fire". Give it a shot and let me know.
Oh, BTW, 5.2.20 is out, you might want to update...
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Updated to 5.2.20; changed adapter to Host-Only . . . no change.
Thinking this is not so much the guest or it's configuration; maybe the host or it's configuration? Anything we can look at there?
Thinking this is not so much the guest or it's configuration; maybe the host or it's configuration? Anything we can look at there?
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
That's where everything seems to point to. Because I have a 3-ple booting Win PC (Win7-32, Win7-64 and Win10-64) and I haven't seen something similar. I honestly don't know what else to look for if you already completely uninstalled all your antivirus...bertie wrote:maybe the host or it's configuration? Anything we can look at there?
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Thank you.
So, what options do I have? Switch away from VB? Submit a bug report? Anything else?
So, what options do I have? Switch away from VB? Submit a bug report? Anything else?
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Reinstall Windows?
What good is a bug report if it's your setup that's wrong and can't be reproduced, which means can't be "fixed"?
What good is a bug report if it's your setup that's wrong and can't be reproduced, which means can't be "fixed"?
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
The Host is actually a fresh install of Windows 10 build 1803, and the hardware didn't change (other than adding another SSD - after the problem started.)
What, if anything, could i look at for the VB setup/configuration on the host?
What, if anything, could i look at for the VB setup/configuration on the host?
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
I don't know what else to look for, I told you twice already that everything looks fine from the VirtualBox point of view...bertie wrote:What, if anything, could i look at for the VB setup/configuration on the host?
Remove that SSD? Try to revert your configuration? Reinstall Win10 with the new SSD included? Your apps and data can be preserved...
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Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
Sorry - related question. I saw the below post in bug reports; how can I find out if this was ever reviewed/resolved in the forums? I've tried but unable to find any posts by the author (rhukdev); at least that or I'm not searching correctly.
Would be great to find out how/if this was resolved.
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17157
Would be great to find out how/if this was resolved.
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17157
Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
And looking at bug #12851 . . . looks similar, but I'm not sure how to read/interpret if there is/might be a fix for this. Looks like some people are experiencing this recently as well.
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12851
Does this seem to match what I'm seeing - little CPU on the Host, while 100% on the guest?
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12851
Does this seem to match what I'm seeing - little CPU on the Host, while 100% on the guest?
Re: High CPU on 2 Windows guests
For ticket #17157 - I tried looking for a post in the forum by that author, but could not find any. Am I searching incorrectly, or did he never follow up with a visit to the forum?
For ticket #12851, I'm not sure if I'm interpreting it correctly. It appears that the symptoms match my issue, but I can't tell if this is being worked, has been worked, has been fixed, or is likely to never be worked on. It looks more like it's just lingering at very low priority - is that correct?
Thank you.
For ticket #12851, I'm not sure if I'm interpreting it correctly. It appears that the symptoms match my issue, but I can't tell if this is being worked, has been worked, has been fixed, or is likely to never be worked on. It looks more like it's just lingering at very low priority - is that correct?
Thank you.