Hey all!

Just got a Nvidia gt710 vid card and installation went very smooth. But now I have a serious issue in S1. Any time I open a vsti gui I get massive pops and clicks and interrupts. Then when I close the gui it's fine. I have high DPI mode on right now, bc when I switched it to off...nothing played right at all (it was way worse). Does anyone have any ideas perhaps? I'm stumped...and a little afraid

 

install Latencymon run a test and post the result here.

 

ok thank you here is the results. Never had ANY problems whatsoever before with integrated vid card. Problem now looks like its dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel. Thank you Daskeladden. Might you know the fix for this perhaps? I really do appreciate your help


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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be having trouble handling real-time audio and other tasks. You are likely to experience buffer underruns appearing as drop outs, clicks or pops. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. Also one or more ISR routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:03:44 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name: STUDIO-PC
OS version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601 (x64)
Hardware: p6531p, Hewlett-Packard, FOXCONN, 2A92
CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor
Logical processors: 4
Processor groups: 1
RAM: 8183 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed: 2892 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.

WARNING: the CPU speed that was measured is only a fraction of the CPU speed reported. Your CPUs may be throttled back due to variable speed settings and thermal issues. It is suggested that you run a utility which reports your actual CPU frequency and temperature.



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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 4445.467231
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 9.622219

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 4441.556120
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 4.401557


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REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 5510.800830
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0.307206
Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0.742655

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 769626
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-999 µs): 157
ISR count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 14
ISR count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 9
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 1193.388313
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time:

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 1.205708
Driver with highest DPC total execution time:

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 2.503479

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 1800051
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 271
DPC count (execution time 1000-1999 µs): 1
DPC count (execution time 2000-3999 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


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REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: explorer.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 782
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 415
Number of processes hit: 6


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PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 5.774687
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 1488.868603
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0.743896
CPU 0 ISR count: 67755
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 752.792531
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 1.159754
CPU 0 DPC count: 349873
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 1.975029
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 633.526625
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0.011954
CPU 1 ISR count: 996
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 838.621369
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 0.037486
CPU 1 DPC count: 3103
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 5.439997
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 3512.415629
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0.218485
CPU 2 ISR count: 19662
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 861.784232
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0.456668
CPU 2 DPC count: 24568
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 30.472890
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 5510.800830
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 5.683184
CPU 3 ISR count: 681394
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1193.388313
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 20.788475
CPU 3 DPC count: 1422779
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post a screenshot of this while Latencymon are running:

 

Last edited: Apr 19, 2019

Thank you again. Here is the screenshot.

 

Try to install this driver:
https://mega.nz/#!4YgRDAAY!_Tz2foUObSOFHLRDMxEfm7IhkBr0__BSHzkZipznFRo

Important do a clean install of only the driver, not the other stuff

 

Downloading now thank you so much. By clean install do you mean I need to uninstall anything currently?

 

uninstall the current driver, just search Nvidia where you uninstall programs. Then install the new, and click custom. There you will be asked to do a clean install and which drivers you want. Like I said only the graphic card driver and clean install. Also restart pc after installation

 

Ok thank you again. Trying that now. Is the HDAudio also an issue from that image i attached? Can i disable the nvidia hdaudio somehow since I'm not using it?

 

yes, always smart to disable audio you don't use (just right click and disable):


Like you see in the screenshot I have disabled my NVIDIA audio. You can just disable the one you don't use

 

Try this, open the nvidia control panel, manage 3D settings, now you can either do this on a global basis or save a profile for your DAW but set power managment mode to, Prefer Max performance. Then set Thread optimisation to off. Thats it. Good luck.

 

yepp Prefer Maximum performance is always smart to do after you have the right driver installed.

 

Last edited: Apr 19, 2019

Ahhh.... I see... problem is solved yes?

OP now has correct driver?

 

I'm pretty sure that was the problem, but it could of course be crappy drivers. Not wrong drivers...

 

Man I wish. Tried all things. Problem still exists. Crazy pops and clicks and dropouts only when plugin or synth gui is open. Moving the mouse makes it worse. I really appreciate your help guys. Any other ideas possibly?

 

You can of course try an older driver for you're graphic card. By the way what is the exact brand and name of your graphic card?

 

Msi nvidia geforce gt710

 

Okay, I see two versions of that card:
MSI GT 710 2GD3H LP
MSI GT 710 1GD3H LP
So it looks like one is 1 GB and one is 2 GB ram. I have to know which version.
I have read that the drivers could be in conflict with wireless network driver. Do you have wireless network on your audio pc?

 

Last edited: Apr 19, 2019

Yes I do. It's usually off while recording though. Currently off

I have the 2gb version

 

See the answer over about which version you have. Try and disable all the networks in device manager and see if that helps.