Random freezes

MarcusarilliuS_IRL · 10-25-2017, 02:49 AM #1

Hey guys.

Tried Dolphin for the first time in ages and I am getting random freezing. It's the latest dev build and I'm using hybrid ubershaders, 3x internal and 2x AA. Performance is perfect, except every so often the game will freeze for a few seconds. Can be anything from 2 to 5 seconds and then it resumes again.
Anyone know what can cause this?

Cheers,

Mark.

rafaelp · 10-25-2017, 02:58 AM #2

I was having the same problem, you are running the games on SSD? That fixed my problem.

MarcusarilliuS_IRL · (This post was last modified: 10-25-2017, 03:17 AM by MarcusarilliuS_IRL.)

No I was running of my regular drive as space on my SSD is low. I could give that a try though. Thanks Smile

**Helios** · 10-25-2017, 03:51 AM #4

It's possible your OS was making your HDD spin down to conserve power/noise and wasn't recognizing Dolphin holding an active handle on the dump located on your drive. I've had that happen before.

**KHg8m3r** · 10-25-2017, 04:04 AM #5

Make sure you have Windows Power management set to High Performance, and have a high performance profile setup up for Dolphin in Nvidia Control Panel.

**JosJuice** · 10-25-2017, 04:20 AM #6

Yeah, if the pause is as long as 2-5 seconds and only happens when at least a few minutes have passed since the last pause, it's likely to be because of the HDD spinning down.

MarcusarilliuS_IRL · 10-27-2017, 02:54 AM #7

Thanks for the replies guys. The profile is set to performance and hard drives are set to not turn off though.

**JMC47** · 10-27-2017, 03:27 AM #8

2-5 seconds can also be Ubershader variants. You could try doing 1x IR and Exclusive Ubershaders to see if it's Variants being generated by the driver.

Wunderbear · (This post was last modified: 02-02-2021, 12:10 AM by Wunderbear.)

(10-25-2017, 04:04 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Make sure you have Windows Power management set to High Performance, and have a high performance profile setup up for Dolphin in Nvidia Control Panel.

Wow. Found this. I didn't even know I could do this. I adjusted it in Nvidia but not sure about Windows. Is there (Like Nvidia) a way to make it switch between balanced and Performance automatically?

***Shonumi*** · 02-02-2021, 10:42 AM **#10**

Please see our rules about necroposting. For topics that older than 6 months, it's recommended to make a new thread and post as many details as possible. Alternatively, in this case KHg8m3r is a pretty active member of this community, so a PM might be quicker if you want to talk directly.