Well, it looks like Frank may have saved me again.
I installed Throttlestop and made the one change in settings Frank suggested (Speed shift epp set to 0).
I tried my problem rackspace and no crackling.
Perhaps most important, avg CPU was running around the 4.3 range instead of the 3.3 range.
Hopefully this is will stick, but I am more optimistic, since Throttlestop is actively running to trigger this.
So, I will run Thorttlestop several more times to see if it sticks then I will research how to use the Scheduler so it opens automatically whenever I start the laptop.
Thank you again, Frank.
Vindes, I’m definitely grateful to get your input. You know much more than me (always helpful!) But, with regard to ram, I do keep an eye on this, but I do not think it is the cause of this issue.
- It is not happening with my other similar laptop which handles ram in the same way as the “problem” computer. (I know I use a lot of ram and, at 64 GB, I also have a fair amount of ram.)
- With both laptops, although ram use is initially high (topping at 100%) both pretty quickly settle to about 50%. I don’t think 50% of ram usage is a problem (start up time is a bit of an issue, but that’s another story). Importantly both my “problem” computer and my non-problem computer behave the same (or very similar) way.
- My “problem” computer was running at an avg cpu of 3.3… while my non-problem computer was running at 4.3… In both cases, with turbo, the max is 5.0 CPU (actually 5.2 CPU in the “problem” computer). This makes me think this was the problem.
And hopefully Throttlestop is the solution.
But, I think occasionally I do get an artifact or delay in hitting a note that seems worse when I first open GP. I think that is caused by the ram issue you are talking about. But, so far I really like having one big Gig file for everything. And this infrequent issue is not enough yet to make me change. (I might eventually get even more ram, but this will not fix the other issue of long loading times to start GP).
Anyway, after a bunch of times trying this, I will let you know it is sticks. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for everyone’s help.