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#1 2010-07-29 02:39:34

salvospmt
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a problem with windows 7

when i launch scratch, after a few minutes i see that the processor run for 100% of its capabilities and the program stop.
I have a Samsung R710 with windows 7.
Can you help me? Thank you.

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#2 2010-07-29 07:14:20

coolstuff
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Re: a problem with windows 7

Are you running a really heavyweight project? Projects with lots of scripts can really stress out the processor, and Scratch doesn't deal with this very well.

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#3 2010-07-29 07:26:50

salvospmt
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Re: a problem with windows 7

No, it happens even with simple projects with only one sprite.
I think that there is a conflict with windows 7. I tried many times even restarting the computer. When scratch is off the situation returns to normal.
Thanks anyway.

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#4 2010-07-29 07:28:08

coolstuff
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Re: a problem with windows 7

Then that probably is a problem... I know they've tested Scratch on Windows 7 and it works fine, so it must be something specific to your computer. I'm afraid I can't help you.

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#5 2010-07-29 11:47:54

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Re: a problem with windows 7

I looked at your computer specs and it's speed is only 2.5 gigahertz, which is very low for a computer. Your computer is only one-core from what I see, and that, by today's standards, is really really slow. If you upgrade your processor to 2.5 GHZ dual-core you will have an average computer.

I think a 3 GHZ speed is good enough for a processor-intensive program like Scratch.


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#6 2010-07-29 12:54:21

fg123
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Re: a problem with windows 7

Bah. My Dell with Dual Core 2.6 GHz Windows 7 Run perfectly fine. Even with line open and running, the fan barely starts.  tongue


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#7 2010-07-29 13:53:33

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Re: a problem with windows 7

fg123 wrote:

Bah. My Dell with Dual Core 2.6 GHz Windows 7 Run perfectly fine. Even with line open and running, the fan barely starts.  tongue

I said one core!


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#8 2010-07-29 13:58:27

Harakou
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Re: a problem with windows 7

Greatdane wrote:

fg123 wrote:

Bah. My Dell with Dual Core 2.6 GHz Windows 7 Run perfectly fine. Even with line open and running, the fan barely starts.  tongue

I said one core!

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

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#9 2010-07-29 14:29:45

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Re: a problem with windows 7

Greatdane wrote:

fg123 wrote:

Bah. My Dell with Dual Core 2.6 GHz Windows 7 Run perfectly fine. Even with line open and running, the fan barely starts.  tongue

I said one core!

I know. But the other computers I've installed scratch on are all IBMs and they all have a Pentium 4 CPU with 1 core. Around 2 GHZ. It runs scratch fine. It just go a bit loud sometimes. But it doesn't use up all cpu...


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#10 2010-07-29 22:13:46

Greatdane
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Re: a problem with windows 7

Harakou wrote:

Greatdane wrote:

fg123 wrote:

Bah. My Dell with Dual Core 2.6 GHz Windows 7 Run perfectly fine. Even with line open and running, the fan barely starts.  tongue

I said one core!

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

Yes. That's 3 Ghz, and it's more than enough.


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#11 2010-07-29 22:36:46

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Re: a problem with windows 7

Harakou wrote:

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

1.46GHz?? How can you live with that? I have a 2.26GHz processor and even it is too slow for what I need.


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#12 2010-07-29 23:56:14

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Re: a problem with windows 7

Harakou wrote:

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

1.46GHz?? How can you live with that? I have a 2.26GHz processor and even it is too slow for what I need.

What operating system are you running?

Greatdane wrote:

Yes. That's 3 Ghz, and it's more than enough.

Dual core processor != Two processors.
I wish.  hmm


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#13 2010-07-30 00:09:51

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Re: a problem with windows 7

Harakou wrote:

Harakou wrote:

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

1.46GHz?? How can you live with that? I have a 2.26GHz processor and even it is too slow for what I need.

What operating system are you running?

Mac OS X 10.6.4 (the newest, not that it matters)


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#14 2010-07-30 00:43:01

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Re: a problem with windows 7

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

Harakou wrote:

Harakou wrote:

True, but my dual-core 1.46GHz processor runs Scratch fine with Skype, Tweetdeck, and Google Chrome all running in the background. (Although I am running XP Professional SP3, not Windows 7)

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

1.46GHz?? How can you live with that? I have a 2.26GHz processor and even it is too slow for what I need.

What operating system are you running?

Mac OS X 10.6.4 (the newest, not that it matters)

Well, a 300MHz processor with 128 MB of RAM is recommended to run Windows XP (my OS). 1 GB of RAM is listed as minimum for OS X 10.6. (I haven't found a clock speed requirement, but since the recently updated iMacs on Apple have around 3GHz processors, and Windows 7 requires around 1.5GHz, I'd guess that it requires around 1.5 - 2 GHz to run decently. So doing some math,

Clock Speed

Me: Required 300MHz, has 1.46GHz = has 1.16GHz to spare
You: Required est. 1.5 - 2 GHz, has 2.26GHz = has 0.76 - 0.26 GHz to spare.

So I'd say my computer has more processing power to spare, thus my processor is generally fine for me.

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