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And, have used DPC Latency Checker(Freeware), which is a useful little app.
Screen shot of DPC Latency Checker
Quote from the site:
'Thesycon’s DPC Latency Checker is a Windows tool that analyses the capabilities of a computer system to handle real-time data streams properly. It may help to find the cause for interruptions in real-time audio and video streams, also known as drop-outs.'
I have run across another app by Resplendence Software - LatencyMon(Freeware,also)
Quote from Resplendence site:
'LatencyMon will display the execution time of each ISR, DPC routine and hard pagefault and will resolve them to the drivers and processes responsible for executing them. It will create a comprehensible report but it will also represent all sampled data in a detailed manner allowing you to perform in-depth analysis.'
Screen shots of LatnecyMon
Some of you may find it useful... I tried it and it does show some useful info.
And, it does go a little farther than DPC Latency Checker.
Here is a quote from BetaNews write up on it: Tried of crackly PC audio? Diagnose with LatencyMon
Quote:'While the LatencyMon author has focused on sound problems, the program has more general uses, too. Essentially it's just telling you which processes are making particularly urgent demands on your CPU, and so if you can remove a few of these then you may see performance benefits in other areas, too.'
I scanned this with Virustotal, Kaspersky, Superantispyware and Malwarebytes... It came up clean for me. However, with any download, I recommend you, always, do your own scans.
As a side note, seems LatencyMon had a hand at discovering a uh-oh over at Avast.
Enjoy!
If, when clicking on “Check for Updates”, you get the message “Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.”, here is a possible solution for the problem.
1. On the left side of the Windows Update window, click “Change settings”.
2. Change the setting under the Important Updates from “Install updates automatically” to “Never check for updates”, or vise versa, depending on your setting.
3. Click Save.
4. Go back to the main Windows Update window and click “Check for Updates”. Problem should be solved.
5. Optional – The Important Updates setting can be changed back to the original setting.
Dpc Latency Checker Online
Thesycon’s DPC Latency Checker is a Windows tool that analyses the capabilities of a computer system to handle real-time data streams properly. It may help to find the cause for interruptions in real-time audio and video streams, also known as drop-outs. The program supports Windows 2000, XP, XP x64, Vista, Vista x64, 7, 7 x64. DPC Latency Checker is a tool that analyses the capabilities of a computer system to handle real-time data streams properly. It helps to find the cause for interruptions in real-time audio. Latest version: LatencyMon v 7.00. LatencyMon checks if a system running Windows is suitable for processing real-time audio and other tasks. LatencyMon analyzes the possible causes of buffer underruns by measuring kernel timer latencies and reporting DPC and ISR execution times as well as hard pagefaults. Unfortunately they shows about the same DPC Latency behavior as before. So for critical Audio work you still have to fall back to the 'Standard VGA Drivers'. PS: Curiously the new driver version of the Broadcom drivers resembles what OS X reports as 'Firmware Version: 5.10.38.24'.
Dpc Latency Checker Mac Os X 10.13
Computer details:
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2