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Hi guys, I'm finding that whenever I run any PPC app the whole OS starts to freeze every couple of minutes.

 

The freeze only lasts for a second but it makes the whole thing unusable after a bit. It's totally solid on non-ppc apps.

 

I'm running 10.4.3 on an AMD 64 X2 4200 on an A8N-Sli Delux.

 

Thanks for any help

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I think that you have to disable one of your cpu's cores (you have a dual core cpu, right?), but I don't know how to do that...

Anyway I remember reading about that problem. Search the forum, I'm pretty sure someone reported that freezing problem before.

Thanks, yeah you're right here's the link for anyone reading through:

 

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=7405&st=0

 

Just search stuttering (not freezing as I was doing).

 

There are some solutions but not really permenent (disabling a proc) and it kind of tails off.

 

Does anyone have any further thoughts on the AMD X2 skipping or stuttering problem? I know there are loads of people who were involved in the thread above, anything new?

If any one is interested the following method worked really well on my X2 4200:

 

<string>platform=ACPI idlehalt=0</string>

 

I've just spent several hours writing in word without a single skip, before it was unusable.

 

Seems to be hit and miss though some people report success at first then problems back soon after.

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