Help! - The scorekeeping timer acts erratically.

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Topic: Help! - The scorekeeping timer acts erratically.

SymptomCauseSolutionSolution 1 - Temporarily configure Windows to only use 1 CPU when running Term-LAB.

Launch Term-LAB.

Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to open the Task Manager.

Select the Process Tab.

Find Term-LAB in the list and highlight it.

While highlighted, right click on the Term-LAB listing.

Click on the "Select Affinity" menu selection.

You will now see a list of the processors available to Term-LAB. Uncheck all but 1 CPU. (Term-LAB should only use 1 CPU.)

Close all open windows.

Solution 2 - Permanently configure Windows to only use 1 CPU when running Term-LAB.

The following modification will permanently alter the Termlab.exe file installed on your computer. You will need to repeat this process any time you re-install Term-LAB or install a new version of the program.

Download the imagecfg.exe tool from HERE.

Unzip the tool into your Termlab folder.

Open a command prompt and go to your Termlab folder.

Select Start / Run and then type "command" and press "Enter".
At the command prompt, type "cd \progra~1\term-lab" and then press "Enter".
You should now see the c:\progra~1\term-lab directory.

Type: "imagecfg -a 0x1 termlab.exe" and press Enter.

Term-LAB is now "patched" to run on the virtual CPU 0 only when.

Type "Exit" and press "Enter" to close the command prompt window.

Solution 3 - Disable Hyperthreading

Disable "Hyperthreading" in the BIOS of your computer.

Solution 4 - Use a single-CPU computer

Run Term-LAB on a computer that incorporates a single CPU or a CPU with a single "core" and no Hyperthreading.

[ 04-25-2008, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Wayne Harris ]

Wayne Harris
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Symptom

When you press the "Start" button to begin a competition run, the timer acts erractically for the first few seconds. (Nothing happens for a few seconds or there is a delay and then the timer runs fast before stabilizing.)

Cause

Computer's with Dual-core CPU's, computers with multiple CPU's, or computers with Hyperthreading CPU's can cause this problem.

Solution

There are several solutions to this problem.

Solution 1 - Temporarily configure Windows to only use 1 CPU when running Term-LAB.

This is the recommended solution. When running Term-LAB, only 1 CPU will be used for the Term-LAB application. (Windows as well as all other applications will still utilize all available CPU's.) You will need to repeat this procedure each time you launch Term-LAB. (See Option 2 below for a permanent fix to this problem.)

Launch Term-LAB.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to open the Task Manager.
Select the Process Tab.
Find Term-LAB in the list and highlight it.

While highlighted, right click on the Term-LAB listing.
Click on the "Select Affinity" menu selection.

You will now see a list of the processors available to Term-LAB. Uncheck all but 1 CPU. (Term-LAB should only use 1 CPU.)
Close all open windows.

Download the imagecfg.exe tool from HERE.
Unzip the tool into your Termlab folder.
Open a command prompt and go to your Termlab folder.
- Select Start / Run and then type "command" and press "Enter".
- At the command prompt, type "cd \progra~1\term-lab" and then press "Enter".
- You should now see the c:\progra~1\term-lab directory.
Type: "imagecfg -a 0x1 termlab.exe" and press Enter.
Term-LAB is now "patched" to run on the virtual CPU 0 only when.
Type "Exit" and press "Enter" to close the command prompt window.

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