The only case I think of that may cause that (aside from instability or software bug), is having the pagefile on one of the swap drives. But I doubt this is the case because I've never encountered it after I fixed a related bug between v0.1.0 and v0.2.1. (even when i tried cause it intentionally)
Windows sometimes does some really stupid things when a memory hog eats up all the ram (such as with y-cruncher) And if it decides to thrash the pagefile on one of the swapdrives (after the power-saving turns off the screen), the system will hang for a VERY LONG TIME. High and real-time priority may also cause this.
I really have no idea, but if you hear the HDs going crazy during a hang, then this might be the case.
I have my swap drives on separate physical drives from the boot or pagefile.
At least these are my test scenarios.
I haven't really tested it much with swapping on the boot drive since I have dedicated crunch drives on both my test-machines. (I also use ram-drives for smaller tests...)




im keeping a track on it every hour or so....
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