[stevegong]

ok thuh Freak, did exactly as you said. then I decided to reboot so I could make sure this w process is not running. It did not fix the problem as my hdd never spin down. Then I decided to do a fs_usage:

I get this just about every second:

03:33:23 select 1.000047 W cupsd

here's a snippet. As you can see, sometimes, the W update is followed by the cron scheduler. I don't know if they are in fact related though, cause most of the time W update shows up without cron.

03:34:00  stat            tabs                               0.000060   cron        03:34:00  stat            private/etc/crontab                0.000036   cron        03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000082   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000021   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000022   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000013   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000009   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000023   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000008   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:01  select                                             1.000036 W cupsd       03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000082   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000023   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000022   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000013   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000020   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000008   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000120   WindowServer03:34:00  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000023   WindowServer03:34:00    WrData                                           0.003416 W update      03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000060   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000019   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000020   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000009   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000013   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000024   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000010   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:01  CACHE_HIT                                          0.000007   WindowServer03:34:01    WrData                                           0.000256 W update      03:34:01  sync                                               0.258678 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001092 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001136 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001335 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001508 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001664 W update      03:34:01    WrMeta[async]                                    0.001882 W update

I noted though, some things were different (dunno if it's due to the change of name of w):

03:31:31.226    WrMeta[async] D=0x00002778  B=0x1000     /dev/disk0s9     0.001193 W update              03:31:31.226    WrMeta[async] D=0x0000b468  B=0x2000     /dev/disk0s9     0.001366 W update              03:31:31.227    WrMeta[async] D=0x00011878  B=0x2000     /dev/disk0s9     0.001491 W update              03:31:31.227    WrMeta[async] D=0x00016658  B=0x2000     /dev/disk0s9     0.001603 W update              03:31:31.227    WrMeta[async] D=0x0001a0c8  B=0x2000     /dev/disk0s9     0.001754 W update

notice how it says /dev/disk0s9. I believe this means it's doing somethnig to my startup volume.



Hmm... I'm not sure what to do right now. Seems like things are relatively unchanged. Thanks a lot for your help thuh Freak, I really appreciate it. do you think it might be a hardware problem? Cause because this was a fresh install, other people should have it too. I wouldn't assume my comp would be any different. Please reply, thanks again.