Dashboard - "Client not responding" - Help ?

[Terwal]

Hi,

Here is a question I asked in a different thread, but this is probably a better place to put it forward.

I use a MBA, and on a regular basis, after using for a while, my CPU goes to more than 50% and the fan maxes out at 6200pm (using only Safari + Word for example).

I realized, looking at the Monitor Activity, that I have a "Dashboard Client (Not Responding)" process that takes 90% of the CPU with an RSIZE (?) of 944MB. That doesn't sound right.

Now... if I force quitting such process: CPU goes down to 4% to 8% and after 30 seconds or so, the fan starts reducing down very slowly from 6200 back to 2500.

Once I have killed the faulty process, all of my widgets are still working (or so they seem).

Widgets I am using:
- iStat
- Google
- Wifi locator (can't remember exact name)
- Fidelity stock tracker
- Digital clock

What is the pb with the Dashboard Client ?

What do I need to do to fix it ?

Thanks,

W.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I strongly suspect that one of your widgets doesn't get along with Dashboard in Leopard, and is causing the freezing.

First thing to do is look for updates for your third-party widgets.
If updates don't solve the problem, or there aren't any, disable widgets until you find the offending widget.

 

[BlakTornado]

It happened to me the other day. It was causing my processor to run at near-full.

I restarted my computer, deleted my new widgets, and it was fine.

 

[Terwal]

It happened to me the other day. It was causing my processor to run at near-full.

I restarted my computer, deleted my new widgets, and it was fine.

Will try that... how do you delete (as opposed to just close) the widgets you have added to dashboard ?

Thanks...

 

[mr_matalino]

Will try that... how do you delete (as opposed to just close) the widgets you have added to dashboard ?

Thanks...

Click on "manage widgets" and delete them from the menu