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THEG72
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6 years ago

High Power Usage since November 2019 Power BI Desktop Update very SLOW!

Hi Community, The last couple of updates have made Power BI desktop extremely slow.   I have a surface Book2 and its consistently throttling the fan speed and putting a load on power?   Has anyon...
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6 years ago

Thanks for your reply Anonymous  

There definitely seems to be an issue with power usage on my surface book 2 only.

 

All models seem to perform fine on other pc's.

 

I guess I will log with Microsoft, the fan speed increases on the Surface Book, Task Manager shows power bi desktop is using Very High power and power bi desktop is not responsive doing basic tasks like changing font sizes or removing columns etc.

 

 

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6 years ago

Anonymous 

I am having the same exact issue since about November. Even in very small, simple files, changing formatting options and just selecting visuals results in multiple seconds of pause in most cases.

 

This is pretty hilarious considering that I'm running about 128GB of RAM and a 12-core processor at about 3 Ghz. My colleagues with similar setups are also complaining. I'll also submit a support ticket and include my system info there.

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    THEG72
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    6 years ago

    SonnyChildsCVX 

     

    Load up the Windows Task Manager and check the Power Usage and Power Trend Usage on the Power BI Desktop application. 

    I have found it is an issue with the Surface Book 2 and the November 2019 update. Prior versions didn't have a problem.

     

    Has anyone else found a solution for the Surface Book and Power BI desktop power throttling issue?