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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:29:59 -0400
From: Missy Hoppe <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: mysterious sluggishness with new computer
Hello. I'm having a really weird problem with my new computer system and
hoping that someone on this list might be able to help me find a way to fix
it.
First of all, here are my system specifications.
Abit AB9 QuadGT motherboard with bios 13, Intel qx6700 processor, Zalman
600W power supply, 4 GB
kingston hyper-x 8500 memory, Zalman 9700 cpu cooler, 4 80 mm
thermaltake thunderblade fans, 1 120 mm thermaltake thunderblade fan,
MSI 8500 video card, Windows XP Media Center edition sp2, 2 sata Samsung
dvd ram drives, Creative x-fi extreme music sound card, Samsung 500GB
sata hard drive, Samsung 17 inch LCD monitor and Apevia x-Dreamer2 blue
case.
I'm using a screen reading program called Jaws for Windows, but I'm
almost certain that this problem is happening with or without my screen
reader running.
I am using the windows classic theme with standard colors, and as far as
I know, have made all necessary video changes to adjust for best
performance, unless there's more changes I need to make from within the
nvidia control panel, which I can't seem to access very well with my
screen reader. I'm running at 1024-768 resolution in 32 bit color mode. In
general, the only programs that are running constantly are AVG Free edition
antivirus software, Windows Defender, Outlook express and my screen reader.
This new system has been up and running for about 3 weeks, and on the
whole, it has been simply a joy to use; it hasn't ever locked up on me,
and I've been amazed by how many things I can accomplish simultaneously.
Unfortunately, I am experiencing an extremely weird problem that I'm
hoping someone on this list might be able to help me resolve.
After running for a couple of hours, my system becomes very sluggish
when performing certain tasks, most noteable of which is attempting to
enter the control panel. The slowdown is also very noticeable when
minimizing all applications and going to the desktop and also wen
working within any other dialogue boxes.
I've tried checking things out in task manager, and everything appears
to be just fine; nothing appears to be significantly bogging down the
system. If I reboot, everything goes back to working instantaneously for
a couple of hours, and then the slowdown returns.
Does anyone have any ideas for things I might try to resolve this issue?
Are there any bios settings I might be able to change that could have an
effect in this situation? I've written to the Abit forum, and they
suggested disabling eisd and C1E from withing Bios, and as soon as I have
someone with vision around here that I can trust to go playing around in
Bios, I intend to investigate those options. In the mean time, though, I'd
really appreciate any other advice that you may have.
I haven't attempted any overclocking yet, but am eventually hoping to
get the processor running at an even 3.0 GHZ. My system temperature
rarely exceeds 90 degrees F, so I don't think it's an over-heating
issue. I've tried disabling all non-essencial services in windows, and
except for IE7, I have fully updated my system with all security and
other patches.
Any ideas you may have for things I can try to resolve this issue would
be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have, and I hope that you're
having a really great day!
Missy
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You mention that you've checked things out in Task Manager. Have you done
this at several different times, especially when the PC bogs down? Is it
possible to record what you see in the Task Manager right after boot-up and
then again when the PC starts to get sluggish?
I suspect that maybe one (or more) programs you have running have "memory
leaks" which consume more and more memory space as time progresses. You do
say that you have 4Gb of memory, but if one or more programs are continuing
to take up more memory the access time between different programs could
still increase. I would also check to see in Task Manager what running
programs are using the most cpu cycles when the PC bogs down.
Hopefully a starting point.
Chris Ryan
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