PC lags...

jake000 · 14 Sep 2011 at 21:27

My PC seems to lag through so many things I try and do. I have ran spyware software, anti-virus software etc. and updated software and it hasn't helped.

All games I play, I get a random spike of lag through it. It will last 3-5 secs and go back to normal and then do it again. Also when I watch something everything goes out of sync.

Any suggestions please?

Thank you

E5200 CPU
4Gb Ram
ATi 5450
Win 7

bledd · 14 Sep 2011 at 22:14

Check eventviewer for hard drive errors

jake000 · 14 Sep 2011 at 22:42

Thanks for the reply

I have never used eventviewer before and there seems to be a lot in there. What am I looking for exactly?

platypus · 15 Sep 2011 at 09:48

If you go to the System tab, just have a scroll down the list and see first of all if there are any critical errors. If there are you can post the error codes here or have a gander on the t'internet.

jake000 · 15 Sep 2011 at 13:25

The PLFlash DeviceIoControl Service service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified - EventID 7000

The server {E10F6C3A-F1AE-4ADC-AA9D-2FE65525666E} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout - 10010

Those two seem to appear quite a lot.

platypus · 15 Sep 2011 at 14:25

Have you got Nero installed?

jake000 · 15 Sep 2011 at 16:05

platypus · 15 Sep 2011 at 16:18

Seems to be a problem with something Nero installs, at least thats what a quick google suggests. Reinstall it?

jake000 · 15 Sep 2011 at 17:10

Thanks

I've un-installed it and I will leave it like that for now to see if the error happens again.

sieghart · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:27

How much memory do you have left? Do you fragmentation once a month if not I suggest you should do so. Free up some space, erase unnecessary files that is not needed this way it can help boost your speed a bit. Having so many application that is running can affect the processing speed of the computer also if you will have a small amount of space left it will eventually slow down your PC.

jake000 · 19 Sep 2011 at 17:07

I have 4gb but only 3gb is usable as I have windows 7 32 bit installed. Does the 64 bit version work better now with drivers and usb stuff?

Windows usually has it scheduled to defragment so it gets done regularly. I don't have too many apps installed as I try and keep it tidy.

I have about 350gb left on my windows hard drive, about 300gb out of 1500gb on another and 680gb out of 1000gb on the last one.

An update on things.. nothing else is happening in the event manager now but still getting some slow downs. When I pause something im watching and then start it again, it runs as if its in slow motion :confused:

Thanks for the help and suggestions