System Pausing

lamocuk

lamocuk

lamocuk

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Hi,

I am typing this email from work, so sadly i am unable at this stage to go into detail about what components i have.

My problem is that my system seems to constantly pause. What i mean by this is that when playing games (this is when i notice it most), the computer will freeze for 2 seconds and then i hear (what i beleive to be) the hard drives kicking in and then the system moves on again like nothing has happened.

The problem is sporadic and has happened as often as 20 times in an hour. It can also not happen for many hours.

If it helps the games i mainly notice it on are Champ Manager 08 and CIV IV.

Can anyone please assist if this is a common problem or advise as to what more information you might need in order to assist.

many thanks

Lee
 
hi,

another thing that i have noticed that i forgot to mention is that sometimes the hard drives seem to be working overtime.

They can sound like they are accessing information constantly. the only thing i can compare it to is the noise the HD makes when its fragging or when you are doing a system scan.

any helpers?

Lee
 
It does sound like something is causing your hard drive to be accessed a fair bit, and as this is one of the slowest commands for a CPU to execute its slowing your system down. This is usually worse on single core machines as there is no secound unit to go throught the waiting commands.
It could be caused by a number of things, a perfectly innocect program you've installed running checks, some nasty spyware or virus clogging up your system, a faulty hard-drive, a lack of ram or something completely different.

I should try checking your hard drive for errors and your system for any viruses. If its not one of them post your machines spec on here and see what other suggestions you get.

PK!
 
HI,

I have checked the drives for errors and found none. I have also scaned for virus and found none.

Please see below for my spec.

Please note that i built this myself, but as we all know its mostly plug and play, so i really do not know to much about all of this.

If you have suggestions for me, can i please ask that you explain how i carry those out.

many thanks.

Spec:

Vista Home
Intel core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @2.40GHz
4gig mem
2xSamsung HD 380gig
NVIDIA Geforece 8800 GTS
TSST corp CD/DVDW SH-S183 ATA Device

i am not sure if thats enough information. please let me know if you require more.

thanks

Lee
 
I am not sure how my HD's are set up. How can i tell?

If it is the Raid set up, what do i need to look for and what do i need to do?

If its the driver set up, is it just a case of updating the HD drivers or do i need to update others?

thanks for replying.

Lee
 
Your hard drives aren't in RAID, you'd know if they were. A couple of things that would help.

1. Kill all unnecessary apps in your system tray (bottom right hand corner). This includes the virus checking app that is scanning every file you double click on.

2. Go into control panel, system, advanced, virtual memory, and take the virtual memory off the boot/program drive and onto the second hard drive. System managed will be fine, as long as it's off the boot drive.

Let us know how you get on :)
 
Melbourne,

thanks for the reply. I am sorry to say that i do not know how to do what you are saying. i found the location of the menu you said, the system is automatically managered and no where does it tell how much memory is in either location. Well...... C drive says managed and D drive says none. but i do not know how to find out how much is where. are you able to explain?

Secret - the HD's are 6 months old bought from here.

THanks guys,

lee
 
It could be power saving options turned on for the HDD's and they are powering down after 10 mins or so of inactivity then powering up again?

Check in the power management setting under screensaver and turn off any power saving options for the HDD.
 
Hi,

There is no power saving option in that menu for HD's. The only options are for sleep and turning off display and i have these both turned off at this time.

Sometimes they will work okay for a while and other times they will constantly run for ages.

Lee
 
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