A slow system sometimes

[vernon]

I have a system
Compaq, Athlon 64, Xp media, 512 mb ram, 160 gb SATA HD.

It is very slow to load, slow to start a program after re-starting, slow
first screen on IE.
When I say slow I mean terrible.

A second indication is playing music from any web, it stutters.

Playing music from a CD through windows stutters, playing through realplayer
is fine.
Indications are a slow HD.

I have run every test available and cleanup and defrag for the HD. I have
run the seagate test which says OK.

Most EI screens load quickly once IE is up and running.

I don't see any clear indication that it is the HD and nothing seems wrong
with the motherboard.

It would seem that a slow or faulty RAM would show at ROM boot / test.

I hate to get another HD only to find that the MB is bad.

Comments?
Yes there is always, get another tower.

 

[Robert Jacobs]

I have a system
Compaq, Athlon 64, Xp media, 512 mb ram, 160 gb SATA HD.

It is very slow to load, slow to start a program after re-starting, slow
first screen on IE.
When I say slow I mean terrible.

A second indication is playing music from any web, it stutters.

Playing music from a CD through windows stutters, playing through realplayer
is fine.
Indications are a slow HD.

I have run every test available and cleanup and defrag for the HD. I have
run the seagate test which says OK.

Most EI screens load quickly once IE is up and running.

I don't see any clear indication that it is the HD and nothing seems wrong
with the motherboard.

It would seem that a slow or faulty RAM would show at ROM boot / test.

I hate to get another HD only to find that the MB is bad.

Comments?
Yes there is always, get another tower.

Run Memtest to see if you have a problem with you RAM:

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Vernon,

Check to make sure your HD isn't running in PIO mode rather than DMA. See
here:
DMA reverts to PIO
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

Also do a thorough check for malware:
Malware Removal
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Richard Harper’s Guide to Cleaning Pests
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

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HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/