Program Lags...HELP!

[Guest]

I've been having this problem for a long while, and I WANT IT TO STOP!

Using a memory heavy program (like Games or MP3 Players) Cause a annoying program lag. When I load the program, it's fine - it runs smoothly.After 30 secs-1 minute, the program slows down and gets skippy. A few seconds later, my computer practially locks up and heads to 99% usuage- I can hardly even move the mouse! After about 30 seconds of this, the program runs smooth. But then it loops.

I've tried:
Cleaning temp files
Updating Drivers
Removing Spyware/Scanning for Viruses
Changing Video Modes
Defragmenting HD
Resetting Windows (I am getting desperate)
(DON'T TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THESE)

This started around April. Here are my specs:

Compaq 5321 SR
WINDOWS XP HOME (It came with it)
IP4 1.5GHZ
60GB HD
384MB SDRAM (It came with it)
64 MB Nvida Geforce4 (I installed it before chirtsmas)

I'm thinking it's my hardware - and I don't think it's my video card. The only time I remember opening this was when I was going to buy RAM for it - figuring out the RAM PC# it supported was in the low 100s so I couldn't upgrade it. After that I cleaned the computer out of dust with compressed air.

Could someone help me here? I'm getting very desperate....

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Installing a good PCI sound card, which will require disabling
your onboard audio in the BIOS, will free resources for better gaming.
You'll see a vast improvement.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I've been having this problem for a long while, and I WANT IT TO STOP!
|
| Using a memory heavy program (like Games or MP3 Players) Cause a annoying program lag. When I load the
program, it's fine - it runs smoothly.After 30 secs-1 minute, the program slows down and gets skippy. A few
seconds later, my computer practially locks up and heads to 99% usuage- I can hardly even move the mouse!
After about 30 seconds of this, the program runs smooth. But then it loops.
|
| I've tried:
| Cleaning temp files
| Updating Drivers
| Removing Spyware/Scanning for Viruses
| Changing Video Modes
| Defragmenting HD
| Resetting Windows (I am getting desperate)
| (DON'T TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THESE)
|
| This started around April. Here are my specs:
|
| Compaq 5321 SR
| WINDOWS XP HOME (It came with it)
| IP4 1.5GHZ
| 60GB HD
| 384MB SDRAM (It came with it)
| 64 MB Nvida Geforce4 (I installed it before chirtsmas)
|
| I'm thinking it's my hardware - and I don't think it's my video card. The only time I remember opening this
was when I was going to buy RAM for it - figuring out the RAM PC# it supported was in the low 100s so I
couldn't upgrade it. After that I cleaned the computer out of dust with compressed air.
|
| Could someone help me here? I'm getting very desperate....

 

[Kelly Cotter]

Installing a good PCI sound card, which will require disabling
your onboard audio in the BIOS, will free resources for better gaming.
You'll see a vast improvement.


program, it's fine - it runs smoothly.After 30 secs-1 minute, the
program slows down and gets skippy. A few seconds later, my computer
practially locks up and heads to 99% usuage- I can hardly even move
the mouse! After about 30 seconds of this, the program runs smooth.
But then it loops.
was when I was going to buy RAM for it - figuring out the RAM PC# it
supported was in the low 100s so I couldn't upgrade it. After that I
cleaned the computer out of dust with compressed air.

some more memory would help also
try disabling all services you don't need
do you have an antivirus prog running ?

 

[Guest]

I don't need better preformance on my games or MP3 players - I want to fix this odd leak-like unusualiy. I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with preformance.
I've also tried updating my ROM, but that didn't help either.

My games run GREAT at first (at how it used to be all the time), but the lag comes in and runis it.

And, also, playing things on Windows Media Plays also causes this same lag. Some games, that are light and don't take much memory, and uneffected by it usless they are on for about 30 Minutes.