Help Please
December 11th 03, 11:26 PM
I recently installed Windows XP Home Edition on my AMD K6
(2) 300 mhz computer. I added 128 mb of RAM to the
existing 64 to meet the recommended requirements for XP.
Everything ran like a dream. A couple of weeks
later, I started noticing hesitation between functions
(moving the mouse pointer, opening programs, breaks in
the Windows closing "music", etc). I just figured it
needed more RAM, so I replaced the 64 with another 128.
That didn't help though. I have the same problems. When
I check the performance, every few seconds it shows as
cycling to 100% CPU usage, then down to almost none, and
then back to 100% again. I assume that's what's causing
the hesitation. However, I have no programs running
other than the performance monitor when I see this. Is
there a setting that I need to change to get the computer
running back to normal? It was running great, and then
boom, this happens. Now the computer is essentially
useless. I'd appreciate any advice.
(2) 300 mhz computer. I added 128 mb of RAM to the
existing 64 to meet the recommended requirements for XP.
Everything ran like a dream. A couple of weeks
later, I started noticing hesitation between functions
(moving the mouse pointer, opening programs, breaks in
the Windows closing "music", etc). I just figured it
needed more RAM, so I replaced the 64 with another 128.
That didn't help though. I have the same problems. When
I check the performance, every few seconds it shows as
cycling to 100% CPU usage, then down to almost none, and
then back to 100% again. I assume that's what's causing
the hesitation. However, I have no programs running
other than the performance monitor when I see this. Is
there a setting that I need to change to get the computer
running back to normal? It was running great, and then
boom, this happens. Now the computer is essentially
useless. I'd appreciate any advice.