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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
Hi All,
I googled for this, but it's hard to nail down good search terms. I had a working XP system, but I always do a full reinstall of windows every year or so. I fdisked, formatted, and installed XP SP2 from scratch without changing my hardware. Suddenly everything is jerky: About once a second my mouse and keyboard both pause then continue. AVI's (played through DivX or WMP) play in a jumpy manner. Everything else is fine. I reinstalled all the same drivers. When that didn't fix things, I upped to all the latest drivers... still nothing. There's no spikes in usage in the task manager and I'm using about 200 megs of my 1 gig of ram. It's a 3 gig hyperthread CPU with GeForce 3 for video and SB Live 5.1 for sound. Any ideas? -Thanks |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
Linda wrote:
Hi All, I googled for this, but it's hard to nail down good search terms. I had a working XP system, but I always do a full reinstall of windows every year or so. I fdisked, formatted, and installed XP SP2 from scratch without changing my hardware. Suddenly everything is jerky: About once a second my mouse and keyboard both pause then continue. AVI's (played through DivX or WMP) play in a jumpy manner. Everything else is fine. I reinstalled all the same drivers. When that didn't fix things, I upped to all the latest drivers... still nothing. There's no spikes in usage in the task manager and I'm using about 200 megs of my 1 gig of ram. It's a 3 gig hyperthread CPU with GeForce 3 for video and SB Live 5.1 for sound. Any ideas? -Thanks Apply Windows Critical Updates, install and update antivirus and antispyware programs and scan for viruses/malware. Steve |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
"Linda" wrote in message
... Hi All, I googled for this, but it's hard to nail down good search terms. I had a working XP system, but I always do a full reinstall of windows every year or so. I fdisked, formatted, and installed XP SP2 from scratch without changing my hardware. Suddenly everything is jerky: About once a second my mouse and keyboard both pause then continue. AVI's (played through DivX or WMP) play in a jumpy manner. Everything else is fine. I reinstalled all the same drivers. When that didn't fix things, I upped to all the latest drivers... still nothing. There's no spikes in usage in the task manager and I'm using about 200 megs of my 1 gig of ram. It's a 3 gig hyperthread CPU with GeForce 3 for video and SB Live 5.1 for sound. Any ideas? Linda Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers? Kerry |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
"Kerry Brown" *o*m wrote in
: "Linda" wrote in message ... Hi All, I googled for this, but it's hard to nail down good search terms. I had a working XP system, but I always do a full reinstall of windows every year or so. I fdisked, formatted, and installed XP SP2 from scratch without changing my hardware. Suddenly everything is jerky: About once a second my mouse and keyboard both pause then continue. AVI's (played through DivX or WMP) play in a jumpy manner. Everything else is fine. I reinstalled all the same drivers. When that didn't fix things, I upped to all the latest drivers... still nothing. There's no spikes in usage in the task manager and I'm using about 200 megs of my 1 gig of ram. It's a 3 gig hyperthread CPU with GeForce 3 for video and SB Live 5.1 for sound. Any ideas? Linda Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers? Kerry I installed Norton AV 2005, all the windows updates, and the chipset drivers, but I do worry about the motherboard. Soyo never really seemed to keep up much with this board (dragon 2 platinum). I never could find a good monitoring package on their site, and the last 2 bios releases kept my ide drive from booting (had to roll back to older version). I still think It's XP SP2 since nothing changed in the hardware between my old install (last night) and my new install (today). -L |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
"Linda" wrote in message
... Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers? Kerry I installed Norton AV 2005, all the windows updates, and the chipset drivers, but I do worry about the motherboard. Soyo never really seemed to keep up much with this board (dragon 2 platinum). I never could find a good monitoring package on their site, and the last 2 bios releases kept my ide drive from booting (had to roll back to older version). I still think It's XP SP2 since nothing changed in the hardware between my old install (last night) and my new install (today). -L I would go to the chipset manufacturer e.g Intel, VIA, SIS etc. and get the latest drivers from their site. It sounds like it could also be the video card or IDE driver. Did you have SP2 on the old install? Kerry |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
"Kerry Brown" *o*m wrote in
: "Linda" wrote in message ... Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers? Kerry I installed Norton AV 2005, all the windows updates, and the chipset drivers, but I do worry about the motherboard. Soyo never really seemed to keep up much with this board (dragon 2 platinum). I never could find a good monitoring package on their site, and the last 2 bios releases kept my ide drive from booting (had to roll back to older version). I still think It's XP SP2 since nothing changed in the hardware between my old install (last night) and my new install (today). -L I would go to the chipset manufacturer e.g Intel, VIA, SIS etc. and get the latest drivers from their site. It sounds like it could also be the video card or IDE driver. Did you have SP2 on the old install? Kerry Good idea. I just downloaded the intel chipset drivers. I'll give them a try when I go home. There don't seem to be any independent IDE drivers. I have the latest video card drivers. I didn't have SP2 before, just SP1 with all the fixin's. -L |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
Linda wrote in :
"Kerry Brown" *o*m wrote in : "Linda" wrote in message ... Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers? Ah well. Nothing worked, so I did the only thing left. I reinstalled. It all works now, possibly because of a bad BIOS flash prior to the previous install? Anyway, thanks for the help. -L |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:33:24 GMT, Linda wrote:
I had a working XP system, but I always do a full reinstall of windows every year or so. Any particular reason why? I fdisked, formatted, and installed XP SP2 from scratch without changing my hardware. Suddenly everything is jerky: About once a second my mouse and keyboard both pause then continue. AVI's (played through DivX or WMP) play in a jumpy manner. Those sort of mouse- and keystroke-delaying pauses are usually from deep down at the hardware driver level: - HD retries: HD activity LED stays lit throughout the pause - LAN retries: Exclude by setting LAN card to "disabled" in DevMan - other periperals: Try unplugging all USB devices etc. The other possibility is malware or other software messups, though these don't usually cause the mouse pointer to stop moving. There's no spikes in usage in the task manager and I'm using about 200 megs of my 1 gig of ram. If the delay is from hardware other than the CPU, you may not see CPU maxed out - it may be idling, waiting for the hardware. It's a 3 gig hyperthread CPU with GeForce 3 for video and SB Live 5.1 for sound. Do you have adverse mileage that prompts you blow your PC's head off every year? There may be an underlying cause for that, such as a sick HD that is now more obtrusively dying. ---------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Gone to bloggery: http://cquirke.blogspot.com ---------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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XP SP2 Jerky after fresh fdisk/install
"Linda" wrote in message ... Ah well. Nothing worked, so I did the only thing left. I reinstalled. It all works now, possibly because of a bad BIOS flash prior to the previous install? Anyway, thanks for the help. -L Glad you got it going. Sometimes it's quicker and easier just to reinstall. Kerry |
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