I searched for people having/had similar problems, and none of the suggested solutions in those threads worked.
When I play games, the computer has serious hiccups/slow downs. Sometimes its hiccups, other times it just flat out slows down and is unplayable. When it hiccups, the screen freezes for a second and sounds buzzes, when it is a slowdown it is just a really long hiccup. Sometimes one game will stutter, then I try again, it runs fairly smoothly in comparison, but then will keep hiccuping on the third game and on. Sometimes I can get a few smooth games in. Most of the time, it will be unplayable.
It happens sometimes when watching a movie, very rarely it will happen if I'm just surfing the web or on start up from shutdown or sleep mode.
I monitored the temps, they were all fine, I checked CPU speed and there were never any dips or abnormal behavior during the hiccups. Drivers are all up to date. I ran windows memory diagnostic which reported no problems. I ran malwarebytes and microsoft security essentials which found nothing serious. I did chkdsk and I also used hard drive sentinal which all reports healthy HDD. I tried running games on low, medium, and ultra, all which were the same. I tried defragging somewhere in between there.
The only thing I haven't yet done is reformat which I am trying to avoid because I don't have the SolidWorks license key anymore so if I reformat, I will lose the program. Also, I cannot find my Windows disc so I have to wait for a new one...
Anything else I should try before cleaning house?
When I play games, the computer has serious hiccups/slow downs. Sometimes its hiccups, other times it just flat out slows down and is unplayable. When it hiccups, the screen freezes for a second and sounds buzzes, when it is a slowdown it is just a really long hiccup. Sometimes one game will stutter, then I try again, it runs fairly smoothly in comparison, but then will keep hiccuping on the third game and on. Sometimes I can get a few smooth games in. Most of the time, it will be unplayable.
It happens sometimes when watching a movie, very rarely it will happen if I'm just surfing the web or on start up from shutdown or sleep mode.
I monitored the temps, they were all fine, I checked CPU speed and there were never any dips or abnormal behavior during the hiccups. Drivers are all up to date. I ran windows memory diagnostic which reported no problems. I ran malwarebytes and microsoft security essentials which found nothing serious. I did chkdsk and I also used hard drive sentinal which all reports healthy HDD. I tried running games on low, medium, and ultra, all which were the same. I tried defragging somewhere in between there.
The only thing I haven't yet done is reformat which I am trying to avoid because I don't have the SolidWorks license key anymore so if I reformat, I will lose the program. Also, I cannot find my Windows disc so I have to wait for a new one...
Anything else I should try before cleaning house?
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