So I will start this post off by saying I have been to college for computer and electronic service technology, and I'm currently obtaining my A+ cert, so I'm definitely not new to this area of expertise. However I have been having this issue for almost a year now with no success in solving the problem. So let's get to why I'm here:
The longer my personal home computer stays on, the slower it seems to run. Now this isn't your typical lag from spyware or malware, nor is it caused by any particular registry problems (from what I can tell). The type of lag I'm experiencing is better explained as a "time stretching" effect... This effect is better witnessed while playing music as the sound "time stretches" along with the pc lag. Think of a slow motion button being turned on and off as things are going on.
Now during idle, you rarely hear or notice anything, although it still glitches here and there and you can tell there is a problem at hand. But the action really happens when you do something like try to load a simple webpage or application. Suddenly I'm in slow-mo city and its just horrible. This sound effect is accompanied by glitchy cursor movement while moving the mouse around, as well as the video output (any window effects, etc) So all in all this is a system-wide lag that progresses and gets noticeably worse the longer the pc stays on. The strange part is once I notice it (or come home after a long day and it's REALLY bad) a simple reboot cures it all. That is, until it's been on for awhile again.
Now rather than write another chapter of a book on what I've done already, I will summarize into a list. (If you have questions or need further info on the steps I've taken so far, please ask. I will give any info needed to fix this annoying problem)
1.) Re-installed Windows 7
2.) Wiped hard drive (120gb SSD) and re-installed windows 7 again (diff copy)
3.) Using aida64, monitored temps and load %'s both at the beginning of uptime during problem-free use and during problematic use. (similar results so no overheating was observed in CPU/GPU)
4.) Deep scanned all hard drives with a paid version of Avast. (Results: Clean)
5.) During problematic use periods, terminated running processes related to any non-essential windows process one by one while playing audio (tried different program for the music each time)
I've done hours worth of research on Google and anywhere it could lead me, only to find "similar" problems (mostly related to cpu overheating) but have not found one person with this exact problem anywhere.
I have one last thing to do, which I will most likely due tomorrow when I leave for work, and that is to start it in safe mode and let it sit idle all day until I get home later at night and see if the problem persists in safe mode as well. I'm assuming this is going to be a hardware related issue but I want as much information as possible, as well as other peer's insight before spending money on parts I may not even need to replace.
Thanks for reading, and sorry this was so long. I've had a lot of time to think on this post and wanted to be as thorough as possible in my initial post. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Also, I tried making a video showing what happens while at it's worst. Unfortunately when I finished recording it and played it back, all the problems were not there and just showed a smooth running computer... I recorded it using Bandicam, so since this is a windows application, I assume it just "lagged" with the rest of the computer and did not recorded the delays.
-Raz
The longer my personal home computer stays on, the slower it seems to run. Now this isn't your typical lag from spyware or malware, nor is it caused by any particular registry problems (from what I can tell). The type of lag I'm experiencing is better explained as a "time stretching" effect... This effect is better witnessed while playing music as the sound "time stretches" along with the pc lag. Think of a slow motion button being turned on and off as things are going on.
Now during idle, you rarely hear or notice anything, although it still glitches here and there and you can tell there is a problem at hand. But the action really happens when you do something like try to load a simple webpage or application. Suddenly I'm in slow-mo city and its just horrible. This sound effect is accompanied by glitchy cursor movement while moving the mouse around, as well as the video output (any window effects, etc) So all in all this is a system-wide lag that progresses and gets noticeably worse the longer the pc stays on. The strange part is once I notice it (or come home after a long day and it's REALLY bad) a simple reboot cures it all. That is, until it's been on for awhile again.
Now rather than write another chapter of a book on what I've done already, I will summarize into a list. (If you have questions or need further info on the steps I've taken so far, please ask. I will give any info needed to fix this annoying problem)
1.) Re-installed Windows 7
2.) Wiped hard drive (120gb SSD) and re-installed windows 7 again (diff copy)
3.) Using aida64, monitored temps and load %'s both at the beginning of uptime during problem-free use and during problematic use. (similar results so no overheating was observed in CPU/GPU)
4.) Deep scanned all hard drives with a paid version of Avast. (Results: Clean)
5.) During problematic use periods, terminated running processes related to any non-essential windows process one by one while playing audio (tried different program for the music each time)
I've done hours worth of research on Google and anywhere it could lead me, only to find "similar" problems (mostly related to cpu overheating) but have not found one person with this exact problem anywhere.
I have one last thing to do, which I will most likely due tomorrow when I leave for work, and that is to start it in safe mode and let it sit idle all day until I get home later at night and see if the problem persists in safe mode as well. I'm assuming this is going to be a hardware related issue but I want as much information as possible, as well as other peer's insight before spending money on parts I may not even need to replace.
Thanks for reading, and sorry this was so long. I've had a lot of time to think on this post and wanted to be as thorough as possible in my initial post. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Also, I tried making a video showing what happens while at it's worst. Unfortunately when I finished recording it and played it back, all the problems were not there and just showed a smooth running computer... I recorded it using Bandicam, so since this is a windows application, I assume it just "lagged" with the rest of the computer and did not recorded the delays.
-Raz