Computer is slow!

My dad's computer is beyond acceptable for slow. He's got a ASUS p5k deluxe, e6600, 2-4GB of ram. THis just started happening today. Temps are fine, volts are fine. Task manager says nothing is really running that much but the performance tab is running near 100% mostly on core 0 ( first block ) ANY ideas what the hell is up?

Is your Caps Lock key stuck?

rouge software and spyware

i second dragonsprayer, its the only other logical reason if all the temps/volts are fine. unless his dad has TLB errata error in his dad's e6600 i don't see any other reason.

I doubt the TLB errata but is a slight possibility. But with all the new steppings and patches for the BIOS I doubt it.

I think spyware/adware. Also go to http://support.asus.com/download/d [...] uage=en-us and download the latest BIOS/chipset drivers. That always help as some include performance updates.

Isn't the TLB errata limited to AMD Phenoms. I hope the OP gets back with some answers hopefully provided by process explorer.

Actually all CPU's have many errors when shipped, but BIOS updates help patch up those errors. AMD's phenom just had a really big performance hit, and AMD made it aware that that was why Phenom would be clocked so low.

My son was having a simular problem. We tried just about everything and finally found the battery in the keyboard was almost dead by trying a different keyboard.

Not saying this is your problem but there are a lot of weird things that can happen.

If the problem's only just started I can't really see it being a CPU errata.

Hard disk usage anyone? If you have a slow relatively small hard drive that has become somewhat fragmented over time ... as well as maybe 1 or 2 antivirus programs scanning all the time then the PC will be deadly slow. Looking at the CPU usage will not tell you anything in most cases of slow PC's, for years CPU's have pretty much been on top of the programs they have to run. Other hardware can be the cause

mi1ez
If the problem's only just started I can't really see it being a CPU errata.
TRY A SYSTEM RESTORE FROM BEOFRE DATE OF PROBLEM.JUST A THOUGH AND IT DON'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE!

BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE VIRUS OR CORRUPTION

Is the temp you have now what it usually is when 100%? you could OC it to see if it overheats. Taskmanager lies.

That's what I was thinking. That's why I wanted him to run the Sysinternals Process Explorer. It will show those things. A restore could also clear the trouble, as Major53 said.

So COWSPOO we are dieing to know something......anything....please....

Zorg Sysinternals Process Explorer good software just used it. cowspoo try it it's free.then try restore!

i was just kidding about the errata. jeez people on these forums need a sense of humor. anyways, you can check system info if there are conflicts, you don't have to download all that other junk.

just do this:
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information

than in system information:

locate the tree > expand "components" > click on problem devices

also in system information you can check for conflicts and see what IRQ's are given to which devices.

locate the tree > expand hardware resources > click conflicts/sharing

I don't know if this is related, but this is another thread started at the same time by cowpoo.
Raptor showing 2.3mb/s transfer rate

That one apparently turned out to be a bad SATA cable, which could have caused a high usage in the hardware interrupts, which wouldn't show up in the XP process explorer.

Or it could be that he had two unrelated posts at the same time that are not related at all.

I asked him in the other thread if it was related to this thread. I thought he would come back and post here, I guess not. Somewhat trollish behavior.

Zorg thanks for finding out what cowpoop problem was,sata cable,would have been nice if he came back in and thanked the people that gave him help.also thanks for the sysinternals tip good software.

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