pls help

[ins]

Hi guys i dont know if thgis really fits in right here but im so desperate

i got a huge problem and nobody knows how 2 solve it;

righty,my sys :xp1800+ 512 ddr msi kt3ultra2 , gf4ti 4200 winxp prof.

now , i got real nice performance .. but when i got little progs running in the backround , eg mirc or winamp , they take up WAY too much performance...

irc eg sometimes takes up to 20% (!!!!!!!!!!!) of my cpu ...

plsssss help me

 

[lhgpoobaa]

Its really hard to diagnose vague problems like this...
Start from the ground up.
Is L1 and L2 cache enabled in the bios?
Have u installed the latest windoze service pack?
Any device conflicts?
Any errors in the event manager?
Have you installed all the latest drvice drivers, including the chipset Via 4 in 1's?
UDMA enabled for your hard drives?
Any other programs that seem to be effected?
Any tasks running in the background?
Have you checked for Viruses and Trojans?


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[johnoh]

Do you perceive any slowness to the system or are you just concerned that the cpu utilization is getting hogged?

John A

 

[ins]

No..
ive checked everything ..
and it shouldnt be a software prob .. ive formatted a fiew times already ..

in windows i dont recognize the slowdown really , in games i do thou..

once ive put out everything but the processor ram and gfx card , still it didnt get better. .
really weird :/

 

[mrwhipper]

You could notice a difference. Wen you are using software that is real computer intense like games you should turn off any programs that you are not going to use while you are gamming. When I play UT or UT 2003 I have two other programs running with it. A communication program (VT) so I can talk to my team mates, and MBM5, but niether one uses much resources. Everything else is off. The new MBM5 gives you an option to check the CPU usage. I hope this helps. Take care.

Hang in there. It can only get better!