pc is getting slow!

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:18 pm

hi all,
my pc is getting slow

its very strange. my job is do few tv commercial so what i do is import a 30sec clip and do the music (using 6 or 7 mono tracks)

What could be the prob.

setup:
Asus p4t 423 socket intel 850 chipset motherboard
p4 1.4 processor
1gb RDRAM samgsung
Asus v7700 deluxe 32mb vga

thanks

voidar · Post by **voidar** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:03 pm

defragment?

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:49 pm

thanks voidar i'd done that + done disk cleanup.

another prob is lossing sync with video clip!
is it that the hd got older? using it for 3/4 years.(seagate baracuda 7200rpm)

thanks

Post by **garyb** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:50 pm

it's out of warranty....

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:41 am

Have you checked for the presence of any spyware? Are there any processes taking up much CPU bandwidth?

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:24 am

yap garyb its out of warranty.
@ Counterparts, i do all net job with another pc but maybe spyware can move by usb pen drive. good idea.
thanks.

so this is all... either defragment or spyware or hd is going to die!!

Post by **hubird** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:30 am

or you're too fast and time scale is changing...

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:58 am

Another thought; how much space do you have on the partition where the Windows swapfile lives?

Has anything changed recently with your system? (Hardware or Software)

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:21 pm

When the HD is nearly full, the system gets significantly slower.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:09 pm

Evrything looks good, the 850 w/ RDRAM was the king back then.

I agree with Herr Voight. Just open up your vault, I know it's hard, and grab 100 USD or the equivalent thereof, and get you a fast HDD. Raptors are the best for certain apps. but any large 7200k rpm SATA's will work fine.

You have all the right hardware, so I agree w/ Herr Voight. Besides I never saw any sticks of RDRAM that were slow, ever.

Does Scope like the 850 chipset. I believe you are the only I have seen that is using it.

Strength And Honor,

Post by **garyb** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:39 pm

i used to run the 850. it's great like almost all the intel chipsets in that it works as it should. he'd want a pata drive though. no big deal, 7200rpm 8mb buffer ide wds are available everywhere, still.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:11 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen,.......................GaryB......................................ankyu,..ankyu.

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:13 am

I don't think it's the hard drive unless it is full like he said but it can't hurt to run chkdsk. I would check the cables and make sure they are tight. Remove all cards and place them in firmly and if that fails, format the hard drive(s) and do a clean install. A lot of times drives that seem to be failing work like new after formating for years longer. I wonder how many good ones are thrown away.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:30 pm

Agreed,
But it's always good to have one extra 4 a rainy day. How much does it rain in Bangladesh ?

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:38 pm

It depends of the season, I think.

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:45 am

Thank all for sharing your experience

after running check disk - defragmenters---disk cleanup and delete unnecessary data, things are getting a bit better but not like before. i guess its about time to get a faster pc. core2 kind'a machine with a faster sata.

thanks again.

ali · Post by **ali** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:04 am

sometimes clean format of C drive bring new life and speed to the PC.
I find that formating my C drive every 6 -8 months is becoming a must after noticing that my system starts to become slow .

JGR · Post by **JGR** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:17 pm

If you host connectted to the Internet than Install an antivirus software and check your disks on worms and viruses.
If not than reinstall main software and drivers.
If this not helps than reinstall OS in repair mode, and install all OSes service packs and install all latest drivers .
All problems is due corrupted (or bad) drivers or worms/viruses if your partions isnot full (including that ones with pagefile and OS itself)
If you want good defragmenting try to use Raxco software. In this case you can defragment also metadata and page file (not possible with embedded defragmenter) which is essential for performance.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:57 pm

I tried Ali's suggestion on my internet DAW after coping all programs, and it works much faster, and that DAW uses a Western Digital PATA HDD.

My virus, which is extortionware actually has also dissapeared.

Thanks 4 the tip.

Insty · Post by **Insty** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:49 pm

JGR wrote: If you want good defragmenting try to use Raxco software. In this case you can defragment also metadata and page file (not possible with embedded defragmenter) which is essential for performance.

You don't have to defrag the pagefile. You can delete it and defrag and then create a new one. Disable it if needed in My Computer/properties.