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  • Silent_Thunder
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2004
    • 5258
    #1

    My PC lags periodically!

    for 5minutes it works great

    LAGGING

    for 5minutes it works great

    LAGGING

    and so on... what could be wrong??? It doesnt matter what I do at the lag period, everything lags then!
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    • boner 2.0
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2004
      • 10970
      #2
      Heat?

      Soon-to-die harddrive?

      fucked up antivirus/trying to update it but the update site is offline

      etc etc

      Be more specific, what kind of computer you have? windows xp? sp1? sp2?

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        • boner 2.0
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Jul 2004
          • 10970
          #3
          Hmm seem to be the new virus attacking XP SP2 machine and 2003

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            • boner 2.0
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Jul 2004
              • 10970
              #4
              so update your antivirus software or if you dont have one get AVG Free edition or you can try (30 days trial) Kaspersky

              and also do a windows update

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                • Silent_Thunder
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 5258
                  #5
                  Originally posted by boner 2.0
                  Hmm seem to be the new virus attacking XP SP2 machine and 2003
                  Its XP SP2, Im thinking to run adaware + virus catcher.

                  Talking about the heat, Ive already cleaned my cooler Works better now

                  HDD? I dont know how to check if its dying

                  And I dont have any antivirus

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                    • JSA Matt
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 5464
                      #6
                      If it is a Pentium I would put money on it being a faulty chip. To find out, go into BIOS and disable the Hyper Threading

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                        • Silent_Thunder
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 5258
                          #7
                          Originally posted by JSA Matt
                          If it is a Pentium I would put money on it being a faulty chip. To find out, go into BIOS and disable the Hyper Threading
                          Athlon Thunderbird

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                            • Spunky
                              I need a beer
                              • Jun 2002
                              • 133978
                              #8
                              Spyware situation maybe?

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                                • Young
                                  Bland for life
                                  • Nov 2004
                                  • 10468
                                  #9
                                  I've killed many hard drives. If your fan is all set I'm betting its the hard drive.
                                  ★★★

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                                    • irishfury
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2003
                                      • 2611
                                      #10
                                      when it lags to cpu usage or mem usage jump way up?
                                      Trust no one there all snakes

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                                        • Silent_Thunder
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2004
                                          • 5258
                                          #11
                                          Spyware detection and virus detection in progress....
                                          See ya in a while

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                                            • axelcat
                                              Adult Locals
                                              • Jun 2002
                                              • 25450
                                              #12
                                              mine does the same thing

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                                                • JSA Matt
                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                  • 5464
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Silent_Thunder
                                                  Athlon Thunderbird
                                                  Hm... it's probably OS or RAM related then. Get Memtest to test the memory

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                                                    • spideriux
                                                      Registered User
                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                      • 17227
                                                      #14
                                                      you need more RAM
                                                      FreeOnes

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                                                        • BuggyG
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 4179
                                                          #15
                                                          sounds almost like mine
                                                          except mine freezes up 30secs.. 1min then goes back to running fine

                                                          happens only when run MSN/MIRC

                                                          if I do stuff without thos eon it.. runs good

                                                          in any case.. gonna be reformating it anyways.. hopefully fixes probs.. I hate formatting and reinstalling everything

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                                                            • flashfire
                                                              ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2
                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                              • 13098
                                                              #16
                                                              maybe spyware, it can do some crazy things

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                                                                • Silent_Thunder
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                  • 5258
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Adaware helped! I feel great now!

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                                                                    • thaifan99
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                      • 3029
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Something talking to another pc.....
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                                                                        • mistress69
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                                          • 2804
                                                                          #19
                                                                          sounds like u need a upgrade, not enough ram prob

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