I'm not sure where to put this, so I will put it here.
I currently use a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop that I recieved as a gift in August. It has a 3.0ghz P4 processor, 512mb Ram, 80gb HD, Windows XP Pro, and Radeon 9200 video card.
Back when I first got it, I played a couple games on it with absolutely not a single problem, Command and Conquer: Generals, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Silent Storm, etc.
Then I began my fall semester of college. I didn't have time for games or anything. I noticed in November though, that when I would be using MSPaint for a while, there would be this incredible slowdown within it. The only way I could fix this was to close it and reload MSPaint. Eventually the slowdown would occur again.
Sometimes I'd watch flash animations or play java games, this odd slowdown would occur after a while as well.
For Christmas I got World of Warcraft. I had more than the reccomended requirements. Oddly enough, the slowdown that I experienced in MSPaint and elsewhere made its way into the game as well. I went into the options and set everything at the barest of minimum and still, it would run perfectly fine for the first 2-20 seconds, then the slowdown would occur. For Christmas I also got my mom a casnio game. Yes, the casnio game experienced this slow down as well. Now that's just embarssing.
I ran my Norton Anti-virus many times, all to no avail, I ran Spy Sweeper, Spybot and Ad-aware, to no effect. This slowdown still occurs. I might have just accepted the fact that my videocard sucks if it were not for the Casnio game slowing down. Something must have happened if I was able to play games before fine and now I can't even play that.
If it makes any difference, I found with World of Warcraft that sometimes if I minimized the game and left it down there for a while, it'd run normally when I returned it, for a few seconds.
Anyone know what to do? I'd bring it into work (Best Buy), but they are rediculous and said it'd take them 5 weeks to diagnose the problem.
shamus
January 18th, 2005, 10:14 PM
Welcome to Windrivers Rzeszow...
Download and run this app: http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_hijackthis.html
post the results and let us look at it.
Rzeszow
January 19th, 2005, 08:42 PM
Welcome to Windrivers Rzeszow...
Download and run this app: http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_hijackthis.html
post the results and let us look at it.
Not too sure what I just did but here is what it spat out at me
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 8:41:34 PM, on 1/19/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Although it is only a remote possiblity, maybe you'r system is overheating and the CPU is slowing down because of this? Also, is you'r CPU usage at or near %100 alot when playing these games (or MS Paint)? Either something is running in the background or it could be a heat problem. Good luck :p
the boss
January 20th, 2005, 01:20 PM
last line http://threadmaster.tripod.com/ , is that needed?
TechZ
January 20th, 2005, 01:26 PM
my guess would be overheating, check that all the fans are working, and maybe u should do a reinstall if nothing else works (use the restore cd if you have it)
geoscomp
January 20th, 2005, 02:09 PM
Heat may well be the problem, however your hijack log has a few things to remove, including a network worm.
First, put hijack this in it's own folder, so you don't have backups all over your desktop. re-run it, and mark the following items for removal:
Please note that if you suspect an infection, it is better to do an online virus scan such as trend micro's housecall, rather than relying on your onboard scanner, since the onboard scanner may have been compromised by the malware.
Trend Micro Online Scan: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda:{ say Panda Online Scan: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
Thanks for the responses!
On the overheating issue, I have noticed the slowdown occurs when a fan turns on. All my fans are good though, I even have a "chillmat" which is another USB fan.
On a side note... Whenever I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL to check the CPU usage, there is always some insanely high number, which goes down to very little when it notices that I am looking. Not sure if this is a clue to anything or not
Rzeszow
January 20th, 2005, 04:03 PM
Heat may well be the problem, however your hijack log has a few things to remove, including a network worm.
First, put hijack this in it's own folder, so you don't have backups all over your desktop. re-run it, and mark the following items for removal:
Please note that if you suspect an infection, it is better to do an online virus scan such as trend micro's housecall, rather than relying on your onboard scanner, since the onboard scanner may have been compromised by the malware.
I removed all the items that you have just listed along with the tripod one mentioned earlier and
*drumroll*
... IT WORKS! As my test I left World of Warcraft on for a while, it can't usually survive 2-20 seconds before the slowdown kicks in but it went for 10min until I came to the conclusion that the problem has been solved!
Thank you all so much everyone for your help, today is truly a great day!!! Now only if I had asked here before my winter break from college was over...
Hillbert
February 10th, 2005, 11:43 AM
Hi Guys,
I am having the exact same problem that the orginal poster has. I have a Fujitsu N5010 Lifebook. I hadnt been using it for games for some time and when I went to do so recently, it works fine for about 20-30 seconds and then it slows down terribly. Any help would be apprecieted.I dont think its a overheating issue, due to it not being running ong enough to overheat. I do know I have a threadmaster.exe in my processes as well. Could this be the culprit.
Hillbert
hudsonsmith
February 10th, 2005, 01:26 PM
What steps have you taken? AV, Spybot, Adaware? You could try MS Antispyware: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en If problem persists, see link above for HijackThis. Run and post log here.
Hillbert
February 10th, 2005, 03:26 PM
What steps have you taken? AV, Spybot, Adaware? You could try MS Antispyware: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en If problem persists, see link above for HijackThis. Run and post log here.
Hi,
I have ran Ad-aware SE;found some spyware. I ran MSantiSpyware;found 4 more items. I ran Panda online virus scan; found no viruses. I checked to be certain my display drivers were current. I also ran Hijacker, and here is the log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 3:05:35 PM, on 2/10/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Nothing obviously nasty, but if you paste your log here: http://www.hijackthis.de/ it makes some recommendations regarding some of the toolbars you have installed. You might also try disabling or uninstalling the various boinc (SETI) applications. They could be responsible for the slowdown. See here for info on threadmaster: http://threadmaster.tripod.com/ Was probably installed by SETI: http://www.suggestie.nl/seti/
odinblade
March 7th, 2005, 10:46 AM
I've done everything I can to speed up my PC, yet I still have the terrible slowdown issues that the others have mentioned. I, too, am on a laptop. Here's my logfile; can anyone help?
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:42:01 AM, on 3/7/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Tends to run at 100% for any game, even when it shouldn't require it. I'm afraid it could be a heating issue, but the fan is open and the computer doesn't seem to get too hot. Slowdowns tend to occur (after starting, which is usually after running a game for about 2 minutes or so) about every 5-10 seconds, for 2-3 seconds apiece. Normal, slideshow, normal, slideshow, etc.
If the game is minimized for awhile, as said before, it takes about 30 seconds to a minute before the slowdown starts again.
Thanks,
odinblade
odinblade
March 8th, 2005, 02:35 AM
Improved, not fixed, by ramping up virtual memory something awful and keeping windows explorer closed. Even so, it only delays the problem. I'm afraid it's a heating issue; any ideas on keeping laptops cool? The fan is unblocked.
-odinblade
Duke of Rezin
March 8th, 2005, 11:31 PM
Over at MacWorldNews, Peter Kastner of Aberdeen had this to say about the desktop replacements: "The simple issue is there's not enough space in the laptop form factor to easily remove all the heat generated by the desktop microprocessor," he said. "As a result, it's quite possible the microprocessor will either shut down, if it overheats, or slow down due to automatic lowering of the core voltage."
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