Q: I need help guys I just built a new system for a friend and I experienced weird CPU spikes.
Every 20-60 seconds, the CPU will not matter where spike to about 45% 0.
This ensures that all programs running on pause / skip (DVD player or MP3 playback) and the mouse breaks seconds.
Everything 1-2 in the background is my off.
Heres specs.
WinXP the latest drivers
Athlon 2200 + running at about 48 celsius
350W PS (Ive also tried to shut my Enermax 450)
MSI Kt3 ARU
512MB PC2700 Ultra-Lite Kingston
16X oon DVD
40×10x48X Lite-on CDRW.
2 40GB WD HDD in the raid is divided into 3 25GB drives.
Using Onboard 10/100 sound
Dlink card
USR 56K PCI GF4 modem
Gainward 4200.
Please HELP!
Thanks!
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
his board has onboard raid, he probably has one drive on each channel. 4 drives, 4 channels
Yeah but as I so recently and also "rudely" found out, WD drives are a PIA. Yes, the buyer/user have to assume some sort of responsibilty but this is stretching it a bit. I recently had a very similar problem in XP Pro that required a "similar" response.
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Re:his board has onboard raid, he probably has one drive on each channel. 4 drives, 4 channels
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
I managed to fix it by removing the Single drive only jumpers off the WD Hard Drives. Ive never seen a problem like this but leave it to Western Digital to make screwwy drives.
Looking back I see that you said, "
"2 40GB WD HDD on the raid Partitioned into 3 25GB drives"I mean, I could be wrong, but how can you put the drives as "Single drive only jumpers " when you have more than one???? WD drives can be a PIA at times but maybe this is something that could have been avoided??
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Re:I managed to fix it by removing the Single drive only jumpers off the WD Hard Drives. Ive never seen a problem like this but leave it to Western Digital to make screwwy drives.
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Re:I wonder if this could be caused by incorrect network settings? For instance, having TCP/IP on your NIC set to DHCP when there is no DHCP server available. Perhaps XP is trying to locate a server?
I don't know for sure, that's just an idea to check on. An easy way to find out would be to remove your NIC temporarily and see if the problem goes away.
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Re:why dont you just use task manager to see what app is taxing the cpu? check the processes tab
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Re:Update to the latest chipset drivers, and latest drivers for all components in the system.
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Re:I've seen this before….Do a virus scan, specifically for a trojan…perhaps "js/noclose"?
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Re:What task is taking the CPU?
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Re:I've been seeing several posts lately about the pause/freeze for a second or 2 issue and XP but no one so far has posted that they resolved it despite trying numerous different potential fixes
I guess you could try shutting down backround processes 1 at a time to see if it has any effect but other than that I got nothin'.
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