Q: Heres story short. Recently upgraded to a Conroe approximately one month ago, fresh OS install. The only game Ive installed HL2 and some other Steam games. I play Day of Defeat and play for the last month no problem. Suddenly I get crappy framerates. It will be smooth for over half real jumpy. The only thing I did in the last week was the location of the Corsair ram with a number of Kingston (same speed / voltage) to the system to 2 gigs. Since then I have my old ram. It is dual channel now, but tried just using a stick. Same thing.
I also thought is was my DSL connection. But it does it in offline mode when playing Half-Life lost my system specs are coast.
Here:
E6300
Intel DP965LT motherboard
Corsair 2 x 512 PC4200 120 gig barracuda value RAM
Seagate SATA
NEC DVDRW + DVD rom
onboard audio/lan
Could another video card go bad ? When I stress-test run in half-life lost coast . it runs smooth.
Should I clear the CMOS? Perhaps changing the ram cause something in the BIOS to automatically reconfigure.
I am also the latest drivers installed when I get home . but do not see how thats a problem because the current ones were fine for 3 + weeks.
EDIT: a piece of the puzzle . a bad DVDRW IDE channel on the cause of? My NEC lost communications during a burn. I will also start disconnecting and see what happens.
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Which antivirus? I had been noticing that Norton has gotten rather bloated lately and switched over to Kaspersky (http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/). Since then my rig has been much happier. It is much more noticable on older computers.
Good luck, glad you found the problem!
Symantec corportate antivirus. The weird thing is now with antivirus running… all is good again.
Re:Which antivirus? I had been noticing that Norton has gotten rather bloated lately and switched over to Kaspersky (http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/). Since then my rig has been much happier. It is much more noticable on older computers.
Good luck, glad you found the problem!
Re:Its hard to say if this all was caused by your AV engine … but I wouldn't dismiss the possibilities either.
Anyway, its good to hear things are back to "normal," however, your PSU is a bit on the light side for the rig you built. Its saving grace is its of good quality to start with. (Your graphics card recommends a minimum of a 450 watt supply.) You may run into power related issues if you begin to add drives or other components. I think as a precaution, I'd be looking to upgrade to a beefier PSU once the funds are available.
Glad to hear things are running good now though. Peace and enjoy your new rig.
Re:It was the damn anti-virus! I disabled it and it ran like a champ again. The onyl thing I can guess is the engine got updated because it ran flawless before. oh well.
Re:WTF…. I guess it is only steam games. Far Cry loaded and plays smooth.
Re:Forgot… I have an Nvidia 7800GTOC and an Enermax 420watt noisetaker II. it as I said it awesome until I think about the same time I switched the RAM. I am back to the original ram, its still slow, so I will clear the CMOS and see how that goes.
Re:I don't have any experience (yet) with a core duo. However, this sounds like a power or ram issue to me. You've left some important information out though … You failed to mention your PSU (brand, model, and amp ratings on each of the rails) and your graphics card. Even though a C2D is considered a low wattage chip, your PSU might not be up to the task … especially if you're running a high end graphics card. Also keep in mind that while your new ram may run at the same speed and voltage, it is using more power than your 512 mb crucials did.
Check to see if there is documented memory issues with that board and Kingston chips. (I know, Kingston has a good rep for compatibility … but it never hurts to be sure.) If thats all it is, a bios update would probably take care of that. Otherwise, it may be memtest time.
Keep us posted …
P.S. It wouldn't hurt to clear cmos and reset your ram, voltage if necessary, and the other options you may have chosen in your bios.
Re:Bueller… Bueller…
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