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Crazy problem

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XFreeRollerX

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Okay so I've come across a reproducible problem

Heres a quick rundown:

Transferring a large array of files (300,000+ files, ranging from small things like gmod LUA files for my server to backups of 40GB BluRay rips of my movies)... transfer size is approximately 400GB moving over a Gigabit network.


Oh the host PC which its coming FROM (outbound) to my data server (saving to), its coming off my desktop's secondary storage drive... Theoretically, since its on a secondary drive in my PC, I would think I should not see a performance hit other than the network being maxed out...

Well heres what goes wrong: 1st thing is my audio craps out... 5 minutes into the transfer session sound just stops. The drivers are there, but when a sound should be emitted, it just isn't. I click the volume icon and where it would normally show sound output (noted by a green bar that moves up and down indicating volume of output sound) it just sits motionless as if I did nothing.

I launch a game like Left4Dead2... the Menu lags so hard I can't even click anything. I have to CTRL+ALT+DELETE my way out of the game because its so unresponsive..

File transfer finishes.. maybe it was just lag?

Game still lags, sound still wont work. I try to play a movie... both MPC and WMP crash after 3 seconds of video play - not making a sound. The video starts to play and the window stops responding and force closes.

The only time I get this problem is during and after a massive file transfer that exceeds 200GB and takes longer than 2 minutes.

Can anyone even think of where to start looking? My drivers are all good, recent, Windows 7 Enterprise is all updated and whatnot, I maintain my PC very well (in addition, this install is less than 1 month old).

I have absolutely no idea where to start looking as I am seeing a sound AND video problem...
 
the only thing i could suggest is looking for updated NIC drivers.. also go into the config part for the NIC and look to see if there are any settings like cpu optimized and what not and see if thats enabled or disabled..

my guess would be that its overloading the chipset but i highly doubt that.. its either a drivers issue, some screwed up config option.. or theres something screwy with the bios.. those would be the first thing's id check.. then go on from there to other software or hardware issues..
 
My NIC has no option for CPU stuff that I can find. I'm using the default Win7 drivers for it (I've updated to the chipset drivers provided for my mobo but I still had this issue on last install, I don't like the software I got though so I opted out this time.)

I'm pretty much on a default config
 
XFreeRollerX said:
My NIC has no option for CPU stuff that I can find. I'm using the default Win7 drivers for it (I've updated to the chipset drivers provided for my mobo but I still had this issue on last install, I don't like the software I got though so I opted out this time.)

I'm pretty much on a default config
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the chipset drivers that came on the disc or from the manufactures website?

always check the manufacture site first before using the drivers that come with the disc.. its quite common that the ones on the disc are a piece of crap..
 
does your computer have multiple wired ports?? If not do u have a spare wireless card/USB Ethernet you could try with? if the problem can only be duplicated on one port that may be ur problem ; )
 
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