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As begun in another thread where the original thought was a harddrive error...
link to other thread
Cliff notes: Installed Creative X-FI Xtreme Music (replaced Audigy), Installed 2x512mb DDR400 (have matching set existing). Noticed strange slowdown in WoW every 4 seconds framerate drops from 64fps to 35fps then back up, repeat. Gets worse the longer I play (extremely annoying after about 10 minutes). Noticed around the same time this happened, my C:\ (sata) is showing up as removeable harddware whereas before it hadn't.
When I launch the "Safely Remove Hardware" wizard, mouse turns into hourglass every 4
seconds.
When I launch the Device Manager, primary tree expands and contracts every 4 seconds.
When I ctrl+alt+delete to check processor usage , it spikes +10-15% every second.
Help =( I'm unable to run Asus Update to update bios (conflict with creative x-fi, known issue on official creative boards, no current fixes. current 1008, newest 1012 i believe). Unable to update Nforce4 drivers (see error:
Everything else is updated (video cards, x-fi, winxp sp2, etc)
link to other thread
Cliff notes: Installed Creative X-FI Xtreme Music (replaced Audigy), Installed 2x512mb DDR400 (have matching set existing). Noticed strange slowdown in WoW every 4 seconds framerate drops from 64fps to 35fps then back up, repeat. Gets worse the longer I play (extremely annoying after about 10 minutes). Noticed around the same time this happened, my C:\ (sata) is showing up as removeable harddware whereas before it hadn't.
When I launch the "Safely Remove Hardware" wizard, mouse turns into hourglass every 4
seconds.
When I launch the Device Manager, primary tree expands and contracts every 4 seconds.
When I ctrl+alt+delete to check processor usage , it spikes +10-15% every second.
Help =( I'm unable to run Asus Update to update bios (conflict with creative x-fi, known issue on official creative boards, no current fixes. current 1008, newest 1012 i believe). Unable to update Nforce4 drivers (see error:
Everything else is updated (video cards, x-fi, winxp sp2, etc)