Jumpy Computer Problems, Need Help!

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pr0zac

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I've finally gotten back to my desktop after after spending some quality time with my new Thinkpad, reinstalled Windows, and finally got around to buying Half Life 2. I've noticed however, that everything the computer does is skippy. By this I mean every second or so, the entire computer, video, sound, applications, freezes for a 20th of a second or so. Its extremely regular, seems to be a constant time interval between each jump. It doesn't make the thing unusable but its annoying as all hell. Though I noticed it at first in game, it does it at all times, even running nothing at all, just moving the mouse around. The specs for the computer are in my signature, however nothing is overclocked, all running at stock speeds. Anyone have any ideas to what might be the problem?

-zac

Edit: Apparently I don't have a signature anymore so here are the specs:
AMD 939 3500+ on an Asus A8V Deluxe, BFG 6800nu OC, Audigy 2 ZS, Antec NeoPower 480 PSU, WD Raptor as main drive, Windows XP Professional. Should be all the important stuff.
 
where is your ram on the sig? Too me it sounds like either a ram thing or a HD related thing, do you notice the HD spin down or maybe stall for a second? look at the light on the case for the HD and try and see the work of the HD when it does skip! It also could be a memory related prob?

When was the last time you formatted? when was the last time you defragged? When you reinstalled windows, did you do a full format before? are the drivers current with everything?
 
Viper16 said:
where is your ram on the sig? Too me it sounds like either a ram thing or a HD related thing, do you notice the HD spin down or maybe stall for a second? look at the light on the case for the HD and try and see the work of the HD when it does skip! It also could be a memory related prob?

When was the last time you formatted? when was the last time you defragged? When you reinstalled windows, did you do a full format before? are the drivers current with everything?
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The RAM (knew I forgot something) is Patriot XBLK TCCD. It doesn't look related to the hard drive (its a Raptor, so I can hear the thing spin up if I listen for it). Last time I formatted was two days ago when I reinstalled Windows after wiping Debian off the thing. Drivers should be up to date, only one missing is my VIA RAID driver which I don't need, as my harddrives are hooked up to another SATA controller.

Could this possibly be caused by the power supply? I think my 12V rail might be running low (around 11.3).

-zac
 
For anyone who might come across this thread later looking for a solution to a similar problem, reseating my RAM fixed everything. Just popped both RAM chips out, sprayed the dust off them, and put them back in.

-zac
 
Your 12V rail is still kind of low though...I'd look into it if you have stability issues later.
 
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