PC Lagging

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Julius

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Hey I just installed a new power supply and a new ram stick .restored and My computer is stll actin funny its lagging , its going really slow .. If I restar it continues to act slow and if I cut the computer off for about 20 minutes it acts fast then go slow after a while. What could this be? It cant be the power supply I went through 3 of them!

Anyone?
 
Also the CPU usage keeps going up itll start at 68% then go to 98% then to 100%
 
ok will do.

But is it likely to have a virus on a fresh new install?
 
When you have task manager up, look at what program is using all the CPU's cycles. If it's something that's not supposed to be running, then you have probably found the culprit. One thing, if the process "System Idle Process" is the one that shows is using the CPU cycles then there is nothing wrong with that. When no programs are using the CPU, that process shows it's "using" all the unused cycles.

Also, make sure you have have updated drivers for everything. Older drivers for some devices will cause the system to run slow. You may also want to go to Device Manager and make sure your disk drives are running in DMA mode. If they are running in PIO mode, that will slow the system down badly.

The other thing I would check is to make sure the CPU isn't overheating. If you have a P4 and it's overheating then the processor is being throttled in order to keep the CPU from burning up. Systems will also run lousy with overheated CPUs that don't have throttling.

 
Thanks for all help.

Funny I just uninstalled windows media player 10 and it the computer seems alot better
 
SmokeRngs said:
Also, make sure you have have updated drivers for everything. Older drivers for some devices will cause the system to run slow. You may also want to go to Device Manager and make sure your disk drives are running in DMA mode. If they are running in PIO mode, that will slow the system down badly.

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Hey how can I see if the drivers are runing in DMA mode?
 
It wasnt just Windows Media Player, Could it be my ram I have a brand new 512 and an old 256 , could it be the 256 thats messing up, is that why computer shows 736 instead of 768
 
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