Stuttering Problem

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JasonG

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Specs in sig. It seems I have a weird random stuttering problem that just started here the past few days. If I'm browsing the internet in firefox on occasion I will click a link and nothing will happen, my cursor goes to the Vista circle/busy and sometimes the browser will say (Not Responding), then boom it will fly to the page I was clicking too and everything will be fine. This happens for several seconds.

Other times it is like the graphics lock up and the mouse and everything freezes for a split second then it will jump to where I was trying to move it with the mouse.

In games(mostly WoW) it will do the same thing randomly just freezes for a split second or several seconds at once. Sometimes I can still move the mouse pointer around and sometimes not and then it'll jump to where I was moving and then continue like nothing is wrong.

My first thought is maybe my vid card since it is the oldest part in my rig, EVGA 7900GTX. I opened up GPU-Z and ran some random programs in the background and wasn't paying too much attention till I noticed GPU-Z showed my temps as -60 c all of a sudden. It stayed there for a while then changed back to a normal temp on 50 c. Then back down to -60 c and then back to normal. Only did this twice in about 5-10 min period as I didn't have more time to mess with it.

Any other thoughts on what I might be able to check on or what it could be?

Thanks as usual. :)

JasonG
 
Vista Ultimate, most recent Nvidia drivers, most recent Bios, updated all the things I could think of and it still does it. If watching a video the video will pause for a second or so but the sound will keep going and not miss a beat. I'm stumped other than thinking my vid card is going bad.

JasonG
 
Well, it could be your GPU overheating, or it could be your HDD dying, or it could be your PSU not providing enough power to the system. It could be a multitude of things. Run Prime95 blend test to test your CPU and RAM. Run Furmark to test your GPU. Run a drive fitness tool to test your HDD.

P180, C2D8400@3.5 Scyth Mine, GA-P35C-DS3R, 4 gig OCZ, EVGA 7900GTX
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enginurd said:
rest of specs not listed in sig?
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JasonG said:
Vista Ultimate, most recent Nvidia drivers, most recent Bios, updated all the things I could think of and it still does it. If watching a video the video will pause for a second or so but the sound will keep going and not miss a beat. I'm stumped other than thinking my vid card is going bad.

JasonG
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:shakes head: :( What are the rest of the hardware specs not listed in sig?
 
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Corsair 450w PSU, 3 HDD, 1 1TB, 2 500GB, 1TB is main drive and less than 3 months old. Ran Prime95 for about 20 minutes today and didn't see any hiccups. WIll give the Futuremark and HDD's a run.

PS- I think that's everything now... I hope. :) Thanks for helping.
 
Well I think I may have found the problem. DL'ed Seatools and ran it on my HD's and it showed my main drive a 1TB samsung as unable to pass any test other than Smart check. Short and Long Drive and Generic tests it fails them all. This surely wouldn't be because it's not a seagate drive I hope?

So off I went and DL'ed WD data lifeguard tools and yet again it failed. Whats the luck getting a bad drive, seems I need to get my data backed up before it is totally gone. :-\

Thanks again.

JasonG
 
Just out of curiosity, which samsung drive is that?

As a replacement, I'd suggest either the WD6400AKS or the WD1001FALS. ;)
 
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
 
Well heck. Replaced the HD today and stumbled through bad sectors copying my information over but it turned out fine.

One problem.... still stuttering. :-(

New description of the problem in case anyone else has idea's... nothing opened and I went to click on the start menu are to open aol and boom it locked up. The button showed as if I had clicked it and kept it clicked even after I moved the mouse away. I have a few widgets in the far right corner and they kept moving showing me my status and didn't miss a beat. I then tried to click the start menu, nothing, then clicked back on another shortcut button, nothing. Then the original button "declicked" and I was able to open aol/firefox/start menu, whichever I clicked on.

So I'm back where I started. Anyone?

Thanks as always.

JasonG
 
If all your hardware passes stress tests, then its most likely a software problem. Cleanup your services and startup apps. Find out what app spikes your usage to 100% when the freeze occurs (have task mgr open at all times).
 
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