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Answer» So, here is my problem - When my computer is started and ready to work, and I try to launch a game/program, he freezes for 10-20 minutes before starting the program. I think that the problem appeared for the first time when I installed a game from 1996, called EarthSiege II. Every time I played that game, the colors of my computer started to go crazy (red was dark blue, blue was gray, pink was white etc.). After I was done playing, I experienced the problem and I formatted all my computer drives and reinstalled windows, but the problem still exists. Can someone tell me what to do please. I think the problem is coming from my video card. I don`t think that this is a hardware related problem. Probably this game is running something in background, if you have this problem after uninstalling the game than you have only 1 option, to reinstall the OS.Quote from: br3akth3w1nd on November 15, 2009, 05:29:35 AM ...After I was done playing, I experienced the problem and I formatted all my computer drives and reinstalled windows, but the problem still exists....So now what? Before Nod 32 (My antivirus at this moment) I had bit defender 2009. Maybe some kind of leftovers after bit defender are confusing my system Quote from: AnticGod on November 15, 2009, 09:23:01 AM ... if you have this problem after uninstalling the game than you have only 1 option, to reinstall the OS.He did reinstall the OS. Quote from: br3akth3w1nd on November 15, 2009, 05:29:35 AM I think that the problem appeared for the first time when I installed a game from 1996, called EarthSiege II. Every time I played that game, the colors of my computer started to go crazy (red was dark blue, blue was gray, pink was white etc.). After I was done playing, I experienced the problem and I formatted all my computer drives and reinstalled windows, but the problem still exists.Did you reinstall that game when you reinstalled Windows?i think your graphic card is the problem.. try to use other video card. Quote from: soybean on November 15, 2009, 10:03:41 AM Did you reinstall that game when you reinstalled Windows?I reinstalled the game BEFORE reinstalling windows. Oh and before I reinstalled windows I formatted the hard disk which means that I deleted every file on the computer. Quote from: freakinerick on November 15, 2009, 10:07:30 AM i think your graphic card is the problem..Yep, I think so too. My video card is 256MB, My CPU is 3,200 GHZ and My ram is 1 GB. I will try with a different one, give me 15 min. Quote from: br3akth3w1nd on November 15, 2009, 10:30:55 AM I reinstalled the game BEFORE reinstalling windows. Oh and before I reinstalled windows I formatted the hard disk which means that I deleted every file on the computer.I know you installed it BEFORE reinstalling windows. My question was obviously referring to AFTER reinstalling windows. Quote from: soybean on November 15, 2009, 10:42:27 AM I know you installed it BEFORE reinstalling windows. My question was obviously referring to AFTER reinstalling windows.Oh.. sorry No, I did not reinstall the game. Hmm.. I dont have a spare video card to try. And another thing that worries me is that my CPU Usage is 100% non-stop. I stopped most of my programs, even the antivirus and it kinda fixed, but not fully, it freezes every 5 min for 1/2 sec. Quote And another thing that worries me is that my CPU Usage is 100% non-stop.Exactly what program is hogging CPU resources? Look at the list in Task Manager. You should be able to determine from that. What make and model is your computer? Does it have onboard video, even THOUGH you are apparently using an add-on video card? How old is your computer? Can you give us some details about the power supply?Open task manager to the processes tab. Double-click on the CPU title to sort on that column with highest usage at the top. When the CPU is spiking, which process is chewing the cycles? Quote from: br3akth3w1nd on November 15, 2009, 11:43:13 AM my CPU Usage is 100% non-stop. I stopped most of my programs, even the antivirus and it kinda fixed, but not fully, it freezes every 5 min for 1/2 sec.check up your cpu temp at bios if it gives you high temp then change your fan before it burns your processor too. too high temp can make your UNIT so slow. check also in your disk if there is autorun.inf this malware can be the CAUSE too. Quote from: br3akth3w1nd on November 15, 2009, 11:43:13 AM Oh.. sorry No, I did not reinstall the game.What kind of OS are you running, and how much MEMORY does your machine have. Quote from: soybean on November 15, 2009, 12:54:54 PM 1.Exactly what program is hogging CPU resources? Look at the list in Task Manager. You should be able to determine from that.1. IDK, the only process that I cant stop uses ~100 000 K Memory. 2. My Computer > Properties > System: Micr. Win. XP Prof. Ver. 2002 SP3. Computer: Intel (R) Celeron (R) CPU 3,20GHZ 3,19 GHZ, 1,00 GB of RAM. My computer uses a video card (*censored* is this onboard video ). I think my computer is from 2004-2005. I dont know much about my power supply, but my computer specialist told me that its not powerful enough for my computer if I want to upgrade my video card. Quote from: greywolf46 on November 15, 2009, 09:31:38 PM What kind of OS are you running, and how much memory does your machine have.Windows XP SP 3. Physical - 1 047 792, Kernel - ~70 000, 160 GB on the hard disk. Quote from: Allan on November 15, 2009, 01:02:20 PM Open task manager to the processes tab. Double-click on the CPU title to sort on that column with highest usage at the top. When the CPU is spiking, which process is chewing the cycles?Well there is some kind of process named ekrn that uses 100 000 K + Memory and when I try to end it nothing happens. Quote from: freakinerick on November 15, 2009, 07:01:15 PM check up your cpu temp at biosCPU Temperature: 49 C M/B Temperature: 36 C CPU Fan Speed: ~2500 RPM Chassis Fan Speed: N/A Vcore: 1.322 V • 3.30V: 3.306 V • 5.00V: 5.175 V • 12.00V: 11.870 VEkrn is likely Eset Nod 32 either running a scan or updating when you start your PC......you might also have another AV program also running, or, you may have malware issues....try shut down Nod 32 and see if the problem continues.....be sure the firewall is running. |
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