Hello friends,

I'll include screen shots in a bit. My computer experienced apparently RANDOM slowdowns, with frames dropping to 5 fps or so for a few moments.  It DOES often happen when opening a new program, or even a new window in Chrome.  It ALSO happens in the middle of a game.  I initially thought my system was running hot, so I cleaned out all the FANS, replaced a few whose bearings were getting old and tried again.  I also replaced the video card, (The old one's fan wasn't running very smoothly).

I only have problems during the slowdown period otherwise my games run at full speed, my video capture works fine, and otherwise behaves normally.

I have 2 HDD set to raid 0, and I have a hard time believing it is them, they are only 2 years old.  Going through my actions above, I GUESS they should be suspect, but I'd like some help before I drop the cash buying new ones.

Thanks-
Mal








[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]This link applies to Vista and Windows 7
How to Check Disc for Errors.
Most of the timed that will work.






Nothing in the pic refers to the HDD...DLoad and run the Free DIAGNOSTICS from the HDD manuf. site...
Run the LONG test...and DO NOT interrupt it...even if it seems to hang.Try to run HDD regenerator to check your HD if has Delayed or Bad sector.