Computer Is Jittering, System Idel is at %98, really weird Problem

[locutus4]

Ok I just made another post about how i took out my hard drive to test it on another pc, and now i'm having problems. I just connected it back up and when i go into windows in is really jittery and its like freezes for a second every 10 seconds or so. I checked taskmanager and system idel process is at %98 and i closed everything running. I didnt change anything, but just hooked the hard drive back up like it was, anyone have a clue what it could be?

 

[locutus4]

???

 

[vetteguy]

Well...system idle process normally takes up 98-99% when the PC isn't doing anything...that basically means that the processor isn't doing anything. So, that part is normal. If it's freezing often though you might check event log and see if there are any errors there. HTH.

 

[locutus4]

its not really freezing, its moe like sudden slowdowns

 

[Legendary]

It could be a heat issue. Check out the temps on your drive (if you can)

 

[locutus4]

oh thats a good idea, i'll get back to you in about 10 min

 

[locutus4]

damn it didnt work! I tried fliping the hard drive back the way it was, i have two and the two circuit boards were facing each other.
BTW, I have never seen System idle take up that much recources.

 

[AndyHui]

System Idle doesn't take resources.

It doesn't actually DO anything. It simply shutsdown the CPU when nothing is going on.

If 2% of your CPU is being used, then System Idle will be at 98%.

If 10% of your CPU is being used, System Idle will be at 90%.

That's the way it works.

 

[locutus4]

hey heres some more info
I just realized, in task manager, there are 4 svchost.exe running
one is under user name "local service"
One is under "Network Service"
and Two are under "System"

Also, my total physical memory is 261620
My available physical memory is 109220
and system cache, under physical memory is 150000
any sugguestions??

 

[UncleWai]

you are not alone pal.... i have a similar problem.
My computer will sporadically jump to 99% usage and force me to reboot.

 

[vetteguy]

Originally posted by: locutus4
hey heres some more info
I just realized, in task manager, there are 4 svchost.exe running
one is under user name "local service"
One is under "Network Service"
and Two are under "System"

Also, my total physical memory is 261620
My available physical memory is 109220
and system cache, under physical memory is 150000
any sugguestions??

Search the forums and you'll find out what sbchost does...you need it basically.

Also, it sounds like you've got 256MB RAM and about 100 of it is free, which is not bad at all.

 

[locutus4]

Well what the heck could this be then? This is a fresh installation of XP Pro.

 

[thorin]

1) What mouse are you using? (Vendor's drivers or MS's?)
2) What video card are you using? (What drivers?)
3) What sound card are you using? (What drivers?)
4) Have you defragged your drive lately?
5) Are you running anti virus software or a personal (software) firewall?
6) Is your PageFile/Virtual Memory set to a specific size or does it grow/shrink?
7) What temp is your CPU running?
8) What motherboard are you using and what BIOS version?
9) Have you installed XP SP1? Did you "acquire" your copy of XP or did you purchase it?
10) Are you running TweakUI, or RivaTuner, or PowerStrip, or GeForce Tweak Util, etc, etc ... ?

Also the system idle process should always be high on your system unless you are running; a huge number of apps, seti, ud_agent, distributed, prime95, etc... There are hardly any apps that use 100% of your CPU's available cycles. You'd have to be running a huge number of apps to get your system to 100% usage with everyday apps (WinAmp2 only eats 2 to 4% and 10% at most).

Thorin

 

[locutus4]

1. I am using a Microsoft Intellimouse, the basic one with no buttons on the side. I used the drivers XP has installed. I even tried unplugging the mouse and it still does it.
2. I have a Geforece 2 GTS with the 40.71 drivers
3. I have a SB Live! Value with the newest drivers from creatives site
4. Yes
5. I d/l an the Norton 30-day trial program to see if it was a virus, but then deleted it when it found no virus.
6. say what?
7. How do i check?
8. I have a Abit KT7E With the original Bios i believe
9. No i haven't, I'm not totally sure a friend put it on for me
10. nope... but i might d/l powerstrip

 

[Big Lar]

Well, 1 thing at a time, Uninstall the drivers for the SBLive, that you got from the creative site, and use the drivers off windows update, then report back here. ( You could roll back the driver in device manager too.

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: locutus4
1. I am using a Microsoft Intellimouse, the basic one with no buttons on the side. I used the drivers XP has installed. I even tried unplugging the mouse and it still does it.
2. I have a Geforece 2 GTS with the 40.71 drivers
3. I have a SB Live! Value with the newest drivers from creatives site
4. Yes
5. I d/l an the Norton 30-day trial program to see if it was a virus, but then deleted it when it found no virus.
6. say what?
7. How do i check?
8. I have a Abit KT7E With the original Bios i believe
9. No i haven't, I'm not totally sure a friend put it on for me
10. nope... but i might d/l powerstrip

6: Pagefile = memory that can't be stored in RAM gets stored into a file called pagefile.sys on your hard drive. If you (on win2K, so it might be a little different in XP) right click on My Computer, goto Properties. Advanced tab, performance options, click the change button. You can set a specific size that the pagefile can be.

7: Get Motherboard Monitor. Set it up by using the help file and help with installing. Trust me, you won't figure it out without the help files It's a little tricky at first.

 

[locutus4]

I uninstalled the drivers and re-installed the windows update drivers. I'll report back in a min.
My pagefile is set at 382, which it says is normal. MBM is on the way!

 

[thorin]

So what's the word?

Thorin

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: thorin
So what's the word?

Thorin

Hummingbird. Have you heard about hugo and kim?

yikes, that's creepy.......don't even know why i thought of that

 

[locutus4]

Well oddly enough the problem has partly gone away after I unistalld the SB Live Drivers, but it still is there. Its not nearly as bad, but it is still there and things are taking way too long to load.

 

[NeonFlak]

D/L a program called Ad-Aware and use it to find and delete any spyware on your comp. Spyware sucks resources dry faster than a plague.

 

[Big Lar]

You may have remnants of the sblive drivers in the reg/ I would uninstall sblive completely, then do not restart, but shut down. Remove the card, then boot, and do a search for creative, and delete anything that is a .dll. Shut down again, and reinstall the card, reboot, and use the windows drivers, then update the drivers for sblive on win update, I've had the same prob with the creative drivers here, and once the sblive prob was rectified/ my problems went away. Another notorious culprit is the Intel accelerator drivers, but I believe you don't have those. Hope this helps

 

[locutus4]

itook out my sound card, unistalled it, went through regedit and cleared al "creative" files. There were a handfull it would not let me delete though. Is there any way to find out if its starting those files up with windows?

 

[Big Lar]

You can look in your startup folder, may be there/ but you may have to delete them in safe mode.

 

[locutus4]

ahh safe mode i see, thanks