I am having a strange problem with my new computer that I just cannot solve.
I have been trying for 3 days straight to figure it out I need help.
This is no easy problem, it will probably take an expert to figure it out.
What happens is on I turn on my computer normally, and then just start playing a game
or run 3dMark2001SE or something and it runs fine for a while then after 30 minutes - 2 hours
things start to slow down, the game starts going slow and cutscenes in games are a slideshow or 3dmark will start running slower.
I noticed that in device manager (after running something for a while then exiting) that the memory usage was way high, at like 300 MB
or higher or somewhat lower, depending on how long the game was running. Keep in mind that I exited the game and made sure nothing was running in the background (That I know of) and still it read memory usage really high. So I reboot my computer and then look in device manager and it is normal around 70 MB.
Then I ran 3dMark2001SE for a few minutes, exited and looked in device manager and mem usage shows about 150 MB so it is
definitely a reaccuring problem and it looks like a memory leak to me but I dont know for sure.
I then pulled a stick of memory out of the computer one at a time to see if it was a ram problem and I tried both sticks in all memory banks and the problem was still there so I think my ram is good.
I then decided to reinstall windows, I did a fresh reinstall of Windows 2000 and then I only installed, the video card driver, DX 8.1,
Win2KSP2 and 3DMark2001SE. Then I ran 3dmark for a while and then looked in the device manager and memory usage was only at about 70 MB so at this point it looks like the problem is fixed. I reboot and rerun 3dmark a few more times just to make sure and every time it looks good, no memory leaks.
So I start installing everything back on my computer, all drivers etc. then I try running 3dmark and it starts doing it again, the memory leak is back, so I figured it must be one of the drivers causing it, maybe the modem driver or the via 4 in 1s or something.
I have spent the past 3 days reinstalling windows, rerunning games and 3dmark, installing drivers one at a time trying to figure out what is causing it and I cannot figure it out.
One thing I do know for positive is right after a fresh reinstall of windows and only the video card driver, win2ksp2, dx8.1 and 3dmark installed that the problem does not happen. I have ran 3dmark for hours and hours with that setup and it does not do it, the memory usage in device manager looks good and never goes above 100 MB outside of 3dmark.
But right when I reinstall everything on my computer the problem returns. I cannot isolate which driver, program etc. is causing it because it does not follow a pattern, for instance, once I reinstalled everything but the modem driver and then tried and all was good then I installed the modem driver and it started doing it so I thought it was the modem so I uninstalled the modem and it was still doing it after that.
So I decided to try another reinstall of windows and try again, installing everything one at a time, this time it didnt start doing it until I installed the VIA 4in1 drivers.
I have sat here for the past 3 days trying to figure out exactly when the problem starts but it doesn't follow a pattern.
It is not heat causing it either the system is cool.
SYSTEM SPECS:
AMD Athlon XP 2000
MSI KT3 ULTRA 2
512 MB PC 2100 PNY
Visiontek Geforce 3 TI 200
Maxtor 80GB Diomond max plus 9 8mb cache
Windows 2000 SP2
40x cdrom
56k modem
I have been trying for 3 days straight to figure it out I need help.
This is no easy problem, it will probably take an expert to figure it out.
What happens is on I turn on my computer normally, and then just start playing a game
or run 3dMark2001SE or something and it runs fine for a while then after 30 minutes - 2 hours
things start to slow down, the game starts going slow and cutscenes in games are a slideshow or 3dmark will start running slower.
I noticed that in device manager (after running something for a while then exiting) that the memory usage was way high, at like 300 MB
or higher or somewhat lower, depending on how long the game was running. Keep in mind that I exited the game and made sure nothing was running in the background (That I know of) and still it read memory usage really high. So I reboot my computer and then look in device manager and it is normal around 70 MB.
Then I ran 3dMark2001SE for a few minutes, exited and looked in device manager and mem usage shows about 150 MB so it is
definitely a reaccuring problem and it looks like a memory leak to me but I dont know for sure.
I then pulled a stick of memory out of the computer one at a time to see if it was a ram problem and I tried both sticks in all memory banks and the problem was still there so I think my ram is good.
I then decided to reinstall windows, I did a fresh reinstall of Windows 2000 and then I only installed, the video card driver, DX 8.1,
Win2KSP2 and 3DMark2001SE. Then I ran 3dmark for a while and then looked in the device manager and memory usage was only at about 70 MB so at this point it looks like the problem is fixed. I reboot and rerun 3dmark a few more times just to make sure and every time it looks good, no memory leaks.
So I start installing everything back on my computer, all drivers etc. then I try running 3dmark and it starts doing it again, the memory leak is back, so I figured it must be one of the drivers causing it, maybe the modem driver or the via 4 in 1s or something.
I have spent the past 3 days reinstalling windows, rerunning games and 3dmark, installing drivers one at a time trying to figure out what is causing it and I cannot figure it out.
One thing I do know for positive is right after a fresh reinstall of windows and only the video card driver, win2ksp2, dx8.1 and 3dmark installed that the problem does not happen. I have ran 3dmark for hours and hours with that setup and it does not do it, the memory usage in device manager looks good and never goes above 100 MB outside of 3dmark.
But right when I reinstall everything on my computer the problem returns. I cannot isolate which driver, program etc. is causing it because it does not follow a pattern, for instance, once I reinstalled everything but the modem driver and then tried and all was good then I installed the modem driver and it started doing it so I thought it was the modem so I uninstalled the modem and it was still doing it after that.
So I decided to try another reinstall of windows and try again, installing everything one at a time, this time it didnt start doing it until I installed the VIA 4in1 drivers.
I have sat here for the past 3 days trying to figure out exactly when the problem starts but it doesn't follow a pattern.
It is not heat causing it either the system is cool.
SYSTEM SPECS:
AMD Athlon XP 2000
MSI KT3 ULTRA 2
512 MB PC 2100 PNY
Visiontek Geforce 3 TI 200
Maxtor 80GB Diomond max plus 9 8mb cache
Windows 2000 SP2
40x cdrom
56k modem
