Critical Specs:
AMD 3500+ (Clawhammer)
Asus A8N-E w/BIOS 1005
ATI X800XL
Corsair Value Select 1GB
2x Seagate 160GB in Raid 0
Thermaltake TR2 430W
XP Pro w/service pack 1
Problem:
The system stutters for like 1/2 second at random intervals. This happens in video, music, or games (the video and games pause and skip frames and the audio stutters) -- it is pretty annoying. I think the mouse seems to pause for a little bit too.
What I've tried and other observations:
CPU spike: none really
Apps that would cause a spike: none that I could see running
Memtest86: no errors after 2 passes
Prime95: no errors after 1 hour of torture test
3DMark 03 and 05: no errors after 3 hours
12V rail on PSU: suspiciously low at 11.48-11.62
Cool and Quiet: On
Overclocking: No
MB temp: around 100F -- thought for sure it was overheating, but it doesn't look like it
Nvidia Ntune: Ran it for optimized system
Drivers: all updated with latest version on Asus site
Hard drives: tested with seagate utility and good
Anything else I need to try out or look at? I could really use and would greatly appreciate some help on this one...
AMD 3500+ (Clawhammer)
Asus A8N-E w/BIOS 1005
ATI X800XL
Corsair Value Select 1GB
2x Seagate 160GB in Raid 0
Thermaltake TR2 430W
XP Pro w/service pack 1
Problem:
The system stutters for like 1/2 second at random intervals. This happens in video, music, or games (the video and games pause and skip frames and the audio stutters) -- it is pretty annoying. I think the mouse seems to pause for a little bit too.
What I've tried and other observations:
CPU spike: none really
Apps that would cause a spike: none that I could see running
Memtest86: no errors after 2 passes
Prime95: no errors after 1 hour of torture test
3DMark 03 and 05: no errors after 3 hours
12V rail on PSU: suspiciously low at 11.48-11.62
Cool and Quiet: On
Overclocking: No
MB temp: around 100F -- thought for sure it was overheating, but it doesn't look like it
Nvidia Ntune: Ran it for optimized system
Drivers: all updated with latest version on Asus site
Hard drives: tested with seagate utility and good
Anything else I need to try out or look at? I could really use and would greatly appreciate some help on this one...