Windows XP Lag issues...

[CChocobo]

Hello,I heard about this fourm,a few times before..(CPU Mag), but today a macintosh employee in CompUSA reccomended I try here. Anyhow,here is my issue:

I was playing EverQuest 2, 2 days ago, then a windowblinds splash came up,asking me to buy,so i click continue,and try to bring EQ2 back up,and I could not,Windows was frozen...(this probly due to EQ being so intensive, I thought,). So, I try a restart....
I get to the Windows XP splash screen,and then for a split second, a blue box with white text comes up(Not readable...),After that flashes,it restarts,So,I decide to try it with Normal Mode(As windows didnt load,i had the choice of booting up to X mode),It goes to blue again...So i boot to Safe Mode...and restart once in windows....XP boots up successfully,so,I try to do a restore point,and windows trys to boot again...split second blue screen. So,I try the same Safe mode method to get it to boot...and it does... I believe the restoration said Complete when i booted into safe mode.(Im not positive),But SINCE then,my PC has been very slow,and seemingly laggy,as in,If i run FL Studio,I can visibly hear lag/distortion within the sounds....(also in winamp,if i try to open an app while playing music,it slows down for a second.). I have checked the Hard Disk,to see if it was going bad,the checks said it was fine..(CHKDSK + PowerMax)...And I tried Memtest and it didnt find any errors. I have tried System Mechanic,Ad-Aware,Norton2004,And Webroot Spy Sweeper. Recently,I have tried to restore,I cannot.Somehow all my restore points are corrupted(Possibly due to the improper shutdown due to the EQ2 crash).


If you have any information or tips,it would be greatly appriciated...fairly confusing,yes. But basically,the PC lags after EverQuest Crashed...it doesnt add up.

And it never did this before,So i dont see how its resources,but thats the only type of account where ive heard this happening,Resources being too little....

 

[Fardringle]

Remove, clean, and reseat everything in the system to make sure there are no loose connections and no dust or other debris in the case. Check for any scorch marks or bulging capacitors on the motherboard and video card while you are doing this.

Since you have already run stress tests on the RAM and hard drive, I would recommend running Prime95 overnight to stress the CPU. After that, you should also run 3DMark or PCMark overnight to test the video card (this will also test the rest of the system, but since you've tested those already, any errors that occur will likely be caused by the video card).

Make sure you monitor your CPU and video card temperatures during these tests. If the temperature is high when the system fails, you have a cooling problem and need to start looking at your fans, heat sinks and case ventilation to make sure all are clean and in good working order. If the temperatures remain normal and the system still fails, then you may have a hardware failure in whatever component you are testing at the time of failure.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

then a windowblinds splash came up,asking me to buy

Asking you to buy WHAT? You may have download a spyware app.

I'd recommend you follow my detailed instructions for spyware removal: http://theflyingpenguin.com/spyware-removal.shtml

Then, to play safe, run a full virus scan in SAFE MODE afterwards.

Hope this helps...