Re: [H] Hi All / System stutter problems
Yeah, Ultra DMA 5 - Ultra100 is enabled on the primary (HDD) channel, and Ultra DMA 2 - Ultra 33 is enabled on the secondary (optical) channel. What do you mean by "autostart"? Do you mean autoplay for the optical drives? Yeah, that's disabled... As far as I can tell, agpgart isn't trying to load... Take care, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com -- Original message -- From: Jim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Have you checked that you are using DMA for your IDE drivers in device > Manager and also have you turned on/off autostart? > > Um, agpgart You might see if that is trying to load during the boot up > process and also consider running a old driver cleaner app. >
Re: [H] NVIDIA Firewall?
Just thought I'd add a note to this... I tried refreshing a web page repeatedly with my main PC with the NVIDIA firewall, then did the same thing on another computer (same speed), and it refreshed *much* faster than the one with the NVIDIA firewall :( Any ideas (other than disabling the firewall which I'm inclined to do)? Thanks, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > I'm just curious what everyone's opinion is of the NVIDIA hardware > firewall with "Active Armor" and "Anti-Hacking"... I just started using this > with my new nForce 4 Ultra board (DFI), and I like the control I get with it, > but it seems to really slow my Internet surfing. Anyone else experience > this? > Are there ways to speed it up? It also seems to block some Flash video from > coming in properly (go to NickJr.com and click on Video to test). I'm using > a > custom config based on the Medium security level. > > I'm already behind a LinkSys router + firewall, so I don't know if this > is > overkill, but at least the NVIDIA firewall lets me block at the application > level, etc. I have more control - kinda cool. I just hate the slowness... > Could it be because it's going through 2 firewalls? Thanks, > --Kyle Yamnitz > Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: > http://www.BasicHardware.com > The Lesson Plans Page: > http://www.LessonPlansPage.com >
Re: [H] Hi All / System stutter problems
Hi again, Yeah, I know it's a pain to get things working properly (I'm so close!), but this system has *so* much setup the way I want it that it would take forever to rebuild... Anyway, background processes include things like NVIDIA firewall, VNC Server, McAfee, SSH Server, FTP Server, mouse controls, etc... I've tried with most of that disabled but should do some more... I don't think there was anything in the event log, but I'll check again later at home. warpmedia, I'm included to think the same thing as you - except that I'm not accessing the CD / DVD drive when playing back video clips or playing some of the games that have exhibited the problem :( ...but with that hang when starting a DVD burn I have to wonder! My optical drives are on a separate channel from my hard drives. Stan, I don't really see anything in Task Manager out of the ordinary, but I'll look closer next time I see the skipping when playing back DVDs or videos since they're not taking up the whole screen. Julian, things are going great with the family (looking forward to spending more time with them). My son's 2 1/2 now - can't believe it. How are things going for you? Nice to see you're still here. Take care, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com -- Original message -- From: "Julian Zottl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey Kyle! > Welcome back! How's the family? Glad to see that the website is taking off! > > When I've had the problem like you describe below, I usually end up > reformatting > and putting Windows back on, as it's a PAIN in the ass to get working > otherwise. > I presume you've looked in your Event Log and haven't see any problems there. > > What programs are running in the background? > > BTW, as you said, the NVIDIA Firewall is good for blocking application stuff. > > You never know, someone might mistakenly install a trojan on your computer > and > that would pick it up. It's also hardware accelerated, so it doen't affect > speed much. > > Take care and good seeing you back! > Julian > > _ > Julian Zottl > CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC > Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff > the right packets > > > > -- Original Message -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: The Hardware List > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:50:13 + > > >Hey guys, > > Nice to see the list is still running - I've been away for a *long* > > time > :( I applied for voluntary separation plan at my work yesterday though, so > maybe I'll get back into this a little (going back to running my business > full > time instead of 2 careers)... > > > > Anyway, I'm having an odd problem that I'm hoping someone may have > > some > experience with. I upgraded my Win XP PC w/o reinstalling the OS (went from > nForce 2 Ultra to nForce 4 Ultra board) - I don't really have a choice. > Everything works fine, except for this nagging issue. Games play fine and > frame > rate is high, but I get stutters in games (pause for a split second then jerk > forward). Oddly enough, the same thing happens when playing DVDs in PowerDVD > and videos in Windows Media Player! :( Another odd issue is that my desktop > icons get refreshed occasionally and are slow to redraw... I have the latest > mobo drivers, video card drivers, DirectX (reports no problems), etc. Here's > my > config: > >DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D > >Athlon 64 Venice 3500+ > >EVGA 7800 GT > >2 GB Geil PC3200 2-3-2-5 > >was using onboard sound - about to try my old Audigy > >2 older IDE drives, 1 SATA, 2 IDE optical drives > > > >BTW, I did use DriverCleaner Pro to clean the cabs, clean for NVIDIA > motherboard / video, and clean Creative... I've tried different versions of > the > video drivers as well. TTYL, > > --Kyle Yamnitz > > Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: > > http://www.BasicHardware.com > > The Lesson Plans Page: > > http://www.LessonPlansPage.com > > >
[H] NVIDIA Firewall?
Hi all, I'm just curious what everyone's opinion is of the NVIDIA hardware firewall with "Active Armor" and "Anti-Hacking"... I just started using this with my new nForce 4 Ultra board (DFI), and I like the control I get with it, but it seems to really slow my Internet surfing. Anyone else experience this? Are there ways to speed it up? It also seems to block some Flash video from coming in properly (go to NickJr.com and click on Video to test). I'm using a custom config based on the Medium security level. I'm already behind a LinkSys router + firewall, so I don't know if this is overkill, but at least the NVIDIA firewall lets me block at the application level, etc. I have more control - kinda cool. I just hate the slowness... Could it be because it's going through 2 firewalls? Thanks, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com
Re: [H] Hi All / System stutter problems
Hey Jim & Greg, good to hear from you two. How would I check for the AGPGart issue? Greg, I checked and Cool-and-Quiet was disabled, but I: Disabled CPU Thermal Throttling (what does that do? - was at 50%) Upgraded the BIOS Removed the onboard sound and added my Audigy After those 3, stutters seem to at least have been reduced (for now), but I'm afraid this may be something that builds up over time after my computer's been running for awhile. Need to do more testing... Another major problem that may be related is when accessing my optical drives sometimes my system hangs / slows for a short while. A good example is when I start burning a DVD with DVDShrink. When my burner first gets started, I could be typing this email (as I was actually), and typed a few words that didn't show up until a minute later... For the rest of the burn it did okay though... Thoughts? Thanks, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com -- Original message -- From: Jim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Going from AGP to PCI-E right? Could the agpgart thing be hanging around > causing this? Wild guess here. Good to here from you Kyle. :) > > At 2/28/2006 10:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hey guys, > > Nice to see the list is still running - I've been away for a *long* > > time :( I applied for voluntary separation plan at my work yesterday > > though, so maybe I'll get back into this a little (going back to running > > my business full time instead of 2 careers)... > > > > Anyway, I'm having an odd problem that I'm hoping someone may have > > some experience with. I upgraded my Win XP PC w/o reinstalling the OS > > (went from nForce 2 Ultra to nForce 4 Ultra board) - I don't really have > > a choice. Everything works fine, except for this nagging issue. Games > > play fine and frame rate is high, but I get stutters in games (pause for > > a split second then jerk forward). Oddly enough, the same thing happens > > when playing DVDs in PowerDVD and videos in Windows Media > > Player! :( Another odd issue is that my desktop icons get refreshed > > occasionally and are slow to redraw... I have the latest mobo drivers, > > video card drivers, DirectX (reports no problems), etc. Here's my config: > >DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D > >Athlon 64 Venice 3500+ > >EVGA 7800 GT > >2 GB Geil PC3200 2-3-2-5 > >was using onboard sound - about to try my old Audigy > >2 older IDE drives, 1 SATA, 2 IDE optical drives > > > > BTW, I did use DriverCleaner Pro to clean the cabs, clean for > > NVIDIA motherboard / video, and clean Creative... I've tried different > > versions of the video drivers as well. TTYL, > > --Kyle Yamnitz > > Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: > > http://www.BasicHardware.com > > The Lesson Plans Page: > > http://www.LessonPlansPage.com > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/2006 >
[H] Hi All / System stutter problems
Hey guys, Nice to see the list is still running - I've been away for a *long* time :( I applied for voluntary separation plan at my work yesterday though, so maybe I'll get back into this a little (going back to running my business full time instead of 2 careers)... Anyway, I'm having an odd problem that I'm hoping someone may have some experience with. I upgraded my Win XP PC w/o reinstalling the OS (went from nForce 2 Ultra to nForce 4 Ultra board) - I don't really have a choice. Everything works fine, except for this nagging issue. Games play fine and frame rate is high, but I get stutters in games (pause for a split second then jerk forward). Oddly enough, the same thing happens when playing DVDs in PowerDVD and videos in Windows Media Player! :( Another odd issue is that my desktop icons get refreshed occasionally and are slow to redraw... I have the latest mobo drivers, video card drivers, DirectX (reports no problems), etc. Here's my config: DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D Athlon 64 Venice 3500+ EVGA 7800 GT 2 GB Geil PC3200 2-3-2-5 was using onboard sound - about to try my old Audigy 2 older IDE drives, 1 SATA, 2 IDE optical drives BTW, I did use DriverCleaner Pro to clean the cabs, clean for NVIDIA motherboard / video, and clean Creative... I've tried different versions of the video drivers as well. TTYL, --Kyle Yamnitz Your Basic Computer Hardware Page: http://www.BasicHardware.com The Lesson Plans Page: http://www.LessonPlansPage.com
