A Few Problems.... (2-27-07 Update)
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:56 pm
New info HERE from 2-27-07
http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... 0232#60232
Alright, I have a few problems that pertain to me, and a few problems that pertain to a $2500+ system that I built for someone in July.
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1705. I also bought it back in July/August.
1. My laptop is acting strange. One of the Network Services named SVCHOST is constantly taking up more and more memory as the day goes on and as I use applications that access the internet and whatnot. Eventually this process will consume 150MB+ of RAM and fluctuate between using 0% of the CPU to 60% of the CPU, making my core temperatures rise 10-15*C higher than they should be.
Now, eventually this process will crash. Since it is a vital process, Windows must restart within 60 seconds. Now this happens randomly. The last time it happened was today. I got home from work, my computer was back at the login screen. I know the process is crashing because I've seen it first hand twice.
What can I do to fix this aside from reformatting?
2. While I'm playing games, my framerate will just randomly drop. Best example is when I play WoW since that's the game I've been stuck in for the past 2 years. I'm sitting there getting 50-60FPS, and then suddenly it drop to 10-20FPS while sitting in the same spot, nothing new drawn on the screen.
I proceed to turn my fans on my laptop to high to drop the core temperature a good 4-8*C and the video card's core temperature will drop a good 10-15*C. I thought it was a heat issue, but it doesn't seem to be.
I have uninstalled (w/ Driver Cleaner also) the video card drivers that I was using, and updated to the latest. I use the Tweaks R Us Mobile drivers and the problem just randomly popped up after using the same drivers for 4 months.
Same problem shows in Civilization 4 and Age of Empires 3.
3. My friends BIOS settings seems to randomly reset. I'm assuming this is a battery problem. I've never had a battery die on a motherboard, and his motherboard is only 6 months old and has been happening at complete random for the last 3. Sometimes when the computer is rebooted, it will lose the settings. No power loss to the board.
The board is the ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe.
4. Last problem, and it also pertains to my friends computer.
THis is a problem that only began happening also at random after the system was built, but now it happens all the time. When the computer is shut down through Windows, the machine should power down entirely. Well, it no longer does that. The video cards stay on, the water cooling stays on, etc. The monitor says that Windows is shutting down... but the hard drives are powered down already. You can hear them power down...
What can cause this problem? I thought maybe something BIOS related, but we flashed that, no go. I also thought wiring related too, but everything is where it should be.
5. One more problem... but with my laptop. The system time in Windows keeps going out of sync. It doesn't even seem to update anymore unless I force it. As I made my reply to my post, my system said 7:56 PM and it was really 8:03 PM. Kind of frustrating. I checked the time in the BIOS and it read correct.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Thanks!
-Brian
P.S. Yes, random is the word of the day!
http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... 0232#60232
Alright, I have a few problems that pertain to me, and a few problems that pertain to a $2500+ system that I built for someone in July.
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1705. I also bought it back in July/August.
1. My laptop is acting strange. One of the Network Services named SVCHOST is constantly taking up more and more memory as the day goes on and as I use applications that access the internet and whatnot. Eventually this process will consume 150MB+ of RAM and fluctuate between using 0% of the CPU to 60% of the CPU, making my core temperatures rise 10-15*C higher than they should be.
Now, eventually this process will crash. Since it is a vital process, Windows must restart within 60 seconds. Now this happens randomly. The last time it happened was today. I got home from work, my computer was back at the login screen. I know the process is crashing because I've seen it first hand twice.
What can I do to fix this aside from reformatting?
2. While I'm playing games, my framerate will just randomly drop. Best example is when I play WoW since that's the game I've been stuck in for the past 2 years. I'm sitting there getting 50-60FPS, and then suddenly it drop to 10-20FPS while sitting in the same spot, nothing new drawn on the screen.
I proceed to turn my fans on my laptop to high to drop the core temperature a good 4-8*C and the video card's core temperature will drop a good 10-15*C. I thought it was a heat issue, but it doesn't seem to be.
I have uninstalled (w/ Driver Cleaner also) the video card drivers that I was using, and updated to the latest. I use the Tweaks R Us Mobile drivers and the problem just randomly popped up after using the same drivers for 4 months.
Same problem shows in Civilization 4 and Age of Empires 3.
3. My friends BIOS settings seems to randomly reset. I'm assuming this is a battery problem. I've never had a battery die on a motherboard, and his motherboard is only 6 months old and has been happening at complete random for the last 3. Sometimes when the computer is rebooted, it will lose the settings. No power loss to the board.
The board is the ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe.
4. Last problem, and it also pertains to my friends computer.
THis is a problem that only began happening also at random after the system was built, but now it happens all the time. When the computer is shut down through Windows, the machine should power down entirely. Well, it no longer does that. The video cards stay on, the water cooling stays on, etc. The monitor says that Windows is shutting down... but the hard drives are powered down already. You can hear them power down...
What can cause this problem? I thought maybe something BIOS related, but we flashed that, no go. I also thought wiring related too, but everything is where it should be.
5. One more problem... but with my laptop. The system time in Windows keeps going out of sync. It doesn't even seem to update anymore unless I force it. As I made my reply to my post, my system said 7:56 PM and it was really 8:03 PM. Kind of frustrating. I checked the time in the BIOS and it read correct.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Thanks!
-Brian
P.S. Yes, random is the word of the day!
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