Boots ultrafast> cursor blinks like it's on crack.

[dpresley]

I cant figure this out for the life of me. I think it may be some kind of hardware conflict?

In any case, when i turn on this computer the login an loading of win2k goes EXTREMELY fast. After im logged in, the curser blinks like it's on crack.

If i have a screen saver set to ten minutes, it pops on in 2. The clock is going so fast it takes about 10 minutes to get an hour on the clock.

It's an intermittent problem, as sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not.


I've asked TONS of people. Techs from businesses, schools, friends. EVERYONE.. and NO one knows what it could be.

PLEASE-O-PLEASE-O-PLEASE help me..

Thanks in advance!


Dave Presley
Network & Systems Administrator
Premier, Air Academy & Thomas Jefferson High Schools
dpresley@qwest.net

MCP

 

[tahoe2]

Are you using the ACPI power management timer as a high-resolution counter?

If so, reference

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821893

Hope this helps,
Corie

 

[dpresley]

Im not familiar with what you're talking about.
Any chance you could elaborate?

Thanks!


Dave Presley
Network & Systems Administrator
Premier, Air Academy & Thomas Jefferson High Schools
dpresley@qwest.net

MCP

 

[tahoe2]

Let's say you're writing code (VB, for example) and when you test it, it bottlenecks. You would want to time it, to check the performance. There is QueryPerformanceCounter function in Windows that allows you to do just that.

That's all I can think of right now that would make the system clock run that fast, especially intermittently.

Since you work at a school, is it possible that one of your students configured the PC to run this diagnostic?

Corie