electronicsfreak
Technical User
Ok, ive had a mysterious problem that has been happening for about 3 weeks now. I have not been able to figure out whats causing it.
I will be playing games online, mainly half life 2, about 25-30 minutes into the game I start showing loss of about 50 and start lagging. I have did just about everything I can think of. I will list everything that I have done.
First thing I did was check for viruses and worms on the computer. Also looked for any problems with the os. Could not find any, so just in case, I formatted the computer and reinstalled xp pro. Problem still persisted. So I switched network cards. Also switched cables, tried internet at another persons house. Did not help.
At this point I was thinking it was the isp. Had a friend come over, play his computer with the game on my internet, worked perfectly, had no problems. Ive also checked temps of both video card and processor at the time of Lag. Also checked for memory leaks and other things. I disabled power management in bios just in case it was cutting it down. Still does it.
When I run the game in offline mode. like release the ip, it works just fine. Im posting this as a last resort, before I send the motherboard in. That is the only thing left I can think of to do as im about out of ideas. I have even used older versions of drivers for the video card, used new and old versions of chipset drivers.
I know the video card is fine, as every now and then I give it a stress test from 3d mark to ensure its working fine. I usually use 3d mark 03. Ran 3dmark 06 a few times but not that often.
Anyway, anyone have any suggestions as im crying HELP!!?
My system configuration is as follows:
intel pentium 4 3.2GHz 800MHz bus
2 512 sticks of corsair pc3200 Memory running dual channel
1 pci e 16x nvidia geforce 7950 video card
1 40GB seagate 7200 rpm 2MB buffer hard drive (main drive)
1 120GB seagate 7200 rpm 8MB buffer hard drive (secondary/backup)
rosewill 500 watt 26 amps on +12 single rail
Windows xp pro
There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon
I will be playing games online, mainly half life 2, about 25-30 minutes into the game I start showing loss of about 50 and start lagging. I have did just about everything I can think of. I will list everything that I have done.
First thing I did was check for viruses and worms on the computer. Also looked for any problems with the os. Could not find any, so just in case, I formatted the computer and reinstalled xp pro. Problem still persisted. So I switched network cards. Also switched cables, tried internet at another persons house. Did not help.
At this point I was thinking it was the isp. Had a friend come over, play his computer with the game on my internet, worked perfectly, had no problems. Ive also checked temps of both video card and processor at the time of Lag. Also checked for memory leaks and other things. I disabled power management in bios just in case it was cutting it down. Still does it.
When I run the game in offline mode. like release the ip, it works just fine. Im posting this as a last resort, before I send the motherboard in. That is the only thing left I can think of to do as im about out of ideas. I have even used older versions of drivers for the video card, used new and old versions of chipset drivers.
I know the video card is fine, as every now and then I give it a stress test from 3d mark to ensure its working fine. I usually use 3d mark 03. Ran 3dmark 06 a few times but not that often.
Anyway, anyone have any suggestions as im crying HELP!!?
My system configuration is as follows:
intel pentium 4 3.2GHz 800MHz bus
2 512 sticks of corsair pc3200 Memory running dual channel
1 pci e 16x nvidia geforce 7950 video card
1 40GB seagate 7200 rpm 2MB buffer hard drive (main drive)
1 120GB seagate 7200 rpm 8MB buffer hard drive (secondary/backup)
rosewill 500 watt 26 amps on +12 single rail
Windows xp pro
There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon