Windows slows down every 30-60s

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transaman

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Hello,




Just finished my new build, and the computer has had a 'bottleneck' or 'hiccup' every -10 seconds since i booted it, the windows splash screen has a 'hiccup' at the windows light logo. Everything(word processing, web surfing, gaming, watching a video) is affected by this and I am wondering how to solve this problem. I have tried to update all of the drivers, I flashed the BIOS. I am going to try to troubleshoot this for another week or so and then try to reinstall windows. My windows experience index is 5.9 across the board. Thank you for the help.

Asus Rampage Formula mobo
2X74gb raptor RAID0
1TB Samsung
ATI 4870
Intel Q9950 Quad Core
8gb Corsair (on mfg QVL list)
2X Sony DVD RW
 
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System One

Hi transaman, and welcome to the Vista Forums, :party:

Sounds as if Vista is still performing housekeeping tasks ie. Indexing and setting prefetch this is normal with a new install, and can normally be seen by excessive disk activity. depending how much data is on your drives it may take a day or so to settle down. These tasks are prioritised to stop when there is user activity so if it's possible would try to leave the machine running when not in use and once it finishes it should be much better.

hope this helps
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro x64 Latest Release Preview
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI)
    Screen Resolution
    2 x 1920x1080 @50Hz
  • Manufacturer/Model
    Real World Computers (Custom by Me)
    CPU
    AMD FX8350 Vishera 8 Core @4GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
    Memory
    32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xoner DG + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 32" TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Internal Crucial CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SSD, Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB, External (USB3) Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB 2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs) NAS 4TB
    PSU
    Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver
    Case
    AeroCool X-Warrior Red Devil Tower
    Cooling
    Hyper103 CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm
    Internet Speed
    68 MB Down 18.5 MB Up
    Other Info
    Six Sensor Auto / Manual Digital cooling (Fan) control with Touch control Panel
The computer has been on for ~120 hours. In the Resource Monitor, the disk activity doesn't appear to be moving. In addition, would Vista be indexing & prefetching before it boots up? As previously stated, even the windows logo has a 'hiccup' before windows lets you sign in. I had at first thought it might be my HD setup being fragmented since I have had the pair of raptors for a while. I defragged the C: (the RAID0) 4x. Thank you very much for your help, it is much appreciated.
 
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System One

Hi,

The hiccup before login could be related to the new prefetch (superfetch) but couldn't swear to it
when your at the desktop does processor activity peak to coincide with the hiccup?
if so then it may be something cycling in the background.
you may be able to see this in the task manager - set it to sort processes by cpu usage and see if you get a process jump to the top of the list to coincide with the hiccup

you may want to try Sysinternals Procmon to see if you can capture exactly what is happening ...

Process Monitor
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro x64 Latest Release Preview
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI)
    Screen Resolution
    2 x 1920x1080 @50Hz
  • Manufacturer/Model
    Real World Computers (Custom by Me)
    CPU
    AMD FX8350 Vishera 8 Core @4GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
    Memory
    32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xoner DG + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 32" TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Internal Crucial CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SSD, Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB, External (USB3) Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB 2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs) NAS 4TB
    PSU
    Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver
    Case
    AeroCool X-Warrior Red Devil Tower
    Cooling
    Hyper103 CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm
    Internet Speed
    68 MB Down 18.5 MB Up
    Other Info
    Six Sensor Auto / Manual Digital cooling (Fan) control with Touch control Panel
Hi transaman, welcome to the board and you have a nice rig there.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E6850
    Motherboard
    EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 680i
    Memory
    4 x OCZ Platinum 1GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
    Sound Card
    SB X-Fi X Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 23" 5MS
    Screen Resolution
    2048 x 1152
    Hard Drives
    2 x Barracuda 7200.10 320GB RAID 0 / 1 x 500GB Maxtor
    PSU
    Seasonic 600W M12
    Case
    CM Centurion 5
    Cooling
    air
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
I haven't personally witnessed the CPU spike at all, looking at the resource monitor, and the sidebar CPU monitor, despite a visible slowdown happening. What should I look for in the Process Monitor? Thanks again.
 

My Computer

System One

Hi,

The problem is it could be anything but would at this stage look for any process that's peak usage patten follows the cycle you are getting
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro x64 Latest Release Preview
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI)
    Screen Resolution
    2 x 1920x1080 @50Hz
  • Manufacturer/Model
    Real World Computers (Custom by Me)
    CPU
    AMD FX8350 Vishera 8 Core @4GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
    Memory
    32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xoner DG + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 32" TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Internal Crucial CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SSD, Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB, External (USB3) Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB 2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs) NAS 4TB
    PSU
    Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver
    Case
    AeroCool X-Warrior Red Devil Tower
    Cooling
    Hyper103 CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm
    Internet Speed
    68 MB Down 18.5 MB Up
    Other Info
    Six Sensor Auto / Manual Digital cooling (Fan) control with Touch control Panel
After reassessing the situation, I realize that the slowdown is closer to 5-10 seconds apart. It is a 1-2 second 'jerk' in the mouse/video/game/text typing. searchindexer and svchost are the two who have high usage, but they aren't that close to firefox or steam. it looks like firefox & steam are the two highest usage programs, but even when I close them the computer slows down.
 
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System One

I would say the problem is coming from some where else because FF and steam, or any sort of processing except may be Crysis, are not enough to slow down that powerful system. I would looking at the HDDs and the rams.

I would remove half of the rams to see if problem persists; swap the other half and observe. If all good, you may need to manipulate the voltage by increasing in small step of 0.1v.

On the HDDS, make sure air circulation is proper. Monitor their temperature.

Hope it is nothing serious. Good luck and post back.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E6850
    Motherboard
    EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 680i
    Memory
    4 x OCZ Platinum 1GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
    Sound Card
    SB X-Fi X Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 23" 5MS
    Screen Resolution
    2048 x 1152
    Hard Drives
    2 x Barracuda 7200.10 320GB RAID 0 / 1 x 500GB Maxtor
    PSU
    Seasonic 600W M12
    Case
    CM Centurion 5
    Cooling
    air
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
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