02-15-2010, 12:43 AM
Recently, I've been having extreme system lag problems.
So much so, that I can't log into windows. Literally, it hangs on the instant of the blank screen between the "starting windows" loading .gif, and the "welcome" log on screen.
I am 99% sure its my Hard drive, because after a format the computer can work for a couple of days too a couple of weeks!
I tried to troubleshoot using fedora, and found that my HDD had been formatted as HTFS/NTFS. Apparently HTFS is mac, but I have never touched that vile software.
Whilst I was just formatting via the Windows 7 Ultimate install disc, it would work for a maximum of two days, sometimes it would stop after the 1st restart.
Then I tried nuking the hard-drive. Up until 10 minutes ago I thought it had worked! But apparently not.
The first time I fixed it, I managed to install rainmeter, restart and get a bit of a clue about the problem.
I left the computer for about 20 minutes and when it finally logged in and rainmeter loaded, I could see that my CPU had a 20% load and my RAM was at 80%. This is extremly rare for me as the CPU idles on 0-1% running a few startup programs (anti-virus, msn, steam, etc etc) Photoshop may raise it 1 or 2 percent.
Ram is rarely ever above 20% on startup and 40% on a large load.
I am pretty damn sure that its my hardware issue because of the fact that it was temporarily fixed after a format, as well as after a nuke.
I was pointed towards my HDD because it was the only thing I had changed of recent. My last one had burnt out completely just before, hence the reason I got a new one!
Disconnecting anything that wasn't required (physically) wouldn't stop the problem, including different types sticks and slots of RAM. DVD and secondary HDD were disconnected and the problem still persisted.
I've pretty much decided that I'm going to rage quit and take the HDD back to the store and scream until I get a new one. But I thought I better post here to see if anyone has any further thoughts/suggestions... I'm really getting the shits.
So much so, that I can't log into windows. Literally, it hangs on the instant of the blank screen between the "starting windows" loading .gif, and the "welcome" log on screen.
I am 99% sure its my Hard drive, because after a format the computer can work for a couple of days too a couple of weeks!
I tried to troubleshoot using fedora, and found that my HDD had been formatted as HTFS/NTFS. Apparently HTFS is mac, but I have never touched that vile software.
Whilst I was just formatting via the Windows 7 Ultimate install disc, it would work for a maximum of two days, sometimes it would stop after the 1st restart.
Then I tried nuking the hard-drive. Up until 10 minutes ago I thought it had worked! But apparently not.
The first time I fixed it, I managed to install rainmeter, restart and get a bit of a clue about the problem.
I left the computer for about 20 minutes and when it finally logged in and rainmeter loaded, I could see that my CPU had a 20% load and my RAM was at 80%. This is extremly rare for me as the CPU idles on 0-1% running a few startup programs (anti-virus, msn, steam, etc etc) Photoshop may raise it 1 or 2 percent.
Ram is rarely ever above 20% on startup and 40% on a large load.
I am pretty damn sure that its my hardware issue because of the fact that it was temporarily fixed after a format, as well as after a nuke.
I was pointed towards my HDD because it was the only thing I had changed of recent. My last one had burnt out completely just before, hence the reason I got a new one!
Disconnecting anything that wasn't required (physically) wouldn't stop the problem, including different types sticks and slots of RAM. DVD and secondary HDD were disconnected and the problem still persisted.
I've pretty much decided that I'm going to rage quit and take the HDD back to the store and scream until I get a new one. But I thought I better post here to see if anyone has any further thoughts/suggestions... I'm really getting the shits.