Computer lag every 2 seconds..

hey guys just wondering if anybody could help me with my problem...recently just got a new motherboard/chip.. and graphics card..

Specs before..

1.7GHZ AMD.
Soyo PX400 Lite
1GB PC2700 Ram
20GB HDD
Windows XP Pro.
Geforce 3 Ti 200 128MB

and Specs after..

1.8GHZ Intel P4
ASUS 755-A2 Mobo
512 GB PC2700 Ram
60GB Samsung HDD
Windows Xp home..
Ati Radeon 9550 256MB
Onboard AC 97' < -- lol

now before i used to get a big of lag...like when i opened apps.. it used to 2BOX perfectly fine on the computer with no models on .. then recently it just started acting up.. i have ran spyware, antivirus..memtest..hijack this.. all of that and nothing help.. only spyware i got was cookies because i never download or do anything except chat on aim and surf newegg/school stuff..im guessing the chip burned out because ifound out my brother didnt put any fans in the comp.

now i have a new case, 2 fans, fan on the powersupply (350w), and windows xp home.. it works better then before just now that i have lag every 2 seconds.. its not internet lag, whenever i run a program my cursor lags behind my mouse and it gets choppy..then when im EQ, if i make full circles when i turn, it skips every two seconds.. also sound fuzzes when running anything, when i run windows media player and mess with the sample songs.. im running ac 97.. for onboard audio, but even if i disabled it still happens so i dont know if its the audio or not. any ideas? thanks

check your background processes to see what is running.
Be suspicious of anything running in a temp file.

Also your anti-virus may be set too high.

Your memory seems a little slow. Can your board accept PC3200?

When you reinstalled all that stuff, did you install all the drivers as well? Especially the video card, go to www.ati.com and download the catalyst drivers.
run that, reboot, and see if that helped

You could check your HDD, is it badly fragmented? Applications such as the media player also may not function properly if the associated files are fragmented. Defrag in safe mode if ur using the built in. And before that also run a disk cleanup if you havent in a while.

hehe thanks for quick reply all, did all of those and no luck.. it might be the HD, or the RAM.. ram i can update to 3200 but have no money atm.. might borrow a friends ram to see if its that.. any other ideas? as far as the AV it is turned off .. will post hijack log in a sec

Ah! I just realized something, did you uninstall your old Geforce graphics drivers? right-click my computer > properites > Hardware > device manager. Then click Display adaptors and make sure that if you see your old GeForce there, that you right click and disable it.

hehe yah did that only see

Ati Radeon 9550
Ati Radeon 9550 Secondary =)

How come you went "from" 1GB of RAM "to" 512mb? Ain't no upgrade!

My suggestion is to check your scheduled tasks. I had a system from a radio station doing the very same thing, only it lagged every 5 minutes. It would be choppy on audio, it would record choppy if the lag happened while recording. And it so happens they had TWO entries for McAfee Antivirus Autoupdates to check every 5 minutes. Removed the tasks and it ran like a charm.

cheers

yah hehe.. dont have any anti virus.. as i do formats i dont run any because this is strictly gaming computer heh.. background tasks only have ati drivers like CLI.exe.. etc only runniing 24 processes

Alright, beat it with a stick until condition improves. I know I say this in every post almost XD, but try turning down your RAM frequency from 400 or auto to 333 and see if that makes a difference, that is one of the problems I had when My RAM setting was auto detecting too high.

how would i do that? BIOS?

Yes, in BIOS.

You didn't say whether you checked scheduled tasks.

Also go through your audio program and make sure there are no weird "environment" settings going on or custom EQ.

try a different mouse.

Also, try uninstalling any audio/video codecs you've installed and try a different codec pack. Do a search for k-lite or defiler codecs on google.

hehe dont have any codecs on this computer.. its made to game =/ . as for scheduled tasks i dont have anthing, and drivers are updated, only have ati, and i have uninstalled nvidia drivers.. i changed the DRAM mhz from 400 to 200 seems to run a lil smoother but still skip a frame prior to every seconds. and still hear the choppy sound when windows logs on.. if anybody has AIM or any instant messenger where i can contact them please post it , thanks =)

The thing that concerns me, is that you have very little of some very slow RAM. I could be completely off base seeing as thats the ONLY thing described that could even be close. combine that with that slow processor..... I thought you siad this thing was for gaming!? I dun think it could run an apache server over Mandrake with those specs! (kidding kidding)

EDIT 512 Gigabytes of ram must be nice.... XD I just noticed that

lol okay okay. im a gamer on a budget okay sheesh. my mistake on 512 GB . lol 512 MB hahahaha. =) .. still havent found anything.. =/ .. tried everything .. dont know any techs around my area for a decent price heh.

actually that system should work perfectly fine for gaming...... I am running a xp2100 with 256mb of ram on my laptop with 64mb video and it runs sacred just fine...

if you are receiving some kind of lag, especially when not in a game.. it is not your "slow" system as it seems some are calling it...

check processor utilization>>
go to taskmanager and go to the processes tab... what process is using the most cpu time/percentage.

do you have the windows shading and crap turned on?
right click on my computer, go to advanced... click performance and check the box to disable all of the boxes that are checked.

apply settings and see if it runs a bit smoother.

Forgive me if Im wrong but, this just popped inmy head. Wouldnt a power supply that is the wrong voltage or damaged cause this problem. anyway just a thought.

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Puppetgrimm1

Did you build a new system or upgrade the old one? If you upgraded, did you reload on a freshly formatted hard drive? Also, why go from XP Pro to Home? I assume you built up a new box then.

But maybe you need a reload...

Otherwise, turn all these off if they aren't already:

- Automatic Updates
- Auto Time Sync
- System Restore (just as test, turn back on later)
- Java updater (if loaded, check your startups)
- Help and Support Service
- Nvidia Driver Helper service
- Indexing Service
- Messeger Service
- Check you Virtual Memory and perhaps set it to min and max BOTH to 1024mb and set it.
- If you have a 2nd NIC, try it instead
- In your power management settings, make sure it's set to Always On scheme. Disable Hibernation.

Well, that's about it for now.

hmm .. did all of those you told me.. and yes it freshly formatted.. i dont know whats wrong, maybe it might be the hard drive?.. this is getting frustrating =/ everytime i play everquest it lags every 2 seconds when i turn around.. or when i start up windows the windows start up sound is messed up and fuzzy..thanks for replying though.