Hi. My PC seems be slowing down a lot lately. Like after I finish playing a game, the computer will be slow in responding to usual stuff like bringing up the menu on right clicking on the desktop. Once or twice Windows has even told me that 'the computer is performing slowly and that I should disable Aero' (and this was while I was in the middle of a game), which I know is a bad sign. The mouse will also start skipping from one point to another for a second or two sometimes when I move it e.g when I try to open something while files are being transferred.
Games also seem to stutter quite a lot in the beginning when I load up a level (though the stuttering/lag stops after a while)
All this has just started happening over the last 4 weeks or so, wasn't the case before that.
One thing I've noticed is that RAM slot temperature is around 60C (which I'm guessing is due to the proximity of either the RAM slot or the RAM temp sensor to the CPU, not sure though)
This usually happens after a while of using the computer, and mostly after I close a game after playing it for a while. Restarting the PC makes it normal again, for a while.
Also, when the PC boots up, it shows a black screen with the mouse first, then the blue Welcome screen comes up. Here, I first get 'Please Wait' for a second, then it seems to hang/stutter for a second as it changes to Welcome. I'm pretty sure this hang isn't supposed to happen. Actually, I don't think even the Please Wait message should come up in normal operation
Here's what I've done till now to try and solve it:
1. Formatted and re-installed Windows, on multiple HDDs. Defragmented regularly.
2. Updated drivers, updated Windows to SP1.
3. Checked the temperatures, everything is normal. HDD goes up to 40-42C, CPU goes to a max of 73C while gaming (hangs around 36-45C in general usage), GPU temperatures are extremely normal as well. (except the RAM temp mentioned above)
4. Reconnected all components etc.
5. Installed a new GPU as well, so that rules out the possibility of a bad GPU (though i'm not sure if GPU was ever responsible for all this)
So what can the problem be? Hardware or software? Help me out here guys, I'm really going nuts not being able to pinpoint the problem.
Update: I ran Memtest for 15 passes, no errors found.
My specs:
Core i5-650 3.2 GHz
4 GB 1333MHz RAM DDR3
Asus P7H55-M LX Motherboard
500 GB 32 MB Cache WDC Caviar Green HDD
Geforce GTX560Ti
600W PSU (585W total output)
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
Games also seem to stutter quite a lot in the beginning when I load up a level (though the stuttering/lag stops after a while)
All this has just started happening over the last 4 weeks or so, wasn't the case before that.
One thing I've noticed is that RAM slot temperature is around 60C (which I'm guessing is due to the proximity of either the RAM slot or the RAM temp sensor to the CPU, not sure though)
This usually happens after a while of using the computer, and mostly after I close a game after playing it for a while. Restarting the PC makes it normal again, for a while.
Also, when the PC boots up, it shows a black screen with the mouse first, then the blue Welcome screen comes up. Here, I first get 'Please Wait' for a second, then it seems to hang/stutter for a second as it changes to Welcome. I'm pretty sure this hang isn't supposed to happen. Actually, I don't think even the Please Wait message should come up in normal operation
Here's what I've done till now to try and solve it:
1. Formatted and re-installed Windows, on multiple HDDs. Defragmented regularly.
2. Updated drivers, updated Windows to SP1.
3. Checked the temperatures, everything is normal. HDD goes up to 40-42C, CPU goes to a max of 73C while gaming (hangs around 36-45C in general usage), GPU temperatures are extremely normal as well. (except the RAM temp mentioned above)
4. Reconnected all components etc.
5. Installed a new GPU as well, so that rules out the possibility of a bad GPU (though i'm not sure if GPU was ever responsible for all this)
So what can the problem be? Hardware or software? Help me out here guys, I'm really going nuts not being able to pinpoint the problem.
Update: I ran Memtest for 15 passes, no errors found.
My specs:
Core i5-650 3.2 GHz
4 GB 1333MHz RAM DDR3
Asus P7H55-M LX Motherboard
500 GB 32 MB Cache WDC Caviar Green HDD
Geforce GTX560Ti
600W PSU (585W total output)
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit