My computer recently just started, at seemingly random moments, going into bursts of speed, making music, movies, games and even flash apps jumpy and unbearable.
I also recenlty bought a hardrive that used SATA when all I have is IDE, so I bought a usb converter thing, and plug my hardrive into a USB port.
What's happening? Can it be fixed? Is it the new hardrive forking with my system? Will the Lone Ranger make it back to the ranch on time? Tune in next week, or answer my question to be awesome.
2006-10-22 15:42:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I've already installed the hard drive and I'm wondering why my computer is suddenly speeding up at random intervals.
2006-10-22 15:53:58 · update #1
I had this happen a while back. It turned out to be my anti-virus software (avast) being set too sensitive. iTunes would create a temp file when a song was played, and avast was trying to scan this. the cpu jumped to 100% during the scan (everything else stopped) then would resume normally once the scan was done.
pull up your task manager and see what's up when things get a little jittery...this should point you in the right direction.
2006-10-22 17:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will all depend on your USB connection.
If you have USB1.0 ports your hard-drive will be significantly bottlenecked by the input/output rates. USB 2.0 should be a bit better but still slower then the IDE connection.
Don't forget that although IDE is an older technology than SATA it still has a direct connection to the motherboard, as opposed to USB which is made as a plug and play port.
Check online there may be a SATA to IDE converter you can get that should fix your problem.
2006-10-22 15:52:10 · answer #2 · answered by mgurman_50 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the beginning, sparkling up all the internet cookies. Then, do a disk cleanup, then a defrag. make valuable your antispyware classes are all as much as date, then run a test with all and sundry after the different. Then do a similar which includes your antivirus. I additionally completely accept as true with the 2nd answer on the checklist of people who responded your question. And, i'm additionally a tech. wish this facilitates you.
2016-11-24 23:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly when it is switched on, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
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2006-10-23 08:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by regaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would'nt hurt if you check RAM also..
2006-10-22 16:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by nastik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋