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    stuttering in bootcamp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jballa, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. Jballa

    Jballa Notebook Geek

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    Hey everyone,

    Anyone have a clue as to why my unibody macbook pro stutters in left for dead every 45 seconds or so? I'm using the default settings and even have a brand new solid state drive in there and it's still stuttering! Maybe my video card drivers need to be updated if so whats the easiest / best drivers out there? Would appreciate any gamers input, as this is the only reason i use my windows partition.

    Thanks,
    JB
     
    Jballa, Mar 6, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Did it stutter before you installed the SSD?
     
    Budding, Mar 6, 2009
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  3. StrongerThanAll

    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    yes, disable the a-band in your wireless card.. go in the settings

    that fixed it for me
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 6, 2009
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  4. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    cdnalsi, Mar 6, 2009
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  5. Jballa

    Jballa Notebook Geek

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    Thank you very much fellas, appreciate the input. i'll give the wireless troubleshooting a shot! i mean i don't think anything is wrong with my mac because if there was i think the lag would be consistant with every other game/app no?

    Budding: yes it stuttered even on my old 250gb hd that it came with. So the issue of it being the HD is eliminated, and my install of bootcamp with XP is fresh so it is def something else boggin it down!
     
    Jballa, Mar 6, 2009
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  6. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    check that your power option is not set to power saver.
     
    Luke1708, Mar 6, 2009
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  7. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    It's the A-band of your wireless driver. That's gonna make it studder, and to disable it, go in control panel > system > and then it should be in there. ;)
     
    Colton, Mar 6, 2009
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    Beatsiz Life Enthusiast

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    Make sure you use "Windows Update" to get all updates you can

    Then download the latest Nvidia Driver (Correct me if i'm wrong...)

    Fix the a-band and dont blame your SSD :]
     
    Beatsiz, Mar 7, 2009
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