asus g1s-b1 -I found out what slows it down

Ok here's the symptoms. Let me know if this helps you. Or if this doesn't hold true for you.

#1
If you load up windows and get to desktop. Wait for your HD to settle down.(just being fair) then click on start-control panel. You have a problem if your computer takes more than 5 seconds from the moment the control panel opens to when the last icon shows up. Run that test about 3-4 times to get an average.
Another test is click on start-accessories. Watch how long it takes to load up each of the little icons for each program. It'll take like 1-2 seconds at least for each icon. This test will only work once since windows caches the icons once it is loaded.

more than likely its your antivirus auto protect causing that. Turn off AUTOPROTECT. Email scanning and firewall etc is ok. I've tested this with both Norton Internet Security 2008 and CA suite 2007

#2
Next test. If you load up windows and get to desktop. Wait for your HD to settle down.(just being fair) then click on start-control panel. You have a problem if your computer takes more than 3 seconds from the moment the control panel opens to when the last icon shows up. Run that test about 3-4 times to get an average.
Another test is click on start-accessories. Watch how long it takes to load up each of the little icons for each program. It'll take like 1 second at least for each icons. This test will only work once since windows caches the icons once it is loaded.

If you DON'T have the antivirus program loaded AND its a clean install w/ASUS drivers and you get the second problem its the ADSM (Asus Data Security Manager utility) Took me 4 hours of isntalling uninstalling to figure that out.

Now control panel takes less than 1 second to open, and the accessory icons load like2-3 icons per second.

DISCLAIMER
My home computer doesn't have ADSM(I think, I'm at at work now) and its operates like #2. But it does have an ASUS MB so it could be another Asus program.
And besides those symtoms, I don't know what else harm there is. My games run fine I think. But it bothered me to have my system running slower than those cheap $800 computers I was testing at the stores.
Also, I didn't run system updates yet. So I may still get the slowdown. Store demo computers didnt have any updates either so it could be other programs causing issues.

 

Also, I wasn't paying attention but there is a program loaded from the asus driver disk that causes a random pause when windows startup and just before the sidebar loads. in other words, window loads then theres a pause of about 5-15 seconds before the sidebar loads up.

 

Yes, Data Security manager is known to cause issues. Just another bloatware to remove...

And yes, many (if not most) antivir autoprotect tools are resource hogs and slow down the computer considerably. Consider Nod32 (commercial), Symantec Antivirus (no longer supported but still available for download, check my WinXP guide, will probably not work in Vista), and AVG Free.

 

Yes. but I've seen other computers without that particular slowdown with those anitivus programs. Its weird. It doesn "seem" to slow down the computer, just parts of it, like loading the icons for the menus or opening a window like control panel with alot of icons. Games seem to run find. I returned the NIS2008 and gonna dload the AVG and keep the stock firewall up. I'm doing all the system updates and see if that screws things up.

Didn't know what the DSM was for.

 

It's the interface to TPM (Trusted Platform Module) AFAIK. Not useful to the regular user.

 

Ah I had that with my Sony sz160.

 

what program is this? as it is annoying how the sidebar is delayed everytime, and the welcome centre, etc.

 

I think that's just Vista being slow...

 

TO be honest, I think its a program from Asus. since I was installing all drivers manually, I know the sidebar was loading quick as I had to wait for that to load before I could continue with the next download. ONly thing as I stated before, I wasn't really looking at that as an issue so I didn't see from when it started getting slower to start. Btw, Its something driver/recommended download as I'm pretty sure I didn't hit the optional stuff before it was slowing down.

 

On a side note, does the laptop front light, light up blue when bluetooth is connected? Or just the wifi light(orange)? I noticed I don't see "any lights" come on when I turn on bluetooth only. I didn't connect my PDA yet (corssing fingers it'll connect. I heard Vista not as friendly as activesync) so I don't know if the orange light is supposed to only turn on when there is a connection.

 

The slowdown on boot might be related to network drivers or utilities.

The Bluetooth light should come on as soon as the Bluetooth is activated, regardless of whether there's a connection. At least that's how it happens with older laptops. Maybe the ATK driver has some bugs.

 

the g1s does NOT have a bluetooth light..

 

Then what's this all about? :-/

 

Someone messaged me about the same thing on g1s-a1. i had also sugested to disable the antivirus and scanning tools. I dont think it is unique to the g1s.

 

Sure it's not. It's all in the choice of the antivirus (and possibly firewall).

 

So unlike the old G11, the G1s series doesn't have a dedicated (or any light) for bluetooth? I just want to be clear on that. I have yet to see anything telling me my bluetooth is on except the BT icons in the tray.

Oh, I'm running AVG now. no slowdowns. Too bad. I was used to the way Norton worked. Oh well. Sucks to be them. They lost another user.

 

Norton is a bad choice when it comes to antiviruses

I am currently using Symantec AV since I'm on WinXP (and will be for at least another year).

Maybe NOD is worth the money if I switch to Vista... who knows.

 

Ok so whats up with this...
At work they gave me a dell XPSseries desktop. Its small. 2.6 dual core,2gb ram, 8600GT 256mb vid card, and vista ultimate.

Guess what? No slowdown with NIS 2007(I think. its not 2008) So something changed in norton or something is different with that version that comes on the dell computer. But then why does my home computer slow down with norton 2008? Besides the point its NOT NIS 2007, I'm wondering if its ASUS mb? Its the Asus Striker MB and I use a ASUS G1S-B1. So maybe its something that ASUS uses in the MB they make?

 

I so would install winXP if it wasn't such a headache in getting drivers for windows XP and the G1S-B1. Since more and more games come out for directx 10, then all I can hope is Nvidia improving the vista drivers to the same point as the WinXP drivers ASAP. Not 2 years from now.

My World of Warcraft fps is fine in Vista, but I noticed it bogs more quickly. In winxp on my old G1, it hardly had skipps unless I was somewhere with alot of action. And FPS was in the 40-120fps. In Vista it studders a little with just some action going on and fps drops below 30fps. I can still get normal 40-120fps on the Vista side, just that it bogs quicker to a slower fps with things on the screen.

 

I doubt its the computer since then everyone who had a G1s would complain about this issue.

 

I had nobody say they didn't have this issue, just that they used a different antivirus program so they dont run into this. Just trying to figure out what it could be.