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    Audio/video/cursor (everything) freezes once every second!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Crinc, Aug 1, 2010.

  1. Crinc

    Crinc Newbie

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    Hello,

    First of all, I'm not sure this is the correct forum, and english is not my mainlanguage, so please bare with me.

    A couple of weeks ago I bought a new pc, this time a laptop since I usually travels alot with my computer.
    Everything worked fine untill two weeks ago when everything started to freeze once every second for a random amount of time.
    When there's audio it gets "stuck" and "grinds" for that second and then gets back to normal. (Sorry for the bad explanation, but it's hard to explain.)

    The last two weeks I've been at my mothers house and it haven't been any problems at all. But yesterday I got back home and it started to act strange immediately. Something to do with the power?

    Some info about the laptop:

    GeForce GT 240M 1GB
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20GHz
    4GB RAM
    Windows 7 64-bit

    I've tried to google but can't find anything decent.
    Really appreciate all help I can get!
    Thanks in advance.
     
    Crinc, Aug 1, 2010
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    you may want to try this out as a tool to check DPC latency.....
     
    TANWare, Aug 1, 2010
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  3. Crinc

    Crinc Newbie

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    Wow, so far so good. Thanks alot! Really, this not only solved the problem, but also decreased my latency in World of Warcraft. Apparently it had something to do with the networkdevices drivers.

    It was driving me crazy, so once again, thanks!
     
    Crinc, Aug 1, 2010
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