Very odd problem....

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:12 pm

Okay got my new system up...
AMD 4200+ dual core
2gb Corsair XMS 1gbx2
Nvidia 7600GT x2 running in SLI
Creative X-Fi Soundcard
Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo
On board LAN
Windows XP Pro Media Center Edition 2005

Okay...everythings up to date. Nforce drivers, video drivers, sound drivers, Bios, Windows, etc....

Running games is like a dream. CS:S at 1280x1024 with all options maxed at 140'ish FPS. Only one problem........

When I open up programs or windows on the desktop. Firefox, folders, etc... everything is fine until I close the last window. Then I get a 2-3 second freeze on my screen, but I can still move my mouse. If I try to open up a new program/folder nothing happens until the freeze is over then suddenly they all open up.

Sounded like a video driver problem, so I've tried varying combinations of nvforce drivers/video drivers, with and without Soft and Quiet, with and without Dual core optimizers, etc...and yet....still the same problem.

Also only happens when I've been up and running more than 10 minutes or so.

Any ideas?

Post by **Martrae** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:45 pm

Kahar says start with checking your HD and RAM.

Also make sure you have the AMD dual core patch.

Post by **Arlos** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:34 pm

AMD dual core patch to what, and where does one obtain this?

-Arlos

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:06 am

arlos wrote:AMD dual core patch to what, and where does one obtain this?

-Arlos

At AMD's site.

And yes I am running the newest AMDTools, AMD dual core path, AMD dual optimizers etc..

Post by **Gidan** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:50 am

Check what processes you have running and see if there is something killing your CPU or RAM. Also do a virus/spyware scan.

Post by **Martrae** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:56 am

It's the LOTR beta...you should give it to me

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:24 pm

xKALECx wrote:
arlos wrote:AMD dual core patch to what, and where does one obtain this?

-Arlos

At AMD's site.

And yes I am running the newest AMDTools, AMD dual core path, AMD dual optimizers etc..

onboard firewall? I noticed sometimes they can get clunky even if they are hardware.

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:24 pm

Using Windows firewall, not nForce and none of the other suggestions working.... Lot of folks on AMD 64 having same problems with various setups, but no solution found.