Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Tim on April 28, 2009, 02:57:31 AM
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Hi,
Sorry if this has been discussed somewhere else I have searched and browsed but haven't found an answer yet and I didn't know which place to post this so I'll start here.
My problem is that recently after playing videos and audio files - including .avi, .mpeg and .flv as well as audio files such as .mp3 - the image and sound will start to freeze for a second and then continue and a few minutes later it will happen again and then start to increase in frequency until the image freezes completely or in the case of mp3 it will sound like a skipping cd.
I have this problem when playing files if I use VLC, Windows media player, Media player classic or the asustek asusdvd player so I don't think it's a particular software problem, none of these players gives me any kind of error warnings.
I have tried uninstalling and installing the latest versions of the necessary codecs. I also thought that there maybe a memory issue but I don't know much about that so the most I have been able to do is empty some space on the hard drive and I defrag regularly. I have also updated all my drivers that I can.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Pre installed O/S
Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
SP3
ASUS A6Km
AMD Turion 64 mobile
1.80 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM
AVG anti-virus free edition
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did the computer recently get this problem? or has this computer always had this problem?
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How much free space on that HDD ? ?
When's the last time you ran diskclean and defrag ? ?
Are these files all on the HDD ?
Do music CD's do the same thing ? ?
If so check to see if the vid card fan is operating properly...
EDIT: Oooops laptop...clean all fan ports out.
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Also, check to see your hard drive is not running in PIO mode, as this causes the CPU to handle I/O requests, and floods the CPU Bus, causing stuttering.
http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=61905 (http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=61905)
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did the computer recently get this problem? or has this computer always had this problem?
The laptop is about two years old now but I've never had a problem, this has only happened in the last couple of weeks.
How much free space on that HDD ? ?
When's the last time you ran diskclean and defrag ? ?
Are these files all on the HDD ?
Do music CD's do the same thing ? ?
If so check to see if the vid card fan is operating properly...
EDIT: Oooops laptop...clean all fan ports out.
There is 8.28 gig free on the C drive.
I use CClean at least twice a week and Diskeeper at least every other day.
All files have been run from the laptop hard-drive from folders and from the desktop as well from an external drive and a thumb drive same stuttering result every time.
Cd and dvds don't seem to have this problem.
Ports really do look clean, I've given them a dust but no debris.
Also, check to see your hard drive is not running in PIO mode, as this causes the CPU to handle I/O requests, and floods the CPU Bus, causing stuttering.
http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=61905 (http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=61905)
I have checked through this and all drives are running with the dma setting as described on that link.
Thanks for your you advice learnt a few things I didn't know, but they don't address my current problem, any further ideas would be greatly received.
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8G out of how much ? ?