Re: Persistent CPU slowdowns during any gameplay
- From: Katy Pluta <katypluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:41:57 -0700
>Computer: IBM Thinkpad R32 Model No. 2658 AAU
>OS: Windows XP Professional
>CPU: Pentium 4 1.6 ghz
>RAM: 384 mb
>Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 16 mb with latest driver 7.911
>
>Whenever I'm playing any game, whether I'm at or above its recommended
>system requirements, every 10 minutes or so, I have a periodic slowdown when
>game performance is really choppy. It's funny because the first slowdown
>usually happens right when the the CPU fan starts running. Each slowdown can
>last quite a few minutes. It is extremely annoying.
>
>I have tried closing all other programs including taskbar applications to no
>avail.
>I have tried defragmenting my hard drive to no avail.
>I have tried disabling all screensavers to no avail.
>I have no virus or spyware (having scanned with Bitdefender Antivirus and
>Microsoft AntiSpyware).
>
>One time a while ago, however, I reformatted and played a game (Empire
>Earth) before installing anything else and it worked great. I kept trying it
>after installing groups of Windows updates there came some rare minor
>slowdowns. After installing Word and Access XP they became much more common.
> This shows that this is not a hardware problem, thank God.
>
>Now I am playing Project 64 v1.6 (a Nintendo 64 emulator), and during the
>slowdowns I open Taskmanager to see the CPU usage of the processes and find
>that System Idle Process is taking up roughly 70% of my CPU power (whereas it
>should be about 90% for the game, right?).
>
>Is there anyway to get rid of whatever system process that could be causing
>these slowdowns?
>Could it have anything to do with the Registry?
Your laptop CPU overheating protection is kicking in and the
performance is automatically lowered to prevent damage, it is a
hardware problem and you need to find a way to cool your machine more
if you want to play games on it, no registry or software can help...
Make sure the built-in cooling is sufficient (no dust, fan working
fine etc...) Use a cooling mat is necessary.
===
All the best!
Katy Pluta
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