Re: Installing network driver.
From: Michael (walsh67_at_netspace.net.au)
Date: 09/06/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 13:53:55 +0930
What would cause the CPU Usage to jump up to 90% whenever the keyboard keys
are pressed for any length of time. Even just typing this to quickly makes
it jump up to 30%+??
> Not being one to leave a problem unsolved (at least not until I have to go
> back to work tomorrow!) all I can think of suggesting is checking for
> mainboard drivers - I have known some very strange things to happen with
> XP's
> guess of a right driver - the biggest problem (unless you have a known
> brand
> PC or mainboard) is getting the right driver.
Well my motherboard make is MSI (Micro-Star International) MS-6533.
> On the network card front - did you try disabling this in the BIOS?
I had a look in BIOS but not being to familiar with it decided against
changing to much. I no longer think the network card is the problem. Even if
it is using the same RIQ as the Audio. What I have discovered is when I go
into Windows Task Manager and click on the Performance Tab, pressing down on
any key makes the CPU Usage jump up to over 90% until I release it again. So
I'm thinking that the keyboard is not only interfering with the sound but
but somehow slowing down my whole operating system.
> Just had a bit of a though (wow - on a Sunday too!) - when you get this
> break in sound is it as though the sound stops or that the sound carries
> on
> and you cannot hear it (or you get a hum instead) - this can be down to
> faulty electronics on the mainboard (most likely keyboard controller).
No the sound doesn't stop it actually slows down breaks up and stalls or
pauses if you like, until I release the key I've was pressing then it
continues as normal.
>
> If you play a CD through your PC (make sure you pick one which does play
> the
> audio track rather than a set of MP3s on the disk - best pick (if poss) a
> pre-1998 CD) and you press any key - does the same happen? If so I'd
> suggest
> that the problem lies with the audio amplifier circuit on your PC - if
> your
> CD-ROM has a headphones socket you should find that the sound from there
> is
> not interrupted.
I did as you suggested and put a music CD in my drive. It played fine until
I pressed one of the keyboard keys. Then it just slowed down and stopped
until I released the key again. Placing headphones into the headphone socket
made no difference.
> You could also check that the PC speaker/hedphone socket is no loose or
> has
> a poor connection.
Seems to be fine can't see anything wrong with it.
> I tend to take a system to pieces, give the mainboard a bit of a check for
> stray solder, dust etc, & plug things back one at a time until the problem
> starts again.
That might be just a little beyond me. If I took my system apart I doubt
very much it would go back together again and work at all!
> There are a load of things which could cause this - if you do get anywhere
> (or maybe even if not!) - do let us know how you get on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason
>
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
>> Howdy
>>
>>
>>
>> > You have two network cards - do you use both of them? If not you could
>> > probably disable the onboard one through your BIOS setup util, this may
>> > help.
>> > You may be able to chage some IRQs here too- but take care.
>>
>> No I only have the one network card and it's onboard. I've had a look
>> inte
>> BIOS setup screen but I've not been able to find where or how to change
>> IRQs
>>
>> > Don't worry too much about IRQ sharing - this used to be a serious
>> > problem
>> > back in the old days of Win 3.1, but from 98 on sharing seems to be the
>> > way
>> > to go - I don't know why, but all seems OK usually.
>>
>> Ok then I'm not sure I need to change my driver for the network adpter.
>> This
>> is starting to give me a headache. But it was the only thing I could see
>> that was wrong. Could it be causing my keyboard to interfere with the
>> sound?
>>
>> > The pauses to aound are they just wave device sounds or others too?
>> > Wave
>> > sounds have to be processed so the processing could be being
>> > interrupted.
>> > It
>> > could be that your mainboard is a bit dodgy - the IRQ level of
>> > keyboards
>> > is
>> > very low (takes high precedence) and this can cause problems with
>> > devices
>> > with a higher IRQ - you could try another (maybe USB) keyboard?
>>
>> It occures with all sound, no matter what program I'm running at the
>> time.
>> eg when I'm playing Diablo2 pressing the keys not only effects the sound
>> in
>> the game but the game play as well. Sound stutters and pauses and so does
>> game play. This is not just restricted to Diablo2 any game I play does
>> the
>> same thing. All the games I play are multiplayer, which lead me to belive
>> the network drive could be at fault. And the only thing I can see that
>> might
>> be a problem is the fact that it shares it's IRQ with the Audio. I've
>> tried
>> using different types of keyboard with no luck.
>>
>> > The .sys file driver is of no real use to you I'm afraid - it may be
>> > that
>> > this replaces a sys file from another driver version release, normally
>> > you'd
>> > always see a .inf file with any driver.
>>
>> I think I might have solved this little problem. When I first downloaded
>> the
>> drivers I'd found I was using Mozilla Firefox browser. For some reason
>> when
>> I downloaded files with this any setup structure that would have came
>> with
>> the file failed to work. I found if I use Internet Explorer to download
>> the
>> same files I have no problems. Go figure!!
>> >
>> > I hope this gives you some things to consider - let us knwo how you get
>> > on!
>>
>> My headache is getting worse and I fear I'm no closer to solving my
>> keyboard
>> problem (If that is truly what it is!) than before. Just getting more
>> confused and frustrated! But thank you very much for your input Jason. I
>> seem to be getting more and more information, about my system, as well as
>> what could be wrong with it.
>>
>> Much Obliged
>> Michael
>>
>> > Jason
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm having trouble with drivers on my system. I've got the following -
>> >>
>> >> Windows XP Home Edition
>> >> 3.02 gig Intel Pentium 4
>> >> 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
>> >> 120 Gigabytes Hard Drive
>> >> NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>> >>
>> >> When I go into Device Manager under the heading Network adapter I've
>> >> got
>> >> NetComm NB1300 USB Network Adapter and Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
>> >> Fast
>> >> Ethernet NIC. The first one NetComm is not digitally signed while the
>> >> Realtek one is. I don't think Realtek RTL8139 is the correct driver
>> >> for
>> >> my
>> >> system. I've gotten some advice from other newsgroups and after hours
>> >> of
>> >> searching and reading web sites found Realtek RTL8029 which I'm fairly
>> >> certain is the driver I need to be using. So I downloaded it, problem
>> >> is
>> >> it's a sys file and I can't open it or get it to do anything or know
>> >> where
>> >> to put it. At the moment my Network adapter driver and Audio driver
>> >> are
>> >> sharing the same IRQ address. I looked up info on IRQ not knowing much
>> >> about
>> >> it. What I did find didn't help much. According to the site I read IRQ
>> >> numbers only go up to 16. Well the IRQ address these drivers are using
>> >> is
>> >> 18
>> >> on my system! In fact I've got 19 different IRQ numbers ranging from
>> >> 0 -
>> >> 23.
>> >> I've been given the advice of removing the network card and putting it
>> >> into
>> >> another socket to try and change the IRQ it is using. When I opened my
>> >> box I
>> >> couldn't figure out which card was for the network or even if I had
>> >> one.
>> >> None had a label or identification on them. My sound is onboard I
>> >> think
>> >> my
>> >> network is too, if that's possible. The main problem I have is when
>> >> keys
>> >> are
>> >> pressed on my keyboard they interfere with any sound/music that is
>> >> running
>> >> at the time. If I press a key while sound is running then it is
>> >> interrupted
>> >> and eventually stalls until I release the key again. That brings me
>> >> back
>> >> to
>> >> the drives using the same IRQ, I think that or the fact that the
>> >> network
>> >> driver is not the right one to be using could be causing my
>> >> sound/keyboard
>> >> problem. How can I change the IRQ setting for the network driver is it
>> >> possible? And how do I install this other driver I've found?
>> >>
>> >> If anyone has bothered to read all this and think they could help me
>> >> or
>> >> direct me to where I might find the right info then I'd be very
>> >> grateful.
>> >>
>> >> Much Obliged
>> >> Michael
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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