Thought I'd share a performance solution I found
From: Rich (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:09:23 -0800
>-----Original Message-----
>especially true if your PC sits in a dusty corner on the
>floor or in the bedroom... ;-)
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I just solved a performance problem on my machine
running
>Windows XP Home Edition. This problem was particularly
>with running games.
>>
>>I have a P4 1.7 GHz Compaq Presario with 512 MB RAM and
>an 80 GB hard drive, with a cable modem internet
>connection. In other words, this computer shouldn't
have
>any problem running most software.
>>
>>Upon startup it would run fine and not have noticable
>problems with the web and email, but running any game
>would give occasional choppy performance. These
programs
>all used to work perfectly and the choppy sound and
>graphics would happen periodically, even rhythmically.
>For 35 seconds the game would be fine, and then the next
>35 seconds would be unplayable. Back and forth.
>>
>>I tried everything from service packs to driver
upgrades
>to spyware removal to defragmentation to disabling
devices
>to total OS reinstallation. None of these fixed the
>problem (though the first three are recommended
practices).
>>
>>The solution to my problem: keep the interior of the
PC
>free of dust.
>>
>>I happened upon this when I decided to start unplugging
>components one at a time. I noticed the heat sink on
the
>CPU (which on my P4 resembled a tomoto sauce can with a
>fan on the top) was clogged with dust. With the
computer
>unplugged (!) I popped the heat sink assembly off the
top
>of the CPU and vacuumed it out. After replacing the
>assembly - Voila! The performance problem was gone.
The
>funny thing was that the dust wasn't making the fan any
>more noisy than usual.
>>
>>Not all processors will exhibit this behavior
>necessarily. Pentium 4 processors (I don't know about
AMD
>processors or Intel Celeron) have a feature
>called "throttling" which is a safety feature to prevent
>overheating. Once the CPU reached a certain temperature
>(which in my case only resource intensive games pushed
it
>to) my 1.7 GHz machine turned itself into a 850 MHz
>processor until it cooled off sufficiently to return to
>full speed. The alternating good performance/bad
>performance was my CPU protecting itself (and
infuriating
>me) by slowing itself down. Back and forth.
>>
>>Hope this helps someone out. Be very careful about
>cleaning the inside of your PC. I won't be held
>responsible for your lost super-important data (which,
>since it's so important, is backed up right? RIGHT?)
>>
>>C Bueno
>>.
>>
>.
>WELL VACUUM???????????????????????,they sell presurized
air cans at walmart,bestbuy......you get the picture,you
may want to read up on frying your components with static
electricity.Congadulations on not burning up you
processore with heat.If you have your computer in a desk
with the back cut out,try a furnace filter cut to size
stapled to the back opening,if it's in a free opening,try
a piece of filter cut to size duct taped into place over
fan hole.May sound off the wall,but if you have a lot of
dust,you may want to check and see if you have a clothes
dryer that's not vented properly.(You may find an air
purifier would help more than you'll ever know,I have a
daughter with asthma,she breaths a LOT better with the
purifier,and I havent had any dust in my box in 9
months,used to clean it monthly.She hasn't been to
hospital either in 9 months for a breating treatment.Got
the info from a doctor.And please don't use you shop vac
that way,my brother fried his P4 2.6 that way,cost him
$500 to fix with new mother board,RAM,processore ALL from
static,also lost all his data.Static electricity can KILL
your box.
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