Re: Media Center lagging

When you say "everything slows down", I assume you mean both the video and
the audio? Is this just when you're clicking outside the window (i.e.,
clicking on the Start menu but not selecting anything) or is this only when
you're starting up a program from the Start menu? Your system certainly
sounds fast enough. Do you have the latest ATI drivers?

You might try bringing up the Task Manager, selecting the Process tab, and
clicking on the CPU column header to sort by that column. Then when you
start something, see what takes up most of your CPU cycles...

Dana Cline - MVP

"Steve Johnson" <SteveJohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43EEF914-BBDA-4CF5-97C9-6D9C14D78DC4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi everyone, I just got done buiilding a Media Center 2005 system and
> everything seems to be working fine except for one thing. When the Media
> Center window is viewable on the screen and it's the only thing going,
the
> audio/video is fine. As soon as you click on something outside the
window,
> like the Start menu or a program, as long as MC can still be seen,
everything
> slows down. As soon as Media Center is minimized or a program opens on
top
> of it everything runs fine. Any insight would be great, thanks!
>
> Windows XP MCE 2005
> Sapphire ATI Radeon X700 Pro (PCI-E)
> AverMedia M150 TV Tuner (White Box)
> Intel P4 3.0GHz HT
> 1GB DDR2 RAM


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