Something is sucking my resources dry

[surrealchereal]

In less than 4 or 5 hours I'm down to 50% resources. Help where or how do I troubleshoot this?

[S.D.Willie]

http://www.infinisource.com/techfile...resources.html
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/resources1.html

dont know what youre running but hope that helps a bit.

SD

[Richard_Cranium72]

That's normal girlfriend.

When ya get below 30% or so is when ya oughta be concerned.

Thank Bro Bill for designing a Half-Anal o/s that don't take care of resources the way it should.

[surrealchereal]

Thank Bro Bill for designing a Half-Anal o/s that don't take care of resources the way it should

Oh yeah typical male, though my PC is really misbehaving when I'm at 60 or 50.
Guess the PC is like me, high strung and high performance!

[surrealchereal]

well, willie, I gather then from the info the problem is not resources. The symptoms are stuttering, pausing, etc. acting like its walking through wet cement.
I have an 800 Duron with 512 meg of ram, this baby should go. but it's not.

[Icculus]

You check your processes? You may have an errant one slowly sucking up resources.

[Psycho Logical]

Free System Resources Do Not Return to Previous Value

System Resources Decrease After Starting and Quitting a Program

Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease

Computer Performance May Decrease After You Download Programs from the Internet

[BFlurie]

Surreal, check the back of yer box for a attached resourse vampire -- they're common this time-a-year.

Seriously, give a 3-finger salute & end-task on everything 'cept what you HAVE to have & see if it improves.

[surrealchereal]

OMG! you were right B, there the thing was! it took a wooden floppy to kill it!

if it comes back thats it! i'm doin a silver f-disk!

[Bsdboy]

More here:
http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Index.htm

Bsdboy

[linux_guru]

That's normal for windoze.

Solution: fdisk, install Linux.

[ragtop]

I have a similar problem with a similar system, (Duron 800 in a MSI MB) Things particularly slow down after downloading a bunch of stuff from the internet (mp3's etc.)

I've just assumed its a Windows thing, and resigned myself to the occasional reboot to restore things to normal. Let us know if you find any other resolution to the problem.

[surrealchereal]

will do ragtop, oh and I can assure you, if its fixable I will find the answer!

[surrealchereal]

Rag top did you check out the links psycho logical posted?

[stylin19]

course, it could be the dreaded terminate process code

check it out

[This message has been edited by stylin19 (edited 07-28-2001).]