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WinXP problem ...
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:17 pm
by Grimson
When I click my computer(on my step dads pc) I get a flashlight that just moves left to right over a folder. Once it finds them it opens up fast as hell but it's annoying and I don't know what's causing it, any ideas ??
TIA
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:41 pm
by Norm
A CD left in the CDRom or burner can cause this.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:09 pm
by Grimson
Ok, what to do if it's a burner problem ?? Does that mean it's dying ??
Thanks norm.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:15 pm
by Norm
Originally posted by Grimson
Ok, what to do if it's a burner problem ?? Does that mean it's dying ??
Thanks norm.
No, I didn't mean there is a problem, but if a CD is left in the tray opening My Computer takes a little while, as it waits for the CD to spin up.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:25 pm
by Grimson
No cd in either tray. It takes around 5 min. or longer to find the drives and everything initially.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:29 pm
by Norm
Is it an old PC, and possibly lots of drives?
specs, and OS?
Beats me, sounds like one of the drives may be having problems, but not sure on it.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:46 pm
by Grimson
I built it(no funny remarks), it ran perfectly until he got a hold of it. It may have something to do with Pinnacle Studio 8 but that's been uninstalled until his upgrade to 9 arrives.
P4 2.6
512mb ddr pc 2700
WD 120gb
SB audigy mp3
Antec true power 430w
Plextor PX504 dvd/cd burner
Asus 52x cd
Win Xp pro
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:05 pm
by Norm
Beats me bud. That PC is plenty fast enough.
Is he connecting to network shares, mapped drives, ftp sites etc?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:15 pm
by Grimson
Filesharing yes.
Beats me too. It's never taken that long even with filesharing set up.
Thanks again norm.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:44 am
by zooner
shut down.
discconnect one ide device and startup, see if problem still exists. Follow these steps for each one.
My problem with this was solved by defragging all my drives.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:31 pm
by Grimson
I was thinking about that lastnight, thanks.
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:32 pm
by cyberskye
You mentioned Pinnacle - video editing can frag a drive up nicely if you don't use a dedicated partition.
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:19 pm
by Grimson
Originally posted by cyberskye
You mentioned Pinnacle - video editing can frag a drive up nicely if you don't use a dedicated partition.
I'll check that too, thanks.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:11 am
by ReLL iZ HeLL
Same thing was happening to me until I uninstalled those stupid SP2 Hotfixes that slowed my PC to a crawl. I used to click on a folder, and nothing would happen... I was beginning to think it was because I made all my icons act as links... but it wasn't that. It was those cold-fixes.
Then again, that IDE suggestion sounds reasonable.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:14 am
by ReLL iZ HeLL
another thing I noticed was that if you don't have at least a gig open in your HDs then this can cause your system to lag due to *the lack of* virtual memory and physical memory.