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well i recently had my hard drive wiped because of a major spyware infestation, but now i can barely run any of my games without my computer straining it self, and sometimes i OS out of TF2 but i go through my processes i cant find out whats taking up so much ram In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way. 
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Post your specs and I'll see if I can diagnose the problem. I'm the leetest one here 
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well will a dxdiag do? i dont remember the exact specs other than OS: Windows Xp RAM:2gb Video Card: ATI Radeon 1900x series HD:320gb Processor: Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor dont know how to embed files on the forums other than pics, so got an email? In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way.
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did you do all the windows updates?
did you update directx
when you open the task manager how many processes are running? Yes its time again to Play WTF did Murdy Just type Robot Hell is real and i cant spell yes im dyslexic WDF? wrote:lol fuck you, Murdy. BadHorsie wrote: I love it!
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First thing I would do is update your video drivers. If they're not updated it may be whats causing you so much grief. You may also want to download the dual core optimizer from the AMD website for windows XP. If these both fail it may be a ram problem. What type of Ram do you have? I'm the leetest one here
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Darkillumina wrote:First thing I would do is update your video drivers. If they're not updated it may be whats causing you so much grief. You may also want to download the dual core optimizer from the AMD website for windows XP. If these both fail it may be a ram problem. What type of Ram do you have? heres the type of ram i have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231047 i updated my video drivers already and have DX9.0c, my card isnt dx10 compatible :<, ill try to find that dual core optimizer, i have about 40 processes running but it only takes up a fifth of my total ram accordning to my computer In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way.
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Sounds like you have a Cantrip infestation to one half of your dual-core....
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the only thing i can think of is do you have the the right drives for that motherboard. Yes its time again to Play WTF did Murdy Just type Robot Hell is real and i cant spell yes im dyslexic WDF? wrote:lol fuck you, Murdy. BadHorsie wrote: I love it!
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Your motherboard should have come with a disk with the drivers, if not, you can go to the maker's website and download them there. Out of curiosity, did you run something like Wipedisk to zap your HD? Also, do this: Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware (tab)>Device Manager (button) Do you see any yellow exclamation points in front of any of the devices? If there are, there's a driver problem. You should be more like Cantrip.  Twitchy: "I pulled a Cantrip . . ." GivePeaceAChance: "If the Tempest had nipples, I'd pinch that shit." Xylicon: "I'm about to deliver my [Richard] in your face for posting that stupid shit. " WDF?: "He keeps reaming me... night after night... I'm rather sore." GivePeaceAChance: "OMG MY NIPS ARE HARD" llenta: "cantrip, you fail!!!" Filliam H. Muffman: "i'm on top of dick"
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i would test the hardware startingwith the harddrive, u can usually get some specific test tools from tjhe manufactorer, or just use seatools, spyware may have only been 1 of the issues MakeSureItsCharcoalGrilled wrote:
yes. please go fuck yoruself and die.
MakeSureItsCharcoalGrilled wrote:
it's ok. all computer components have clearly dotted lines along which you can cut* to make smaller.
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Cantrip wrote:Your motherboard should have come with a disk with the drivers, if not, you can go to the maker's website and download them there.
Out of curiosity, did you run something like Wipedisk to zap your HD?
Also, do this: Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware (tab)>Device Manager (button)
Do you see any yellow exclamation points in front of any of the devices? If there are, there's a driver problem. well all the devices are fine, i didnt do the wipe myself, i lent my comp to a friend and had him do it i'll have to check with him In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way.
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Hmm well it could be a harddrive problem itself. Maybe your hardrive is starting to crap out on you. I had a friend who had a similiar problem and the end result was a dead hardrive. This is more than likely not the case however so it may be a Mobo problem so see about updating the drivers for it. I'm the leetest one here
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