I dont know why, but I seem to have many problems with my PC. The main one Im concerned with, and probably the leading cause of all the rest, is that my computer goes slower than it should. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ wonderful chipset and everything. My FSB is set at 133 so my processor speed is a steady 1.8 Ghz (been tested with proggies and internet before) The only downside, is that I only have 256 MB worth of my memory. I will get it bumped up later with an extra 512, but Im broke right now. I notice that the pc runs pretty damn well as long as its not using much memory. My total "comit charge" (located in the Task manager) is about 639480K . When I open the task manager and check how much of that commit charge I am using, it says closely around 178932-180456 (this is when I first login to WIdnows XP Pro without opening a thing) I notice my PC doesnt run programs at its fullest while only using this. For example, when I open up Internet Explorer it takes a couple of seconds before it even pops up (this is slow for what Im running) but if I log in as guest or soemthing, Internet Explorer takes approx. 1 seconds before it opens. ( my commit charge at login is about 136598K without anyone else logged in) I have also noticed that if my commit charge goes anywhere over 240000K my PC runs TERRIBLY. It takes forever to open anything at all. Seeing as how this is barely using any memory at all, not even half, then it doesnt make sense to me? I also notice my PC is unstable, like if it is using alot of memory such as 265482K of my commit charge, then it will usually do temporary freezes (cant click on anything, but mouse still moves, and it takes a minute or two before I see everything fall under the order at which was done while in the temporary freeze) If the temporary freeze isnt understood, ill try to give an example. I open internet explorer, then do a folder view of my computer close to the same time, temporary freeze happens. While the temp freeze is active, Ill click on miscellaneous things such as to close the broswer widnow to try and return my pc to normal, or click on the start menu, and then I will right click the taskbar. But while in these temporary freezes, I click a sequence of "commands" and it acts as if my left and right mouse buttons dont even work. After about 20 seconds the PC catches back up with itself and shows everything I did (click taskbar, close browser, etc.) very quickly. And then my PC is back to its normal state. Still slow state, but its normal. This happens often. FOr some reason I get this feeling that my PC isnt using my memory correctly or something, but that isnt possible is it?
Thats not even that strange part...Every day I go to school, every day I have the same PC to work at. The PC's here (the old ones) are only 930 Mhz and running 256MB memory also. They are also running windows xp pro. The processor speeds are a BIG diff from what Im runnign (1.8 Ghz) Except that the PC's here run faster when compared to the amount of memory being used. Their commit charge total is the same I believe, except that the PC I work on can be using 300000K or more of the total commit charge and STILL run better than my PC at home. They never do these temporary freezes, and they seem to run things as fast if nto faster sometimes than what my PC does. This is what bothers me...I know my memory isnt as high as it should be, but when comparing to the PC at school, then something HAS to be wrong with mine. I hope someone can help, because this is really annoying, does anyone have ANY suggestions at all? It cant be a overheating problem, I have 5 fans running in my PC and the temperature never goes over 33 degrees celsius (91 degrees fahrenheit) The only other thing I could think that slows down my PC is that I have a 60 GB HDD and im using a little over half of it. WHich will usually slow down the PC a little, but not much. But comparing to the pc at school, it has a 10 GB hdd and is using almost 6.5 GB . If any other info is needed about my or the schools PC, then I will do my best to get the info to you.
Like I said, soemthing has to be wrong, please help me because I cant seem to figure it out. Thank you so much for your help.
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