(resolved)Choppy video and sloooow startup

bdg49089 · 04-21-2007, 10:26 PM

Hello,
HP 5125US laptop. Was running fine for six months. No tweaks or abuse and no surfing in the wilder parts of the web. Yesterday I was on google video and the video and sound got really choppy. CPU and memory usage were normal. The mouse pointer moves in jumps around the screen. I did a reboot and it took forever to start up. Everything seems to be in slow motion. Video and audio playback are really choppy with stuttering and looping. When ever I start a program it takes a long time to load and the disk activity light is on solid the whole time. Could this simply be a hard drive problem or could I be looking at something more serious? I doubt it is os related since the machine had been up and runnig fine for hours before this started. Any advice appreciated!

**TheMatt** · 04-21-2007, 10:50 PM

Hi,

It sounds like a malware problem. Please read these 5 steps: http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...sting-log.html

Then, post a HijackThis log over in the analysis forum.

The security team will help you get rid of your malware problem.

bdg49089 · 04-22-2007, 12:04 AM

Found it! My ide controller was set to pio for some reason. Found this and it worked:

http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm

**TheMatt** · 04-22-2007, 09:36 AM

Glad its fixed. Did you check that the IDE channel that the CD drive is on (likely the secondary IDE channel) is also set to DMA (DMA 2 for optical drives)?

04-21-2007, 10:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
bdg49089 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	(resolved)Choppy video and sloooow startup Hello, HP 5125US laptop. Was running fine for six months. No tweaks or abuse and no surfing in the wilder parts of the web. Yesterday I was on google video and the video and sound got really choppy. CPU and memory usage were normal. The mouse pointer moves in jumps around the screen. I did a reboot and it took forever to start up. Everything seems to be in slow motion. Video and audio playback are really choppy with stuttering and looping. When ever I start a program it takes a long time to load and the disk activity light is on solid the whole time. Could this simply be a hard drive problem or could I be looking at something more serious? I doubt it is os related since the machine had been up and runnig fine for hours before this started. Any advice appreciated!

04-21-2007, 10:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Choppy video and sloooow startup Hi, It sounds like a malware problem. Please read these 5 steps: http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...sting-log.html Then, post a HijackThis log over in the analysis forum. The security team will help you get rid of your malware problem. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-22-2007, 12:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
bdg49089 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Choppy video and sloooow startup Found it! My ide controller was set to pio for some reason. Found this and it worked: http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm

04-22-2007, 09:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: (resolved)Choppy video and sloooow startup Glad its fixed. Did you check that the IDE channel that the CD drive is on (likely the secondary IDE channel) is also set to DMA (DMA 2 for optical drives)? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides Last edited by TheMatt; 04-22-2007 at 09:38 AM.