Graphics problems

abydos · 11-01-2008, 12:26 AM

Hi

When I play videos on my laptop lately it's like there's not enough RAM to play them. They go all jittery, and the sound goes way in front of the video (only to have the video wizz past after a few minutes to catch up). It happens with all video players, even when I am watching them off Youtube. I have also just noticed that if I have too many graphics heavy browser pages open (too many being 2 or 3!!) that it will scroll slowly and the graphics drag on the screen.

I checked my pc and it says I still have 2gig of RAM so it hasnt blown up on me. I have even tried to shut most other programs down while playing videos, but it doesn't make much difference. I have already installed the Vista codecs.

I am using lovely little Vista Home Premium on an Acer aspire 5520.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on with this?

Thanks
Abydos

dai · 11-01-2008, 04:46 AM

check the air vents are clear of dust
check the drives are in dma mode

abydos · 11-01-2008, 09:35 PM

The vents are clean and clear.
How do I check to see if the drives are in dma mode?

11-01-2008, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
abydos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2 OS: Vista Home Premium	Graphics problems Hi When I play videos on my laptop lately it's like there's not enough RAM to play them. They go all jittery, and the sound goes way in front of the video (only to have the video wizz past after a few minutes to catch up). It happens with all video players, even when I am watching them off Youtube. I have also just noticed that if I have too many graphics heavy browser pages open (too many being 2 or 3!!) that it will scroll slowly and the graphics drag on the screen. I checked my pc and it says I still have 2gig of RAM so it hasnt blown up on me. I have even tried to shut most other programs down while playing videos, but it doesn't make much difference. I have already installed the Vista codecs. I am using lovely little Vista Home Premium on an Acer aspire 5520. Does anyone have any idea what is going on with this? Thanks Abydos __________________ Of course I am out of my mind. It's dark and scary in there!

11-01-2008, 04:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Graphics problems check the air vents are clear of dust check the drives are in dma mode __________________

11-01-2008, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
abydos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Graphics problems The vents are clean and clear. How do I check to see if the drives are in dma mode? __________________ Of course I am out of my mind. It's dark and scary in there!