Random Video Slowdowns.

hotwaterbrogden · 11-15-2008, 09:14 PM

Hello All,

I am having a little trouble with my laptop. An Acer Aspire 5100 with an ATI Radeon Express 1100 with 2 gigs of RAM. Anyway, after having to reboot several times due to virus issues I have had random video slowdowns on various websites such as youtube and the like. This even happens when I run games off of a disc or anything like that. Though this does NOT happen with music such as in iTunes. I have read previous threads that said to defrag but I did that, as well as turn off my anti-virus but I am pretty sure that AVG free is one of the lighter antivirus programs.

Can anyone help me out here?

hotwaterbrogden · 11-15-2008, 09:23 PM

Hello All,

I am having a little trouble with my laptop. An Acer Aspire 5100 with an ATI Radeon Express 1100 with 2 gigs of RAM. Anyway, after having to reboot several times due to virus issues I have had random video slowdowns on various websites such as youtube and the like. This even happens when I run games off of a disc or anything like that. Though this does NOT happen with music such as in iTunes. I have read previous threads that said to defrag but I did that, as well as turn off my anti-virus but I am pretty sure that AVG free is one of the lighter antivirus programs.

Can anyone help me out here?

**Mcninjaguy** · 11-15-2008, 09:34 PM

you may not have completely gotten rid of the virus...
yes you're right AVG 8 free is a light resource using anti virus

have you tried using youtube and other sites in different browsers?
Firefox 3
IE7
Opera
Safari
Google Chrome

hotwaterbrogden · 11-15-2008, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

you may not have completely gotten rid of the virus...
yes you're right AVG 8 free is a light resource using anti virus

have you tried using youtube and other sites in different browsers?
Firefox 3
IE7
Opera
Safari
Google Chrome

Even after rebooting completely? restoring everything? i find that hard to believe. Yes i have and it is the same problem. I am starting to believe it is a problem with the video card or something like that.

hotwaterbrogden · 11-15-2008, 10:28 PM

bump city on this.

**Mcninjaguy** · 11-16-2008, 01:08 AM

music doesn't use your video card.

maybe you should post in here......... in Hijackthis thread
http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...this-log-help/
read this too
http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...oval-help.html

hotwaterbrogden · 11-16-2008, 09:19 AM

exactly.. i dont have problems with playing music so why wouldnt it be the video card?.. are you reading what i posted?

**Mcninjaguy** · 11-17-2008, 09:17 PM

I am reading what you posted I thnk it may be a virus with your video slowdowns in browsers and games.
If it was just slowdowns in games it would be obvious because of your graphics card but its your browser too so I think your computer may be infected...

is a video on your hard drive slow to playback?
what settings do you use to play games?
the videos on the net use a tiny tiny amount of your video card

can you post your system specs with EVEREST
http://www.lavalys.com/

can you post your a picture of the performance tab on your taskmanger
and use CPU-Z for system temps
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

I'm thinking this may have to do with your cpu usage than your video card

11-15-2008, 09:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
hotwaterbrogden Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista SP1	Random Video Slowdowns. Hello All, I am having a little trouble with my laptop. An Acer Aspire 5100 with an ATI Radeon Express 1100 with 2 gigs of RAM. Anyway, after having to reboot several times due to virus issues I have had random video slowdowns on various websites such as youtube and the like. This even happens when I run games off of a disc or anything like that. Though this does NOT happen with music such as in iTunes. I have read previous threads that said to defrag but I did that, as well as turn off my anti-virus but I am pretty sure that AVG free is one of the lighter antivirus programs. Can anyone help me out here?

11-15-2008, 09:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
hotwaterbrogden Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista SP1	Random Video Slowdowns. Please Help. Hello All, I am having a little trouble with my laptop. An Acer Aspire 5100 with an ATI Radeon Express 1100 with 2 gigs of RAM. Anyway, after having to reboot several times due to virus issues I have had random video slowdowns on various websites such as youtube and the like. This even happens when I run games off of a disc or anything like that. Though this does NOT happen with music such as in iTunes. I have read previous threads that said to defrag but I did that, as well as turn off my anti-virus but I am pretty sure that AVG free is one of the lighter antivirus programs. Can anyone help me out here?

11-15-2008, 09:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 8,205 OS: Windows 7 64bit, Ubuntu 8.10 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Random Video Slowdowns. Please Help. you may not have completely gotten rid of the virus... yes you're right AVG 8 free is a light resource using anti virus have you tried using youtube and other sites in different browsers? Firefox 3 IE7 Opera Safari Google Chrome __________________ If you have problem, PM me and I'll respond in the thread you made. power-supply-information-selection Microsoft MVP Neal K Nvidia Drivers ATI drivers Direct X

11-15-2008, 10:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
hotwaterbrogden Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Random Video Slowdowns. bump city on this.

11-16-2008, 01:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 8,205 OS: Windows 7 64bit, Ubuntu 8.10 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Random Video Slowdowns. music doesn't use your video card. maybe you should post in here......... in Hijackthis thread http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...this-log-help/ read this too http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...oval-help.html __________________ If you have problem, PM me and I'll respond in the thread you made. power-supply-information-selection Microsoft MVP Neal K Nvidia Drivers ATI drivers Direct X

11-16-2008, 09:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
hotwaterbrogden Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Random Video Slowdowns. exactly.. i dont have problems with playing music so why wouldnt it be the video card?.. are you reading what i posted?

11-17-2008, 09:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 8,205 OS: Windows 7 64bit, Ubuntu 8.10 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Random Video Slowdowns. I am reading what you posted I thnk it may be a virus with your video slowdowns in browsers and games. If it was just slowdowns in games it would be obvious because of your graphics card but its your browser too so I think your computer may be infected... is a video on your hard drive slow to playback? what settings do you use to play games? the videos on the net use a tiny tiny amount of your video card can you post your system specs with EVEREST http://www.lavalys.com/ can you post your a picture of the performance tab on your taskmanger and use CPU-Z for system temps http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php I'm thinking this may have to do with your cpu usage than your video card __________________ If you have problem, PM me and I'll respond in the thread you made. power-supply-information-selection Microsoft MVP Neal K Nvidia Drivers ATI drivers Direct X