Windows XP....strange problem...

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 26 May 2004 7:19 am

Joey & Ray,

Thanks! I always enjoy some kind words!

Thanks again!
Mark

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Lou[NE] · Post by **Lou[NE]** » 26 May 2004 8:59 am

Indeed congratulations, and also to Mrs. Mark for enduring the ordeal with you

Gordon Caffey · Post by **Gordon Caffey** » 26 May 2004 9:07 am

Carl,

It sure sounds like a memory issue. That would affect the reponse time on both the pointer and the sound. It would be interesting to look at your task manager screen when you start having these problems and see if you are low on available memory in the Performance tab. Also, you may be able to identify programs in the Processes tab that are hogging (technical term) your memory. Some of the virus scan programs can be real memory hogs although they are probably necessary when you are connected to the internet. If you can add memory to your computer, that might be a solution.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 26 May 2004 10:45 am

Thank you Gordon,

I had originally theorized it might be lack of memory capacity. The Sony came with 256MB. So I bought another 256MB chip and installed it. It did not change the symptoms. (Maximum mem on this Mother Board is 512MB)

Another gentleman has written to be about the task manager and Processes. I have sent him the complete list of what is in there when I snapped it with nothing launched by me.

I would like to reiterate something. And I believe this is very important. There are ONLY two symptoms of the trouble whenever it chooses to happen:

1. The mouse movement will stop dead for about a half a second. Then continue for about 2 and 1/2 seconds, then repeat this no matter the direction I move it.

At the same time this is happening:

2. Any sound that is playing will cutout at the precise time the mouse stops and when the mouse starts up, the sound will come back.

To my knowledge there are no more symptoms. Also, it does not matter if I have launched 1 application or a dozen or what kind of programs. In addition, it can happen 5 min after reboot with no application launched, or it might not happen for 2 mos. But in any case when it does happen, the symptoms are the same, and nothing I have tried will stop it except for a reboot.

Thanks for all the help fellows,

carl

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 26 May 2004 11:29 am

Have you checked to see if your mouse and sound card are sharing the same interrupt? If so, it might be as easy as moving your sound card to another slot in the motherboard.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 26 May 2004 11:42 am

No I haven't, but I will check it out. But honestly, I have difficulty rationalizing the highly varying intermittancy of it, if it was a problem of shared interrupts. But maybe.

Thanks,

carl

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 27 May 2004 10:57 am

Carl-I am sorry about the problem the computer is giving you. I know very little about computers so I can't give advice that Joe and Mark , and others have given you. that must be frustrating.
If I may suggest, try a new or different Mouse on that problem and on the sound problem you might check your sound card or the connections, or even the speakers....al

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Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 27 May 2004 11:13 am

The way I understand it is that devices that share interrupts can get shared with different devices every time the computer boots. Putting the sound card in another slot "might" put it in another range of interrupts, away from the mouse.

Post by **b0b** » 27 May 2004 11:36 am

What program are you using to listen to music, Carl? A poorly written application could be to blame.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 27 May 2004 1:45 pm

b0b,

I am listening to music in various ways:

1. Real One player

2. Windows media player

3. Windows messenger sound (talking to another person using windows messenger using a microphone and the PC's speakers.)

4. Any sound that is computer generated such as an error message sound.

Any or all of the above will cutout when the mouse stops moving (about a half a second) and begin again when the mouse begins to move (about 2 and 1/2 seconds).

Thanks again fellows. The only saving grace is it does not happen sometimes for days. And when it does, I just as quickly reboot and then it is usually good for several days up to several months. Only rarely does it return the same day.

I have tried a new mouse. Same symptoms.

Again thanks,

carl

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 27 May 2004 7:19 pm

Carl, you don't live like next to the Voice of America's 1 million watt transmitter do you?

Any dustbunnies in the power supply?

PC's do not belong on the floor, they fill up full of dirt to soon if they're not at desktop level. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 27 May 2004 at 08:21 PM.]</p></FONT>

Uwe Haegg · Post by **Uwe Haegg** » 3 Jun 2004 10:18 pm

I had exactly the same problem when I installed a new version of an application called wavelab. It turned out to be a conflict between drivers. I updated my soundcard and graphics card drivers and that
solved my problem.
Be sure to have the most recent drivers to all your hardware.