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    Strange lag pikes on my computer.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Arotished, Oct 19, 2014.

  1. Arotished

    Arotished Notebook Evangelist

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    It seems to happen every 10-15 second, either in a game (lag) or when watching movies (video and sound stops for a second) and listening to music (sound stops for a second)

    Anyway to monitor the computer to see which program is causing this? Pretty enjoying.
     
    Arotished, Oct 19, 2014
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  2. bumbo2

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    What's your computer specific.?
     
    bumbo2, Oct 19, 2014
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  3. Arotished

    Arotished Notebook Evangelist

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    Strange that my signature is missing.

    Ohh, there it is...
     
    Arotished, Oct 19, 2014
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  4. Harryboiyeye

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    Have you tried monitoring your DPC latency?

    High DPC latency ca cause these lag spikes I believe
     
    Harryboiyeye, Oct 19, 2014
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  5. Arotished

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    DPC? What is that?
     
    Arotished, Oct 19, 2014
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    Hey again, check this.

    Quote from a site:

    Here try this DPC Latency Checker

    DPC Latency Checker

    Post back the results. :)
     
    Harryboiyeye, Oct 19, 2014
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  7. Arotished

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    Thanks! I restarted the computer and started the program just after windows ad loaded.

    [​IMG]
     
    Arotished, Oct 22, 2014
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  8. Meaker@Sager

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    Follow the advice at the bottom of your screen shot :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 23, 2014
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  9. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    I would just do a windows resintall.. Clean install should fix this :)
     
    TomJGX, Oct 27, 2014
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    It helped but it came back again.

    Only programs I have installed is all the drivers for the computer:

    - HWinfo64 (in order to get my fans running)
    - PrecisionX
    - Nvidia 344.60
    - VLC
    - Steam
    - Origin.
    - GPU-Z
    - CPU-Z
    - Teamspeak.
     
    Arotished, Nov 6, 2014
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    Remove them all, if that fixes it then install them one by one and see which does it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 6, 2014
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    Removed every program now and the problem is still there.

    Hmm, maybe its best to format it and dont install any programs on it :)
     
    Arotished, Nov 7, 2014
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    Do that and run through each one by one, it's a pain but these once you have done it you will know if it's hardware/software and what is causing it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 7, 2014
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    Its HWinfo64 which is causing the pain.....

    Problem is that that program is the only one I know of which I can controll the fans....
     
    Arotished, Nov 7, 2014
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    It may be worth contacting the makers or investigating the temp sensor settings to see if you need to adjust something.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 8, 2014
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  16. Mr. Fox

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    This is a known issue, but easy to fix. HWiNFO64 causes that with EC Support enabled. It will also cause some weird buzzing sounds. If you uncheck the box for EC Support it should behave. It's the Compal/Dell EC that doesn't like being probed by HWiNFO64.

    no-ec.JPG
     
    Mr. Fox, Nov 8, 2014
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