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Cycovision
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brownlad007's suggestion is worth a try, but before you do that, the first thing to check is windows power management options for the wireless card in the laptop.
Right-click on 'my computer' and select 'properties'. Click on the 'Hardware' tab and then click the 'device manager' button. Click on the little plus sign (+) next to 'Network adapters' and find the entry for your wireless card. Right-click on it and select 'properties'.
Now click on the 'power management' tab and uncheck the box that says 'Allow windows to turn off this device to save power'.
See if that makes a difference, if not give us a shout 
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lamont
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hi, i am having a problem with my modem which i need sorting, please can somebody help. Well, the problem is that about 80% of the time my modem will not load, It is an Sagem fast 800-840 usb adsl modem. When it is loading a light on the modem itself flashes and when it has loaded it stays lit. It just keeps flashing and reseting before it loads.
Also on screen i some times get a message saying 'insufficient bandwidth' and it says the modem will adjust the bandwidth but it doesnt make a difference.
Does anybody know what the problem may be and how to fix it? iv tried all the obvious like disconnecting and reconnecting, re-installing and updating drivers. thanks very much guys
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Cycovision
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First thing would be to (if possible) try different cables, both the USB cable from the modem to the PC and the cable(s) that connect to the phone line.
Then, you'd need to speak to your ISP I think. There could be a problem with your line or the modem itself might be faulty, particularly if it's the ADSL signal light that keeps flashing rather than the power or connected lights (if your modem has them).
If all of that checks out, you might be looking at the dreaded reinstall of the operating system, but speak to your ISP first and explain that you've already tried all of the obvious things.
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lamont
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ok cheers mate, thanks for your help!!
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joebmc
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On 2005-10-16 11:02:26, Cycovision wrote:
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Still sounds like there's something running in the background that kicks in whenever the PC is idle. Next step is to Download Process Explorer: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html (download links are right at the bottom of the page)
It's basically a souped up version of Windows' task manager, it shows you exactly what programs are running and how much CPU time they are using in. Run it, press 'CTRL' and 'L' to remove the lower pane and just watch it for a while. See if you can find an app that's taking a lot of processor usage.
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Right done what you said but still a little confused. See pic and see if you can see if anything is running which i dont need.
It seems strange that when i restart the pc a few times it suddenly works fine.
(thanks for all your help so far)
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Cycovision
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Aha! look under the third instance of the svchost process, windows update (wuauclt.exe) is running and taking about 30% of your CPU availablility! Try turning automatic updates off and see if it makes a difference.
Click start, control panel, automatic updates and switch it off. You can always download them via http://www.windowsupdate.com at a time that's suitable for you anyway.
This might have just been coincidence, i.e. Windows update was running and using that amount of CPU at the exact time that you took the screeny but even so, it's got to be worth a try.
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joebmc
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no that doesnt seem to fix it  (still have'nt tired the HD IDE cable yet).
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Cycovision
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Hmmm. I can't see anything in your process explorer screeny that shouldn't be there, so maybe it is a hardware problem after all. What are the specs of your computer? Processor, amount of memory etc?
EDIT: Have you rebooted after turning off automatic updates?
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slattery69
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original post said it ran sluggish and you just done a fresh install did you format the drive first not just copy over the top?
also check the bios make sure that its set to high performance so the multiplier for the chips running as it should, some times they are set lower?
have you added any other hardware graphics card etc?
the windows update in the task list will be there wether auto updates on or not it sadly still pops up and then disappears after a while
i know you said youd ran anti virus checks and spyware but it might be worth downloading ewido its an anti trojan piece of kit and is very good at getting trojan (not a replacement for the other things but a nice addition)
http://www.ewido.net/en/
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joebmc
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Well the problem did first start soon after installing a radeon 9600 (that’s soon after not straight after). But when I did the fresh install (on a formatted HD) I also put in a 9800 pro and took out the stick of 512 ram it came with and stuck in two 512’s. (there’s only 2 slots on the mobo so no issues with which slots they went in).
The pc is (apart from my girlfriends) a 2ghz Emachine branded pc (brought from pc world… yes I know).
Don’t know what the mobo is, 80gb HD, 1024mb ram, 9800pro.
The only thing I thought it might be was the psu (as I had two use extra power for the 9800pro) but would this effect it this way? As its strange that if I restart it a few times it suddenly works like a dream?
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Cycovision
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Yeah, wuauclt.exe still appears with auto updates off but as you said it shouldn't hang around for long, so maybe that was just coincidence. Besides, on a 2 gig machine with that amount of RAM it shouldn't make a difference anyway, even if it's a Celeron or such like
Does the PC stay sluggish for the entire time that you use it or does it eventually 'settle down'? (without restarting it several times I mean)
Power could be an issue in theory but I seriously doubt it. Usually if you don't give a GPU enough power you get wierd things happening like the PC suddenly restarting itself, rather than slower performance.
Might be worth checking out the AGP aparture size in BIOS and setting it to the same (or higher) value than the amount of memory on your 9800 (256Mb i assume), after loading optimised defaults as Slattery suggested.
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joebmc
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Does the PC stay sluggish for the entire time that you use it or does it eventually 'settle down'? (without restarting it several times I mean)
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Yes stays sluggish all the time (unless restarted a few times  )
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Might be worth checking out the AGP aparture size in BIOS and setting it to the same (or higher) value than the amount of memory on your 9800 (256Mb i assume), after loading optimised defaults as Slattery suggested.
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All getting a bit complicated i'll give it a go tho.
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slattery69
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i would definatly download ewido and run a complete scan using that, its free (apart from if you want the guard but the scanner is more than enough at the moment)
this picks stuff up adaware and anti virus often miss |
p900 lover
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have 1 more problem, i used to be with AOl now have moved to ukonline, and i cant uninstall AOL, it just wont let me, any ideas? |
slattery69
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what version of aol is it?
did you try to remove it before putting any files from your new provider on?
also i know it may sound like a silly question but did you try to remove it under add/remove programs and click the uninstall option not the repair that comes up.
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