Weird crap with my computer

[andysocial]

OK, so now (or actually it has since the latest re-install), the machine will take a five-second siesta every minute. This is most noticeable during high-speed gaming sessions, when it is (naturally) the most important to not have a random hesitation pop up.

Anyone know of something that causes a five-second period of sluggishness every minute (or 70 seconds), like clockwork? Very annoying.

Comments

[shadwstalkr.livejournal.com]

On my laptop, sometimes the network adapter doesn't plug in correctly and it turns on and off at a regular interval, and the system pauses every time it turns on. This probably isn't your problem, but it might be something with a USB peripheral.

Give it a try

[andysocial]

It didn't used to do this, that I recall, but I'll try disconnecting all my USB devices (2 currently) and see if that makes a difference. I would really hate to do yet another full wipe/install but it's Windows, so that's the usual approach to inexplicable problems...

Thanks for the idea.

Nope

[andysocial]

Nope, no joy there. Unplugged all of my USB devices, made sure all background programs were dead, turned off antivirus and task scheduler. Nothing. Still a pause every minute. And, on Omikron, the video will lock up the system completely about 60% of the time when I open the map. Grrr...

Guess I'll have to try another re-install of Windows. Damn this is stupid.