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Keeper Mallinson on 2/7/2008 at 19:57

Hi guys, my computer suddenly seems to have slowed to a crawl. It doesn't seem to be because of programs running, I rebooted and don't have many going at all; it's not disk capacity, I recently bought a new harddrive. My processor's been fine all this time. Performance is 25% CPU usage right now, nothing overwhelming is happening... but uninstalling a program, writing a DVD, loading a program, this is all taking way too long. I stopped a DVD writing process after 18 hours. Nothing's working. What should my first step be?

The Brain on 2/7/2008 at 20:27

Sounds like (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_memory_access) DMA problem. Check this link how to enable it : (http://www.real-knowledge.com/dma.htm) How To Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA) In Windows.

Keeper Mallinson on 2/7/2008 at 21:49

Thanks for the theory, but following the instructions, it looks like DMA is already active.

nickie on 3/7/2008 at 16:10

My first thought would be malware but running through (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_a_computer_suddenly_slow_down) this list might be a start.

I've improved things with my pc recently using Wise Registry Cleaner and Wise Disc Cleaner. I used to use others but I've found these more user friendly. I also use Auslogic Disk Defragmenter which is a lot quicker than the Windows one.

bikerdude on 7/7/2008 at 08:25

Hi keeper

Do you still got problems..?

biker

catbarf on 8/7/2008 at 14:27

Check your BIOS, my processor came severely underclocked and when something goes wrong it reverts to the slow speed.