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April 21st 09, 05:56 PM
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Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPUspeeds. Is it my HDD on its way out?
My PC has been taking a slow turn of lately with the Computer loading
slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU speeds and forever loading games and low FPS. I recently re installed my windows vista after trying Windows 7 Beta and it hasnt improved (it started when W7 was installed). Last week my computer started ticking/clicking so i have assumed it is my HDD on its way out. here is my smart Report from Everest Ultimate 5.01 Do I Have The Right Conslusion My HDD is about to go Boom Crash and Bang very soon? --------[ EVEREST Ultimate Edition ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version EVEREST v5.01.1700 Benchmark Module 2.4.258.0 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Report Wizard [ TRIAL VERSION ] Date 2009-04-21 Time 17:30 -------- [ SMART ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP1644N (S0E9J10L816157) ] ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 2 OK: Value is normal 03 Spinup Time 25 100 100 6080 OK: Value is normal 04 Start/Stop Count 0 97 97 3278 OK: Always passes 05 Reallocated Sector Count 10 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 07 Seek Error Rate 51 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 08 Seek Time Performance 15 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 09 Power-On Time Count 0 100 100 6863 OK: Always passes 0A Spinup Retry Count 51 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 0B Calibration Retry Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes 0C Power Cycle Count 0 99 99 1678 OK: Always passes BB vendor-specific 0 1 1 65637 OK: Always passes BE Airflow Temperature 0 106 70 44 OK: Always passes C2 Temperature 0 106 70 44 OK: Always passes C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 100 100 1211165 OK: Always passes C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 253 100 0 OK: Always passes C6 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes C8 Write Error Rate 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes C9 Soft Read Error Rate 0 253 100 0 OK: Always passes 
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April 21st 09, 09:37 PM
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Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU ?speeds. Is it my HDD on its way out?
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My PC has been taking a slow turn of lately with the Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU speeds and forever loading games and low FPS. I recently re installed my windows vista after trying Windows 7 Beta and it hasnt improved (it started when W7 was installed). Last week my computer started ticking/clicking so i have assumed it is my HDD on its way out. here is my smart Report from Everest Ultimate 5.01 Do I Have The Right Conslusion My HDD is about to go Boom Crash and Bang very soon? --------[ EVEREST Ultimate Edition ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version EVEREST v5.01.1700 Benchmark Module 2.4.258.0 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Report Wizard [ TRIAL VERSION ] Date 2009-04-21 Time 17:30 -------- [ SMART ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ SAMSUNG SP1644N (S0E9J10L816157) ] ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status 01 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 2 OK: Value is normal looks fine 03 Spinup Time 25 100 100 6080 OK: Value is normal 04 Start/Stop Count 0 97 97 3278 OK: Always passes 05 Reallocated Sector Count 10 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal No problem here.... 07 Seek Error Rate 51 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal Also not here 08 Seek Time Performance 15 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 09 Power-On Time Count 0 100 100 6863 OK: Always passes 0A Spinup Retry Count 51 253 253 0 OK: Value is normal 0B Calibration Retry Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes 0C Power Cycle Count 0 99 99 1678 OK: Always passes BB vendor-specific 0 1 1 65637 OK: Always passes BE Airflow Temperature 0 106 70 44 OK: Always passes C2 Temperature 0 106 70 44 OK: Always passes C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 100 100 1211165 OK: Always passes C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 253 100 0 OK: Always passes C6 Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 253 253 0 OK: Always passes C7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK: Always passes C8 Write Error Rate 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes C9 Soft Read Error Rate 0 253 100 0 OK: Always passes This disk looks perfectly fine. Here is a thought: This is an ATA drive. Maybe you have not installed the UDMA drivers for your chipset or not enabled UDMA in the BIOS? PIO mode is very slow.... Arno
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April 21st 09, 09:51 PM
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Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU speeds. Is it my HDD on its way out?
Nope, the SMART report looks fine for a Samsung drive. The problem must be something else. The erratic CPU speeds is most likely the main symptom of the problem. CTL + ALT + DEL should bring up Task Manager, and the Performance tab the CPU utilisation. Is the processor showing a continuous load, if so Processes tab should show what's taking CPU resources. Done a virus, trojan and rootkit check? You may have an infection. If it is continuous CPU loading then one of the process killers can be used as an experiment, to turn off process, en mass, or individually while you watch the CPU loading in the Performance tab. Another thing to look for is whether your internet connection is showing continuous activity when you are doing nothing. There are several process killers on the market, EndItAll is the one I use when I occasionally wan't to stop processes. If you are worried about your HDD it's time to tal#ke a backup.
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April 21st 09, 10:52 PM
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Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU?speeds. Is it my HDD on its way out?
Arno wrote:
wrote: My PC has been taking a slow turn of lately with the Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU speeds and forever loading games and low FPS. I recently re installed my windows vista after trying Windows 7 Beta and it hasnt improved (it started when W7 was installed). Last week my computer started ticking/clicking so i have assumed it is my HDD on its way out. here is my smart Report from Everest Ultimate 5.01 This disk looks perfectly fine. Here is a thought: This is an ATA drive. Maybe you have not installed the UDMA drivers for your chipset or not enabled UDMA in the BIOS? PIO mode is very slow.... Arno Maybe the constant install and reinstall from Vista to Win 7 switched the drive into PIO mode? Yousuf Khan
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April 27th 09, 02:09 AM
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Computer loading slow, video play back spluttering, Erratic CPU speeds. Is it my HDD on its way out?
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:56:33 -0700 (PDT), put
finger to keyboard and composed: ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status BB vendor-specific 0 1 1 65637 OK: Always passes I suspect that this attribute would have exceeded its threshold, if the drive would have allowed it. Instead it will probably remain at 1 for the remainder of the drive's life. Wikipedia suggests that attribute BB may reflect "Reported Uncorrectable Errors", at least for some vendors. Samsung may define it differently, however. FWIW, the raw value of 65637 is equivalent to 0x00010065. Maybe that's a two-part variable ??? Or maybe this attribute isn't significant at all ??? Try HD Sentinel. It may be able to assess your drive's health with this attribute in mind: http://www.hdsentinel.com/dl.php - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
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