rubab Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Hi,Recently I had a strange problem. Whenever i enable my LAN card and PC halts after every 20 to 25 seconds. Everything stops when this happens.Suppose if i was moving my mouse the mouse would stop for half second and it will start moving again or if i was watching a movie , the movie will stop for half second and start playing normally. Everything starts halting or stuttering when i enable the LAN card.For this reason i just formatted my C drive and re-installed XP SP3 and still the problem keeps on happening.This is what the Process Monitor is showing:Can anyone kindly help me with this problem? Edited March 2, 2009 by rubab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I've had that with a (cheap) lan card from the brand "Safeway" when I ugraded to SP2. Strangely, the "updated" driver would cause that same behaviour you describe. I solved it by installing the drivers for Windowxs 2000 instead. I don't know if it can help you but mainly, it's a driver problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 what brand is the card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubab Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) I've had that with a (cheap) lan card from the brand "Safeway" when I ugraded to SP2. Strangely, the "updated" driver would cause that same behaviour you describe. I solved it by installing the drivers for Windowxs 2000 instead. I don't know if it can help you but mainly, it's a driver problem.I just did exactly as you said. I downloaded the Driver from the Manufacturers website and installed it. The problem seems to be gone at the moment. But why did this happen in the first place.I used nlited XP SP3 for 45 days. Then i formatted my windows to try out Vista and after using for Vista for 3 days the problem started happening.Then i formatted Vista and reverted back to the same XP i have been using for 45 days but this time the problem which happened in Vista also happened a to my clean nlited XP installation.This is the same XP SP3 which i used for 45 days without any problem. I have not been able to figure out why is it happening now. I only updated the ATI Catalyst 9.2 for Radeon X1650 Pro and Realtek High Definition Audio Driver R2.16 for my built in Sound Card. I did the same in Vista.Could the Video and Audio Drivers be the culprit.what brand is the card?It is PFE100TX PCI LAN Card.I have been using it for the last 2 and a half years without any problems.Thanks for the help. Edited March 2, 2009 by rubab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubab Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 No, man it is happening again. The problem was gone temporarily.After i rebooted my PC the problem started again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Do you have the same with an unplugged cable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubab Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) Do you have the same with an unplugged cable ?No the problem doesn't occur when the cable is unplugged.Another strange thing is the problem happens in the morning and heavily in the Evening and after 11:20pm or at the time when most people goes to sleep, the problem disappears.I checked at 5:00am in the morning and this problem was not happening then, but when i checked at 8:30am the problem started again. Edited March 3, 2009 by rubab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Maybe the device at the other end of the cable is not configured properly for speed auto-negotiation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubab Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Is speed auto-negotiation always enabled in a server because how will i know if my ISP has this option or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Try setting your card to 100full or 100half instead of auto and see if it goes better. I bet the other end of your physical cable is in your house, not at the ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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