JonMelon Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hey!I've a strange problem when I try to download large files (200mb+). I open the torrent and start the download, everything works fine until I connect to other peers and seeds. Then, my computer becomes really slow, and I can't do anything with it. Even the mouse-cursor "lags". After about 3-5 minutes (depends on the torrent's file size) the computer is fine again, and it runs smooth. The torrent starts and It downloads at full speed (400Kb/s) It seems that the files need to be "loaded" to the HDD or something.I haven't changed the disk cache settings yet, because I don't know if that's causing the problem.My system is:Windows XP SP2P3 500Mhz256Mb RAMSystem drive (Windows etc.): 13Gb P-ATA NoName HDDFile drive: Samsung Spinpoint 80Gb (8Mb cache, 7200RPM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Start > Run > devmgmt.mscLook in the IDE/ATA/ATAPI controller section, and check the properties for your primary and secondary controllers... do any of them write PIO mode for current transfer mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Here's a screenshot:It's in Norwegian, but I think you will be able to understand it. "hvis tilgjengelig" means "If accessible", btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Primary channel, second drive is in PIO mode.That's bad. Are you saving to that drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yes, I think so, but I'm not sure. All I know is that my OS disk ( C: ) is connected as "MASTER" to the IDE-cable (?) and my media disk is set to "SLAVE". How can I turn off PIO-mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Remove the IDE channel from device manager and reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 You mean to un-install? And why would that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Because windows will install the correct driver for the IDE channel again and set it back to DMA again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Ok, I will give it a try:)EDIT: The un-installation didn't solve my problem, and the primary IDE-channel is still running in PIO-mode.What else can I do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnurlos Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Perhaps your IDE cable is broken. Try to change it, reset to DMA again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichirou Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Hi, I have the same problem. I wonder if you guys could help me out.In my devicemanager it looks like this:I have 2 IDE Harddrives that's connected to the same IDE cable. So I guess the marked driver on the picture is the one I use for them. The one with windows on it is Master and the other one is set to Slave.I tried to delete that driver as someone wrote above in this post. Although it didn't affect anything, still the same problem.I've also got a extern harddrive that is connected through USB, but I don't think that one is causing my pc "lag".I'll appreciate any help, I can't do anything while downloading atm. It's very annoying.Edit2: I forgot to say that I'm using Windows Vista.Edit: Btw, I used bildr.no just because it was fast. I'm not norwegian, so please don't answer in norwegian Edit3:I just tried downloading a file, (big dvd), lan through dc++ in 10mbit lan-speed constantly. This didn't affect my pc's perfomance at all, so I guess there's nothing wrong with how my harddrives are setup after all... I could even play games at normal fps.I think the problem lies somewhere in uTorrent. I will try to switch to another bittorrent client soon and see if I still have this problem. I'll report back if it solves this problem.Or the problem might be that uTorrent doesn't really support windows vista yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBear Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 @ichirouWhy do you have the two IDE channels showing up three times each in Device Manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichirou Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I'm not sure, is that a problem? =)I didn't think it was IDE channels.. I thought I only had one IDE channel, the marked one on the picture.Practically I only have one IDE channel, but I've got 2HDD's on it.My DVD-reader is on SATA.So I have no idea why it's like that, as I said I thought it was something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted March 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Can't someone please look at my problem, and help me find a solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBear Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 @JonMelonDid you install the proper chipset drivers for the motherboard?Also, what is the rest of that Device Manager entry (hidden by the other window) whcih starts with Andre enheter... with Nettverksk right below it.That's definitely missing a driver by the looks of it.@ichirouRemove the bottom two references to ATA Channel 1 and ATA Channel 0 in Device Manager by right clicked on the entry and selecting Delete.Make sure that you are not running any apps of any sort.Reboot your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted March 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 The network device under "andre enheter" was just an old 56k modem I hadn't installed the drivers for, so I uninstalled it. My computer is a Compaq Presairo 5726 and it's very old (7 years or something), I know I should update the drivers and BIOS, but I can't find them anywhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 BUMP! I need help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 BUMP! If it's bad hardware, which seems likely, there's nothing we can do!Other than that, I'm clueless too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMelon Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I see.. Luckily I'm going to get a new computer in May:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichirou Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 @JonMelonI changed from my onboard network to a pci network card and there's still some problems for me but it seems like it's better. So if you have more than one network card, try the other one.Although, I think my problem is more Vista related even if we have the same kinda "symptoms". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebon Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 When try to download large torrents > 1Gb it never loads all the parts completly and I sometimes get the red cross after several hours. I'm left with some incomplete files (ie if I'm downloading the complete series of a TV show I get some episodes which state they are incomplete files).Does u torrent have a limitation on size of file that can be downloaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 No. What error do you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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