scarface_666 Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Hi all, I am having a problem when running uTorrent. My problem is that when utorrent is running my pc freezes every 30 - 60 seconds for around 5 seconds sometimes more. The mouse can still move but no programs can be accessed or highlighted. I opened up the task manager and watched and it seems that when this happens, my cpu usage rockets up to 100% then goes back down to a normal 5% or so. My system is brand new only 1 week old:AMD 64 3500+ Asrock 939A8X-m M/Board2GB Ram200GB Maxtor Sata HDRadeon 9600XT Vid CardI am pretty confident that my system isnt the problem since I can run a gaming server and play hardcore games with no problems, its just when utorrent is running that I get this problem, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Another AMD user, another freezing issue...what a surprise. :/ Though this time it's not an nForce chipset, right? That's a first... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 ULI (ALI) M1689, 1000MHZ FSB chipset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 I dont think even a game server uses as much connections as your avg. P2P application.I wonder if disabling DHT helps in any way (lots of UDP packets killing the chipset\NIC\driver). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Every other torrent program I use works fine, and other p2p programs no probs, its just utorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 ChaosBlade, your suggestions has in fact made it worse, with DHT disabled i can barely do anything and the mouse moves really slow and jerky. Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 You've got one hell of a driver problem from the looks of it.And if you have a firewall, dump it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 What kind of driver? The system I have is new mate, and I have tried with my firewall switched off to no avail..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 Disabling usually does not help, only uninstalling. Try it.And make sure you have the latest drivers for your system (chipset, NIC, and so on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Firon, you were the closest to my problem, although it was nothing to do with the firewall it gave me a little clue as to what could be the problem, my virus shield scans p2p apps, I disabled that part of it and its now running at a respectable 2 - 8 % no lag or slowdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Ah... I see.What virus software had that function? So I can add it to the FAQ and tell users to disable it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Avast free home edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Thanks. Do you have step-by-step instructions on disabling the part that caused your problems? Would be easier so I can explain how people can fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 1) Double click the left mouse button on your Avast quicklaunch icon on the bottom right of the toolbar and your On-Access Scanner will open in a seperate window.2) Click the left mouse button on the "Details >>" button at the bottom of the Avast On-Access Scanner to open up more options.3) Look for the P2P Shield on the left of you On-Access Scanner window and left click your mouse button on it and the P2P Shield should now be highlighted.4) Now click your left mouse button on the "Terminate" Button (Located on the right of the On-Access Scanner window) and you should now see some text near the top of the window saying "No task is currently using this provider".5) Finally, click the "Ok" Button and the bottom right of the On-Access Scanner window and its all set.This is persistent and should stay off unless you reactivate it.Scarface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Just to give you exact details on the problem if you are posting in your FAQs.Problem:Windows would freeze/hang periodically around every 30 seconds for about 5 -10 seconds. During the system hang the CPU usage would go up to as high as 100% then back down until the next periodic hang and the mouse cursor was able to move but slower than usual and could not highlight or open/close or minimize/maximize anything.Diagnosis:Possibly a conflict between Avast Anti Virus and uTorrent.Fix:As stated above.Hope that helps.Scarface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Added to the FAQ, thanks. By "Avast quicklaunch icon on the bottom right of the toolbar," do you mean the Avast icon in the system tray? Or... what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface_666 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Yes sorry, thats what I meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Alright, thanks again. This should help others with a similar problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[r4] Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 My problem is somewhat similar:with uTorrent running in background my Internet connection slows to a crawl (some servers reject connections then), even when download speed is ca. 10-12 KB (and it's 512kb ADSL line). Moreover, my mouse repeatedly "hangs" for fractions of second, which is more annoying than being true harm (sometimes the system doesn't catch my clicks - and this is annoying even more!).I've already prepared some tests to investigate this case: BitSpirit doesn't show such behavior even while downloading at full speed (at about 60kB) and even then all of the websites open as usual without any flaws. I'm using Opera, but testing with IE gave similar results.AMD Athlon XP 2000+512MB RAMECSk7s5 pro (with integrated NIC - could this be the cause?) <don't laugh>Kaspersky AntiHackerNOD32 AntivirusAs I mentioned, case is being investigated, but I would greatly appreciate any more suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 ]...ECSk7s5 pro (with integrated NIC - could this be the cause?) <don't laugh>...Ahahaha... Erm, Kaspersky is known to conflict with µTorrent...you may want to uninstall that and see if the problem goes away. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[r4] Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Yeah, I know this whole bunch of motherboards from ECS are kinda funny :> What I've already found is that disabling DHT helps a bit (and only a bit), and since I'm a newbie to the BitTorrent mechanisms, I'll let it remain like that (is that important feature?). Furthermore - Kaspersky AntiHacker firewall (quite good AFAIK, but you might want to correct my mistake here) is still up and runnin' and uTorrent currently doesn't cause any problem, however there is only one leeching connection (SLOW!!!) and a few seeding ones (I use SysInternals TCPView tool to monitor TCP activity).My guess is that that the antivirus software (I tested two of them until now) gets in the uTorrent's way. While checking every single piece of data, no matter either downloaded or uploaded it's slowly gettin' on my nerves. But maybe I'm wrong? Tested software was NOD32 (for Win98, because I own one) and Kaspersky AntiVirus Personal. Go ahead and point why they are so good or bad.The question arises: is the construction of the uTorrent "faulty" in comparison to the other clients? I understand that the aim of the programmer is to maintain full flexibility while remaining between some pre-defined borders of the project and I fully agree with such a definition. On the other hand - what exactly makes uTorrent so different in the terms of actually using it? That's the gest of the matter and I'm looking forward to getting a closer look what's under the hood (with all due respect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 That's a good question. TBH, I don't know why incompatibilities exist with µTorrent and some firewalls/anti-virus programs. :/Getting back to your problem, I presume you've updated your NIC's drivers and motherboard drivers, right? Also, if you're running 2 anti-virus programs simultaneously, don't. NOD32 is more than capable of handling e-pests on its own. Another thing you might want to check is your router/modem. µTorrent tries to aggressively connect to other peers and initiates a lot of connections at the same time, so you should update their firmware if it's not yet updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[r4] Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I'm using only one AV (am aware of the rule), it's that sentence which caused that confusion . NIC drivers are up-to-date (it's SIS900 100Mbit based chipset). However it isn't the most satisfactory solution on the market - case similar to those old winmodems; when CPU usage gets close to 100%, net traffic drops to about 30kB (I mean on a LAN, of course ) Router? I'm behind two actually - one acts as a pure hub machine (and it's TRENDnet TW100 series with firewall and DHCP functions disabled) and the second is ASMAX AL804u, with built-in ADSL modem. Kaspersky's still on, NOD32 acts as it should... and uTorrent give me no slowdowns, no problems and so on. WTF then?I'm wondering whether the same thing applies to at least Win2K, but I'll be inspecting this in a day or two (need to install it first )I'm curious to know the mechanisms of this lovely tiny proggy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Wow...2 routers. :| Well I haven't worked with any of those you mentioned, so I guess I'm not much use to you. Like I said before, if you're still having problems: update the firmwares and uninstall Kaspersky. :/Edit: typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 It is known? The antivirus works fine. Not sure about AntiHacker though. or KIS2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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