uTorrent making the whole system slow

[Lillebror]

I don't know what I might have done, but somehow uTorrent has suddenly started to lag down the whole system when I download. It doesn't matter how much really, it just makes everything slower. Even the actual mouse lags. This only happens when I download, not when I'm uploading. And also, every time I close uTorrent and re-opens it, it has to re-check every downloading file - something it didn't had to do before.

I have the latest version and I've tried with both a new torrent client and by re-installing uTorrent, but nothing works. Could it be my processor that's malfunctioning or something? It seems to work fine in everything else I do on the computer...

Thanks in advance!

[GTHK]

Did you try watching Task Manager to see what programs are running? What OS? Check your Device Manager, find your drive controllers and check the current transfer mode.

[Ultima]

Start > Run > devmgmt.msc

Make sure your IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers' connected devices are currently in DMA transfer mode.

[Lillebror]

How do I check if they are in DMA transfer mode?

[Firon]

Check the properties of each one.

[Lillebror]

I did that, but it didn't made me any wiser. Where exactly in the properties "menu"?

[Firon]

the "Advanced Settings" tab should show it.

[Lillebror]

Both the primary and the secondary IDE-channels are in "DMA if available". Isn't that how it should be?

[DreadWingKnight]

That's not the value box we were after.

[Lillebror]

Oh okay. Well the current transfer mode seems to be "Ultra DMA Mode 5" on two of the primary ones, and "Ultra DMA Mode 4" on the latest. With the secondary i got one ""Ultra DMA Mode 5", one "PIO-mode" and one "Not applicable".

[DreadWingKnight]

The controller that has a PIO-Mode needs to be removed and your system restarted.