del1 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hello, For the last week i've been looking through the forum for some solution, tried a few, but nothing worked...When I start Utorrent, it will download or upload fine for some minutes, then stop, or download/upload very very slow...when I restart... it goes well and fast again for a couple of minutes and then back to slow speed or nothingI had also the problem of when I closed utorrent, that I had to use task manager to close it... but red on the forum to give it time to close, and that seems to work so fari'm on windows xp sp3 with utorrent 3.3.2thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Having this issue as well but only on a torrent that's 61gigs but once it happens it affects all other torrents started after it. Restarting utorrent will fix it till i start the the big one back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Just read this hereS. "Disk overload" warning - what is it and how to try to overcomeSome users observe a "Disk overload" warning on the status bar. This is observed when:- Downloading at higher rates (usually over 8MB/sec)- Downloading of multi-files torrents (files there are not aligned to disk blocks)- Downloading of larger files >4GB- Using a slower hard drivers (slower USB connection) - Using an AV software that interferes with the download- Having access permissions in the download locationThis warning is when uTorrent cannot write the downloaded data as fast as it downloads it. It then throttles it's own speed to compensate.Things to do that *might* help (beside improving the above root causes) :- Use my recommended settings file- Try to run-as-admin- Checking Pref.Advanced->Disk Cache->Write out untouched blocks every 2 min. might help a bit with not accumulating of completed pieces in cache.- As a last resort: try to also change my settings to Pref.->Advanced->diskio.sparse_files to TRUE (Warning: this increases HD fragmentation)Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Well, did any of those hints helped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 No none of it seems to work keep getting that disk overload warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Using 3.3.2 with the above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 No I'm using 3.2 the tracker for the torrent doesn't support the latest build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 It appears to only affect the 60g file i started a 15g one and didn't have any issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Found this post http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=135596&p=4 post 87 tried these: In the General settings in the "When Downloading" section, tick the option titled "Pre-allocate all files".In Advanced set "diskio.sparse.files" to *trueIn Advanced set "diskio.use_partfile" to *false (this will work only on newly added torrents)In Advanced set "net.max_halfopen" to *50Fixed my issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 not much different that my tips. most are in my settings file. Apparently, you didn't know how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 No hash fails just kept giving the disk overload after about a min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonscape2 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Your are right on not knowing how to use the settings file wasn't sure if i should just place it in the ut folder or not since theres nothing in it but the launcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del1 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 all my files are on an external disk, connected on usb (NOT 3.0 usb)Could that be the reason?I remember in the last couple of month having seen 2 or 3 times maximum a disk overload message or something flushing to diskI just put in the settings suggested here from Rafi and dragonscape2after clicking apply, so far, that one torrent is still crawling slowly between 0.6 kb/s and 1.2kb/sshould i close utorrent and restart to have to settings take effects or it should have made a difference after clicking Apply/Ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 all my files are on an external disk, connected on usb (NOT 3.0 usb)Major performance issue caused right there.Use internal drives, ESATA or USB 3.0 externals if you want this to work.Using the settings file requires you to shut down utorrent BEFORE placing the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del1 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 so all my files being on and external not usb 3.0 will cause utorrent to suddenly slow down or stop downloading torrent after running for a min or 2?all my internal drives are not big enough to have all the files on 1 disk, that why i put them all on an externalwhen you write: " Using the settings file requires you to shut down utorrent BEFORE placing the file."Something i'm not getting here, what "File" are you referning to? I followed the instruction changing the settings within the utorent preferences, and in order to do that utorrent must be running... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 >what "File" are you referning to? settings.dat. So you haven't even looked at my tips/guide I'm out of here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del1 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Sorry Rafi, I thought I had to follow the instructions about disk overload in your post here:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=74820I downloaded the file and will try thanks.. sorry I thought just changing the stuff about disk overload would have been ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del1 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 restarted Utorrent after putting the new setting file...downloaded the torrent that was left to download fast(usually does after a restart), but when I run the connection test, I get:Speed test failed:connection failed error:timed out error (10060)Tested again and again a few times and now suddenly the connection test was succesful?!??!?Now I'll have to add new torrents to download to see if those new settings works, BUT, so far, I don't see any ACTIVE torrent, nothing uploading... I need to keep this uploading working to keep my ratios on torrent sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 You should at least:* set up your own port # in preferences->connection and forward it in your router.* set your own download & torrent directory paths in pref->directoriesIf you do NOT have a 1Mbps upload connection, MANUALLY adjust your settings with the setup guide (ctrl-G) to 90% of your connection UPLOAD speed.+ the tips at #S ...Test torrent example: http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.10/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxMulder Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I had the exact problem you have described. Turns out it was my crappy USB WIFI ADAPTER, it is just not meant for torrenting. If you are using one, get an internal WIFI card (PCI E) it won't slow down after awhile and problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del1 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thanks foxmulder, but i don't have a usb wifi adapterfor the rest, I still have to restart to get my download finished and don't see any active upload and my ratio on torrent site also still doesn't go up, even though connected 24h/7could it be the fact that all my torrent files are on an external drive ?I would need to buy a new 4 tb drive then, if so, but then, maybe windows xp won't support that big of a drive I'm afraidbefore i go through this I want to be sure that's the right solutionhow could I make a good test to see if it's working properly? with RAFI's settings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 how could I make a good test to see if it's working properly? with RAFI's settings ?Test torrent example: http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.10/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent … so.torrentAnd no, ratio does not have anything to do with the drive being external/internal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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