First post, by F2bnp
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- l33t
Hey guys, I'm facing a really strange problem using Windows ME.
I'm using the following machine :
Pentium III at 1GHz
ASUS CUSL2
512mb RAM
3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP
Sound Blaster Live! Value (primary sound card, Vortex connected for MIDI)
Aureal Vortex 2 + DB60XG
LevelONE LAN Card
The machine works nicely, boots extremely fast (about 30 seconds tops) and is very convenient, however after a little while performance starts to degrade. It seems to happen at random, either I use the PC or not. Applications and games start to produce choppyness like skipping frames after a certain point, while others simply stop working properly (I can still exit them). Most peculiarly, MIDI music slows down as well and the mouse lags! I tried to run Doom which is a DOS program and run into a certain error box, saying that I didn't have enough memory! I can't reproduce it right now, but after a google search it seems that Windows ME has certain service which checks and reports for problems and that seems to be the problem. I should note that after a restart everything is back to normal and that I have removed stuff like System Restore using System Remover PRO.
Also, I'm running 3DHQ Beta 10 drivers for the Voodoo 5, latest drivers for Live! and 2048 for Vortex 2.
Any solutions?