My laptop's HDD is causing fps spikes

Hello.. I purchased a dv7-2170us laptop online about a week ago.
Whenever I try to play a 3d game like Counter Strike Source or Left 4 Dead 2,
I get random fps spikes every 10 seconds constantly.
Today, I brought an external HDD and did backup my files to format my laptop.
then Idk why but I decided to run those games in the external HDD..
and they worked without any fps spikes!
so.. i was wondering if anyone knows how to solve this problem.
Please help me.

Hi,
i am having similar problem,
did you find any solution?

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I have to agree that there is some major problem with iTunes - I'm totally unimpressed having never used it before and just having bought my first ipod.
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Does anyone know why DW causes the CPU to jump up when it is
performing FTP operations? I'm new to DW and maybe this is normal,
but it shouldn't be. When I perfrom FTP activities, DW usually
takes up about 60-70% of the CPU???
Also, why is the FTP client so slow?
Dreamweaver takes so much longer than other FTP clients. I
compared it's usage to SmartFTP, FileZilla, and Windows built in
FTP, and Dreamweaver is so slow on a magnitude of 20x - 30x. For a
quick test I tried to pull down a directory using dreamweaver. I
have all the files local already, so I told DW not to overwrite the
files...so you would think it should speed through all the files
and realize that they are all dups and not download anything, for a
directory with 15 files in it, i would think this FTP operation
should take about 2 seconds. but it takes dreamweaver about 4
minutes to complete this, all my other FTP clients can figure this
out in under 5 seconds, and they don't need to spike the CPU to do
it.
A quick search on the web tells me that I am not the only
person with these problems.
I really hope Adobe plans on fixing the FTP problems.
Technical details:
Dreamweaver CS3.
Windows Vista SP1, 4GB ram, Fujitsu T4220

I've had a related, ongoing problem with CS3 running up the
CPU and acting
slow for just about every operation for no apparent reason.
It goes in
surges, and just acts like molasses half the time, very
annoying. It is to
the point that I really don't use CS3, I use DW8, but try to
use CS3 here
and again to see if it has started working or if there is
some patch
released. This is on my XP workstation at work, and my Vista
workstation at
home. Both systems run CS3 slow enough that I just don't use
CS3. This has
been going on for over a year, since I got my copy of CS3.
Too bad really, because I am tasked with approving CS3 for
use by the rest
of our WEB team and I haven't been able to do that, so we
continue to use
DW8. We are missing out on Spry integration and are slowly
switching over
to Eclipse and Aptana instead. I think that if the CPU bug
isn't fixed, CS3
will be the version that has us switch away entirely. The
only hope seems to
be if they release the next version of DW before we can
completely switch
away. We are a smallish state agency and only have 8 DW
licenses, but
that's seven licenses they missed out on the upgrade path
with unless this
is fixed (mine is the only upgraded so far). It just isn't
useable in its
present state. :-\
"HenryHill" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> This has been a problem with Dreamweaver for a while
now. I would have
> thought
> that Adobe would have fixed the FTP issues, or at least
improved upon them
> by
> now.
>
> One of the things you can try is to disable the
"Maintain synchronization
> information" checkbox in the "Remote Info" section of a
site definition.
> although, you won't get the benefit of synchronization
in Dreamweaver, but
> you
> will get speed improvements, and your computer's CPU
won't spike and sound
> like
> a jumbo jet taking off every time you perform a FTP
operation.
>
> You can also try submitting a bug report as "John T
Smith" recommended,
> but I
> can pretty much guarantee you it won't do any good. We
have submitted
> many
> reports over the years and never heard anything.
>
> Your best bet is to go with an external FTP client such
as FileZilla
> (free!).
> You get the benefit of multiple connections so your
uploads/downloads are
> faster, plus it gives you a lot more feedback as the
FTPing is occuring,
> such
> as transfer speed, how many files have transfered, how
many are left, any
> errors. it will also auto detect if passive FTP is
needed, you can pause,
> stop, restart, it also shows you the exact ftp commands
that it is sending
> and
> what the responses are from the server. These are things
that Adobe
> should
> have included in the FTP client. As far as most of us
are concerned, the
> FTP
> client built into Dreamweaver is in the dark ages
compared to modern day
> FTP
> clients.
>
> Their are a lot of benefits to the built in client, but
for us, the
> negatives
> out weigh the positives.
>
>
>

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GV2,
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service. I didn't see any requests fail, but response times were up significantly.
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the other instance to see if that also gets the instance back to normal CPU times.

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Hello,
I am pretty new to after effects, so please take it easy on me if this is an easily fixed issue or if I am doing something wrong. Here is my whole process.
I have a canon xl2, shooting in 24p with 2:3 selected. I then import the video from the camera to premiere using capture. This was filmed at 16:9.
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further info:
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Like in the past, people used to dig holes with shovels and by hand. Excavating holes this way was hard and took alot of time.
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I guess thats where my confusion came in, I guess the way I look at it, due to never having done the traditional rotoscoping method, I just considered it the same thing.
Anyway, I hope I dont look like a giant *** with my posts. Cuz anyone willing to take time outta there day to help someone else in a courteous manner deserves all the praise I can give.
Thanks again.

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Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.emailrules[1403]: 2012-09-14 14:55:46-0400 [-] twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFactory starting on 8089
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.emailrules[1403]: 2012-09-14 14:55:46-0400 [-] Starting factory <twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFactory instance at 0x10623c7e8>
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/bin/twistd", line 19, in <module>
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     run()
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 694, in run
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     runApp(config)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 423, in run
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     self.logger.start(None)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 251, in start
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     observer = self._getLogObserver()
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 140, in _getLogObserver
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     logFile = logfile.LogFile.fromFullPath(self._logfilename)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 47, in fromFullPath
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     os.path.dirname(logPath), *args, **kwargs)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 147, in __init__
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     BaseLogFile.__init__(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 32, in __init__
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]:     assert os.path.isdir(self.directory)
Sep 14 14:55:46 prime com.apple.wikid[1400]: AssertionError
Sep 14 14:55:47 prime com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[1400]): Exited with exit code: 1
Sep 14 14:55:47 prime com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid): Throttling respawn: Will start in 4 seconds
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/zope/__init__.py:1: UserWarning: Module twisted was already imported from /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/__init__.pyc, but /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python is being added to sys.path
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   __import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/mail/smtp.py:10: DeprecationWarning: the MimeWriter module is deprecated; use the email package instead
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   import MimeWriter, tempfile, rfc822
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py:49: DeprecationWarning: mktap and related support modules are deprecated as of Twisted 8.0. Use Twisted Application Plugins with the 'twistd' command directly, as described in 'Writing a Twisted Application Plugin for twistd' chapter of the Developer Guide.
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   from twisted.scripts.mktap import getid
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: /usr/share/wikid/lib/python/twisted_overrides/microdom.py:176: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?
Sep 14 14:55:51 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   assert (oldChild.parentNode is self,
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/bin/twistd", line 19, in <module>
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     run()
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 694, in run
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     runApp(config)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 423, in run
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     self.logger.start(None)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 251, in start
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     observer = self._getLogObserver()
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 140, in _getLogObserver
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     logFile = logfile.LogFile.fromFullPath(self._logfilename)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 47, in fromFullPath
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     os.path.dirname(logPath), *args, **kwargs)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 147, in __init__
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     BaseLogFile.__init__(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:   File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 32, in __init__
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]:     assert os.path.isdir(self.directory)
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.wikid[1517]: AssertionError
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[1517]): Exited with exit code: 1
Sep 14 14:55:52 prime com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid): Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/zope/__init__.py:1: UserWarning: Module twisted was already imported from /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/__init__.pyc, but /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python is being added to sys.path
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]:   __import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]: /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/mail/smtp.py:10: DeprecationWarning: the MimeWriter module is deprecated; use the email package instead
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]:   import MimeWriter, tempfile, rfc822
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]: /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py:49: DeprecationWarning: mktap and related support modules are deprecated as of Twisted 8.0. Use Twisted Application Plugins with the 'twistd' command directly, as described in 'Writing a Twisted Application Plugin for twistd' chapter of the Developer Guide.
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]:   from twisted.scripts.mktap import getid
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]: /usr/share/wikid/lib/python/twisted_overrides/microdom.py:176: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?
Sep 14 14:56:02 prime com.apple.wikid[1530]:   assert (oldChild.parentNode is self,
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