Slow DSL unless Activity Monitor utility is running?

Very strange behavior w. my new Mac Mini. My DSL speed has droped from 3 Mbps (normal) to around .2Mbps. All other Macs on my home network are doing fine, one w. Tiger OS, the other Snow Leopard.
But get this -- when I launch Activity Monitor, DSL speed immediately jumps up to normal. Close A.M. and my DSL speed is back down to almost non-functioning. Any one heard of this problem before? Thanks.

Wow, no responses. I have heard of apps that conflict with others, but never an app that had to be running for something unrelated to work, in his case my WiFi/DSL.
I generally avoid updating my OS when things are not working right. But maybe in this case, it might be worth the risk? Maybe the OS 10.7.4 update will correct the problem? Anyone agree or disagree? Thanks.

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Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU% when this happens, click on Memory tab, do you have many Pageouts?
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
Check the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive in Disk Utilty by highlighting the Drive & looking at the bottom of the window.

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Aperture use. Interesting that its use on simple tasks
are nearly 2GB of total memory.
For those having stalling problems, there is a good way
to see how your computer is using the memory.
Opened Aperture:
Idle use:
Memory: 550+
Virutal Memory: 850+
While moving full Zoom
Memory jumped to: 840+
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program for those with well over the 2GB memory. It is constantly
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Terminal freaks me out. Spooky stuff, can't look.
I haven't run into any RAM issues yet but my experience is not nearly as extensive as some of the rest of you guys.
Curious, though, are you seeing beach balls when the paging starts to ramp up? That virtual memory must get in and out of the swap file and that takes a long time. If you've got physical drive issues or the drive is getting crowded, the swap file gets fragmented and slower and slower.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
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I apologize for the poor formatting. I did a filter for Activity and found these references to the crash. It looks like i'm missing a framework required for displaying the graphs that activity monitor uses. Any advice on how to go about replacing that?
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10/31/07 9:46:16 PM [0x0-0x20a20a].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6429] dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphKit.framework/Versions/A/GraphKit
10/31/07 9:46:16 PM [0x0-0x20a20a].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6429] Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
10/31/07 9:46:16 PM [0x0-0x20a20a].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6429] Reason: image not found
10/31/07 9:46:16 PM ReportCrash[6430] Formulating crash report for process Activity Monitor[6429]
10/31/07 9:46:16 PM ReportCrash[6430] Saved crashreport to /Users/conradstoll/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Activity Monitor2007-10-31-214616Conrad-Stoll.crash using uid: 501 gid: 20, euid: 501 egid: 20
10/31/07 9:46:16 PM com.apple.launchd[142] ([0x0-0x20a20a].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6429]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM [0x0-0x20c20c].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6433] dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphKit.framework/Versions/A/GraphKit
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM [0x0-0x20c20c].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6433] Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM [0x0-0x20c20c].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6433] Reason: image not found
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM ReportCrash[6430] Formulating crash report for process Activity Monitor[6433]
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM ReportCrash[6430] Saved crashreport to /Users/conradstoll/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Activity Monitor2007-10-31-214619Conrad-Stoll.crash using uid: 501 gid: 20, euid: 501 egid: 20
10/31/07 9:46:19 PM com.apple.launchd[142] ([0x0-0x20c20c].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[6433]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM ReportCrash[6430] Formulating crash report for process Activity Monitor[6434]
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM ReportCrash[6430] Saved crashreport to /Users/conradstoll/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Activity Monitor2007-10-31-214621Conrad-Stoll.crash using uid: 501 gid: 20, euid: 501 egid: 20
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM [0x0-0x20d20d].Activity Monitor[6434] dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphKit.framework/Versions/A/GraphKit
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM [0x0-0x20d20d].Activity Monitor[6434] Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM [0x0-0x20d20d].Activity Monitor[6434] Reason: image not found
10/31/07 9:46:21 PM com.apple.launchd[142] ([0x0-0x20d20d].Activity Monitor[6434]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap

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