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1) You use the onboard graphics with shared memory, what size is the memory set to for the graphics in the BIOS? (try 512)

2) Open device manager, right click on primary IDE channel, select the advanced settings tab, and check what transfer mode the HDD transfer is in? (should be DMA mode x not PIO)

3) Run the online version of “Microsoft one care live” make sure you have no virus or spy ware and the system is clean and the HDD is de-fragmented. (run full service scan) Windows Live OneCare safety scanner: Free online tool for PC health and safety then try disabling any virus scanner you may have running

4) Schedule a task to run every night to defrag the HDD recordings, Use task scheduler and the XP defrag program

5) By chance do you run comskip?

6) make sure your drivers are up to date, go to windows update and check custom, then check the hardware,optional updates for hardware drivers. Microsoft Update

<blockquote data-quote="winterescape" data-source="post: 593193" data-attributes="member: 90370">1)&nbsp; &nbsp; You use the onboard graphics with shared memory, what size is the memory set to for the graphics in the BIOS? (try 512)2)&nbsp; &nbsp; Open device manager, right click on primary IDE channel, select the advanced settings tab, and check what transfer mode the HDD transfer is in? (should be DMA mode x not PIO)3)&nbsp; &nbsp; Run the online version of&nbsp; “Microsoft one care live” make sure you have no virus or spy ware and the system is clean and the HDD is de-fragmented.&nbsp; (run full service scan)&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm" target="_blank">Windows Live OneCare safety scanner: Free online tool for PC health and safety</a>&nbsp; then try disabling any virus scanner you may have running4)&nbsp; &nbsp; Schedule a task to run every night to defrag the HDD recordings, Use task scheduler and the XP defrag program5)&nbsp; &nbsp; By chance do you run comskip?6) make sure your drivers are up to date, go to windows update and check custom, then check the hardware,optional updates for hardware drivers. <a href="http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us" target="_blank">Microsoft Update</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="winterescape, post: 593193, member: 90370"] 1) You use the onboard graphics with shared memory, what size is the memory set to for the graphics in the BIOS? (try 512) 2) Open device manager, right click on primary IDE channel, select the advanced settings tab, and check what transfer mode the HDD transfer is in? (should be DMA mode x not PIO) 3) Run the online version of “Microsoft one care live” make sure you have no virus or spy ware and the system is clean and the HDD is de-fragmented. (run full service scan) [url=http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm]Windows Live OneCare safety scanner: Free online tool for PC health and safety[/url] then try disabling any virus scanner you may have running 4) Schedule a task to run every night to defrag the HDD recordings, Use task scheduler and the XP defrag program 5) By chance do you run comskip? 6) make sure your drivers are up to date, go to windows update and check custom, then check the hardware,optional updates for hardware drivers. [url=http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us]Microsoft Update[/url] [/QUOTE]