My Vista is Slow During Fast Downloads

> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:09:01 -0700, Eptiger wrote:
>

> >I'm running a pretty new laptop: Vista Home Premium on a Core 2 Duo (1.83
> >GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 FSB) with 3GB RAM. When I download files at speeds of
> >about 100 kb/sec or above (in Firefox, uTorrent, Miro, etc), my computer goes
> >noticeably slower overall. There's significant delay when I move the mouse
> >around the screen and such. This doesn't always happen, at least not on a
> >fresh reboot, but it's not long before the problem comes up.
> >
> >From looking at the task manager, there's no other processes sucking up the
> >CPU, the temperature of each core is around 50 degrees C, and almost half my
> >RAM is free. I haven't seen information anywhere on this specific problem,
> >but I've tried a number of the steps recommended to help improve Vista's
> >performance to no avail.

>
> Elton,
>
> one possible cause could be the network adapter eating up
> interrupt response processor cycles. It could be defective or
> poorly designed, or there could be a driver or interrupt
> hardware problem.
>
> Try to investigate in these directions.
>
> Hans-Georg
> --
> No mail, please.
>

> Not a bad idea, but I don't know where to find this help. I'm using a
> Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN (I think BCM43xx), which seems to be fairly common.
> Does anyone know of any issues with it or fixes? Some Google browsing didn't
> get me anywhere.
>
> I'll try sending an e-mail to Broadcom to see what they say.
>
> Any other ideas or suggestions in the meantime?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elton
>
> "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
>

>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:09:01 -0700, Eptiger wrote:
>>

>>> I'm running a pretty new laptop: Vista Home Premium on a Core 2 Duo (1.83
>>> GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 FSB) with 3GB RAM. When I download files at speeds of
>>> about 100 kb/sec or above (in Firefox, uTorrent, Miro, etc), my computer goes
>>> noticeably slower overall. There's significant delay when I move the mouse
>>> around the screen and such. This doesn't always happen, at least not on a
>>> fresh reboot, but it's not long before the problem comes up.
>>>
>> >From looking at the task manager, there's no other processes sucking up the
>>> CPU, the temperature of each core is around 50 degrees C, and almost half my
>>> RAM is free. I haven't seen information anywhere on this specific problem,
>>> but I've tried a number of the steps recommended to help improve Vista's
>>> performance to no avail.

>> Elton,
>>
>> one possible cause could be the network adapter eating up
>> interrupt response processor cycles. It could be defective or
>> poorly designed, or there could be a driver or interrupt
>> hardware problem.
>>
>> Try to investigate in these directions.
>>
>> Hans-Georg
>> --
>> No mail, please.
>>