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Cataclysm · Jan 04, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

I can barely surf the net with GW running, not just wiki or even only on Firefox, even IE does it and on all the websites I've tries. Im pretty sure its GWs fault because when GW isnt running everything runs just fine. Yet when I am playing GW and I open wiki there is a noticeable lag between when I type a key in the search box and when it appears, and when I scroll with my mouse wheel and it actually scrolls. My comp is brand new and has 2GB RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz processor, so its confusing as to why I'm getting this. I am connected over a wireless router at 54MB/sec about 80% of the time and 38MB/sec the other 20. Never had this problem with my comp thats plugged directly into the internet so I think its my wireless... EDIT: Went back to the "Working" wireless hub and the problem persists. I use Firefoc 2.0 and IE 7 (The new one. I think its 7) Any ideas?

Thargor · Jan 04, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53

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Originally Posted by Cataclysm

Never had this problem with my comp thats plugged directly into the internet so I think its my wireless... At least I did until I tired it at another connection and it worked fine!! Any ideas?

I'm a little confused with the last part of your post. You thought it was your wireless, so you tried a different connection (i am assuming this other connection was not the wireless) and it worked fine? Sounds like it was your wireless.
If the other connection was still the wireless, then just use that connection and sounds like your problem is solved.
I am sure i am missing something in your post though since it sounds like you fixed it yet still posted about it.

Cataclysm · Jan 05, 2007, 12:35 AM // 00:35

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Originally Posted by Thargor

I'm a little confused with the last part of your post. You thought it was your wireless, so you tried a different connection (i am assuming this other connection was not the wireless) and it worked fine? Sounds like it was your wireless.
If the other connection was still the wireless, then just use that connection and sounds like your problem is solved.
I am sure i am missing something in your post though since it sounds like you fixed it yet still posted about it.

OK nevermind. Im on another network right now and the same problem is occurring. I thought it was working here perfectly but now that I'm back it seems my memory was lying to me. So forget about that whole "Works there but not here" thing.
This network isnt my house just another place I often go.

azathothx · Jan 05, 2007, 12:48 AM // 00:48

sounds like a problem with your RAM. the reason you're having a tough time typing stuff in is because when you swap from gw to firefox it's having to cache firefox onto the hard-drive and do some dump swapping to give firefox the memory focus.

you can try testing your memory (might be a bad stick), expanding your swap file (or shrinking, means more focus in actual ram).

you might also want to make your swap file static so windows doesn't try any resizing.

check the task list (press ctrl+shift+esc) and see how much RAM guild wars is using. if it's an exteremely large amount, this might be the problem.

try defragging the Gw.dat file, there is a guide on the tech support forum.

personally, i think you got a bad ram stick. try and download a free memory tester from t'internet and see if there are any bad sectors. your pc might be buffering around them and not recognising the whole stick (which is why it buffers to cache. i get this problem myself but only having 512mb ram and a p3 933 proc, i can narrow the solution down pretty quickly. unfortunately being an impoverished writer means any fix is a distant dream.

Cataclysm · Jan 05, 2007, 01:40 AM // 01:40

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Originally Posted by azathothx

sounds like a problem with your RAM. the reason you're having a tough time typing stuff in is because when you swap from gw to firefox it's having to cache firefox onto the hard-drive and do some dump swapping to give firefox the memory focus.

you can try testing your memory (might be a bad stick), expanding your swap file (or shrinking, means more focus in actual ram).

you might also want to make your swap file static so windows doesn't try any resizing.

check the task list (press ctrl+shift+esc) and see how much RAM guild wars is using. if it's an exteremely large amount, this might be the problem.

try defragging the Gw.dat file, there is a guide on the tech support forum.

personally, i think you got a bad ram stick. try and download a free memory tester from t'internet and see if there are any bad sectors. your pc might be buffering around them and not recognising the whole stick (which is why it buffers to cache. i get this problem myself but only having 512mb ram and a p3 933 proc, i can narrow the solution down pretty quickly. unfortunately being an impoverished writer means any fix is a distant dream.

Tested and its fine, good thing too because its a laptop!!

How do I make the swap file larger?

Whose forums? These or is there an official GW forum?

GW is taking around 200,000. 200,000 K according to the Task Manager. 200,000K obviously cant mean 200GB.

Chilly Ress · Jan 05, 2007, 02:07 AM // 02:07

These forums I believe. Secondly, there is no official GW forum.

Cataclysm · Jan 05, 2007, 08:39 PM // 20:39

OK I decided to test my RAM one more time and it said it cant check all of it at once because of a Windows limitation on how much RAM a program can use so I decided to let it test what it could and let it go overnight. It tested 2000% (And counting!) of the 833MB I told it to (I have 2 gigs)... Maybe this means something?