Task Swithching out of eq

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:03 pm

Hi, Ive recently purchesed a new systemt thats running an amd 3800 dual core chip. I have an nvidia 6800 pcie card. When im running everquest and try to task switch to another progam or to another instance of eq im expirencing 20-30 seconds of what i can best describe as my cpu freezing. When everquest in minimized everything runs lightning fast. Ive installed all the latest drivers and fixes that I could find to try and correct this. Any help would be great

Thanks

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:16 pm

Post your sysinfo, which you can get by right clicking on the game window's title bar, and select Get System Info.

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:23 pm

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
System Physical RAM: 2126/2559MB
Page File: 2736/3074MB
Virtual Memory: 1928/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ @ 2000MHz
CPU 2: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ @ 2000MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 2
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/MSI NX6800GS (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS)
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1280,1024) (1280x1024) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.13

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\DSETUP.dll
Module 15: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 16: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 17: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 18: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 19: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 20: C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 21: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 22: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 23: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 24: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 25: C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 26: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 27: C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 28: C:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 29: C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 30: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 31: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 32: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 33: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 34: C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 35: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 36: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 37: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 38: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 39: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 40: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\d3dx9_27.dll
Module 41: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 42: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 43: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 44: C:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 45: C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\GameHook.dll
Module 46: C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\lgscroll.dll
Module 47: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_0de06acd\MSVCR80.dll
Module 48: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_0de06acd\MSVCP80.dll
Module 49: C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 50: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 51: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 52: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 53: C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 54: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll
Module 55: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqmain.dll
Module 56: C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Module 57: C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL
Module 58: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
Module 59: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 60: C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll

Direct3D9:
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Driver: MSI NX6800GS (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS)/nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/8185
Adapter Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1280x1024 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 478MB
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
-----------------------------------

EverQuest:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Texture Compression: ON (+0 min RAM)
MipMapping: ON (+4 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Dynamic Lighting: ON (+4 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 488MB (BASE+205MB)
Level of Detail: 0
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Apr 17 2006 14:53:02
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:44 pm

Looks pretty normal.

I cant imagine why you'd experience a 20-30 second delay when switching apps, honestly. You say "the latest drivers and fixes"

What drivers, specifically, have you installed?
Did you get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard (which is probably the most important thing here), or are we basically just talking about the video card and sound card or such?

Have you scanned for viruses/spyware?

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:25 pm

I just double checked to make sure that i had everything. I have newest amd drivers avail ( posted nov 2005 ) have newest drivers for my MB Ati xpress 200 ( were posted sometime in 06) Have the current nvidia drivers . Sorry i dont know the exact version numbers of them. Just know that Ive updated em all

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:25 pm

Oh and no virus or spyware found ive had system for 18 hrs now

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:36 pm

Yeah. Well, that's certainly intersting. I assume you went to windows update and made sure that's all up to date, etc. WinEQ 2 works great on clean installs of Windows with properly working drivers, so I'm kind of stumped here. Does this happen without WinEQ 2 also? I can only assume it does...

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:39 pm

Indeed its with any instance of eq running. Wether it be from wineq2 or the everquest patcher itself. Its really got me stumped too. I do have all the windows updates.

Could there be some kind of conflict with onboard ati graphics and the nvidia card I have in now?

Post by **Lax** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:46 pm

While that would be funny, it's probably not related to the video card.

It might be another program using too much CPU time, so check your task manager and look for programs using 50% cpu time (one of your 2 CPUs full time) the whole time, etc. It could also be a driver going crazy for some reason, not sure.

Past that, the only things that come to mind are driver conflicts with the windows kernel..

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:50 pm

Hehe

Thanks for all your help Lax. Im about ready to tear this stupid chip out. Aside from maybe installing a new copy of windows / reformat Im complete out of ideas as well. Thanks for your help tho

If I find a fix ill make sure to let you know

bawabas · Post by **bawabas** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:35 am

Well im going to bump this to see if anyone maybe has some new insight into what the problem maybe. Since the orignal problem Ive gotten rid of the dual core chip and went with an AMD athlon 64 3700+. This orignally fixed my problem till the first reboot then it went right back to lock up when task switching out of eq. Im running Media Centre edition ( could that be the problem) other then that im downloading a copy of vista to try and have a copy of xp home. Dont really want to install a new o/s tho but It seems that maybe my copy of MSE might be the problem.

Thanks in Advance

Lacky · Post by **Lacky** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:58 pm

Im running Media Centre edition ( could that be the problem) other then that im downloading a copy of vista to try and have a copy of xp home.

Yes that could be the problem. As I recall the media center edition had alot taken out that could be causing conflicts when eq tries to do something. Try the Home. I have heard Vista is great for EQ if you can find drivers for your stuff.