Do I need NEW Ram?

[Refractoryman]

On the system profiled below I should have 512mb ram. It is only showing 480mb? Do I need a new sim? My audio and video stutters at times and I have tried everything to diagnose it except new memory. I just noticed the 480mb a little while ago. I am thinking this could be the "STUTTERING" culprit? Suggestions please? Also, is there anything I can do to upgrade this pc? Thanks.


--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-12-28
Time 09:53


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI 661FM2-V (MS-7060) (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 661FX
System Memory 480 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (09/25/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter SiS 651_661FX_741_760_M661FX_M661MX_M741_M760 (32 MB)
3D Accelerator SiS 330 Mirage Integrated
Monitor Medion MD41079EBS02 [NoDB] (000000000000)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive Generic CF Card CF USB Device
Disk Drive Generic MS Card MS USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SD Card MMC/SD USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SM/XD Card SM USB Device
Disk Drive WDC WD1600BB-22GUA0 (149 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive ST320002 1A USB Device (200 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive DVD RW DVR-MCC (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:8x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:8x, CD:10x/10x/24x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive IDE DVD-ROM 16X (16x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 146734 MB (109027 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 5879 MB (675 MB free)
L: (FAT32) 190733 MB (147675 MB free)
Total Size 335.3 GB (251.3 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter RangeMax(tm) NEXT Wireless Adapter WN311B (192.168.1.13)
Modem Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem

Peripherals:
Printer Broderbund PDF Converter 2.10d
Printer Canon i960
Printer Canon PIXMA iP4000
Printer Fax
Printer PDF-XChange 2 DE
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (v1.0)
USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

 

[Steve]

Your integrated video is using 32MB of your RAM. Get a video card.

 

[Peter]

Correct. Audio/video stuttering "at times", when running smoothly the rest of the time, won't go away with a graphics card update either. Find out what background task or other possible disturbances are happening at "those" times, and eliminate those. You may have tasks that run every minute/hour/day, and it may also be something like the machine overheating and going into degraded-performance mode.

 

[Refractoryman]

Ok, added a AIW 9800 video card I had stashed away. Corrected my ram problem. I still have the audio stuttering. It stutters periodically playing mp3's, CD,s and even through the AIW player. I've tried MSCONFIG, DXDIAG and other registry cleaners and fixer-uppers. Nothing seems to work. Could it be the Logitech speakers I have connected? CPU? HDD? HELP!!!!!!!!! I've researched it quite throughly on the internet. Seems to happen a lot. But can't seem to find a appropriate fix. Input GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.


--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-12-28
Time 11:13


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)


Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI 661FM2-V (MS-7060) (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 661FX
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (09/25/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES - Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350)
Monitor Medion MD41079EBS02 [NoDB] (000000000000)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive Generic CF Card CF USB Device
Disk Drive Generic MS Card MS USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SD Card MMC/SD USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SM/XD Card SM USB Device
Disk Drive WDC WD1600BB-22GUA0 (149 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive ST320002 1A USB Device (200 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive DVD RW DVR-MCC (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:8x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:8x, CD:10x/10x/24x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive IDE DVD-ROM 16X (16x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 146734 MB (108835 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 5879 MB (675 MB free)
L: (FAT32) 190733 MB (147674 MB free)
Total Size 335.3 GB (251.2 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter Microsoft TV/Video Connection (0.1.0.4)
Network Adapter RangeMax(tm) NEXT Wireless Adapter WN311B (192.168.1.13)
Modem Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem

Peripherals:
Printer Broderbund PDF Converter 2.10d
Printer Canon i960
Printer Canon PIXMA iP4000
Printer Fax
Printer PDF-XChange 2 DE
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (v1.0)
USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

 

[Refractoryman]

What about this entry? Is it needed? Can I disable it some how?


Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

 

[xtknight]

It is not needed if you have a dedicated sound card (but it doesn't look like you do). If you do, disable that on-board SiS in your BIOS setup.

 

[Refractoryman]

I tried a SB audio card yesterday. Had same problem. Returned it and figured it must be software or hardware related. any Ideas?

 

[xtknight]

It's probably just a software problem. Play it with this player (mplayer-gui) and see if it still happens. If it persists, load up the NT performance monitor (perfmon.msc) and determine the bottleneck. We'll worry about that later though. Just see what happens with mplayer. Mplayer (GNU) is different in that it largely does not use Windows components to play media.

You'll need WinRAR or 7-zip to extract this package: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer/gui/mplayer-gui-rtm-svn-21682.7z

 

[grooge]

Originally posted by: Refractoryman
Ok, added a AIW 9800 video card I had stashed away. Corrected my ram problem.

that was not a problem... where do you think the onboard video take the memory from for operation??? the 9800 has memory on the board, so system memory is not needed for operation.

So that was not a problem.. that was completly normal.

 

[Refractoryman]

I tried Mplayer. No luck! Mp3's still stuttering. What can I try next? How do I use and interpet perfmon.msc? Could it be the speakers? I've done the following;
1) Installed and tried seperate sound card. Same problem. Removed.
2) Updated Realtek AC97 Audio drivers.
3) Installed AIW Video Card
4) Tried Mplayer
5) Ran PCpitstop optimizer and shut down all unnecessary startup programs

 

[Peter]

See, I told you what wouldn't help and what to /actually/ look for in my first post to this thread.

 

[Refractoryman]

Would upping my memory from 512 to 1gb posssibly help?

 

[Steve]

I'd do an antivirus/spyware/adware cleanup.

 

[Refractoryman]

done all that & just increased the ram to (2GB). No deal. Mp3's and other audio still skipping and stuttering. I'm really at a loss now????????????

 

[Refractoryman]

Narrowed it down to my new NETGEAR WN311b ADAPTER CARD. Seems they have had similar problems with this card. I am trying the new beta drivers they suggested. Hope it works.