after postgresql install my pc freezes/slows critically

[zaxpoker]

hey!

I installed postgresql on my pc, I could do everything according to the installation guide everything should have been fine

but unfortunately bad things started to happen

put it short: my whole pc slowed dramatically

win startup got lot slower + doing anything was slower - pokertracker too worked slower

to be precise my pc held pausing breaks stop and go, stop and go without no end

i.e i started explorer or mozilla, it worked then
about 10 seconds freeze, 10 seconds normal but slower working then 10 seconds freezing again and so on

my pc became useless

I tried uninstalling postgresql, freezing and slowing remained

i tried system restore, freezing and slowing remained

i figured there might be an issue with my firewall + antivirus software - Norton Internet Security 2004 -

So after the format c: new windows, and BEFORE installing NIS i installed postgresql on a new absolutely virgin windows setup

same freezing going slowly, freezing stuff:(

so I had to format c: again and put up windows again with a plan that I never would try to install postgresql again on this configuration as it would ruin my pc and I would need to install for 3 days again.

I'm a PT2 + PAHUd user for about 1,5 - 2 years now, and i wouldnt want to be left behind, i would buy PT3 asap

of course I can't if my pc is scr*wed whenever i install postgresql on it

I wouldn't plan to buy a complete new hardware just because of this as this machine is not that old and should be perfect for playing poker

my config is

Intel P4 2,8G
Asus P4P800 SE (i848P)
1 G PC3200 DDR
3 harddisk over 700 G space
ATI Radeon HD2400

Win XP Sp2 with all updates
NIS2k4

I'm a classic "user" I can install anything but haven't got a clue about real programming or informatic skills, I don't understand postgresql either:)

I can't figure out what part of it messes up with what part or either if it's software or hardware related, I never ever had any compatibility issues on this config in the 3-4 years i've been using this one




first q: anyone heard of anything similar like this?

second q: will there be non postgresql support in pt 3 or is there in it now? (I wanted to try beta a few weeks back it prompted me that postgresql is required)


If you find the time please help me out!

[APerfect10]

To summarize, new Windows install with PostgreSQL freezes.

Identical new Windows install without PostgreSQL does not freeze?

That does not make much sense to me. PostgreSQL should create little/no extra burden on your computer when idle. Even when PokerTracker 3 is churning through your database, PostgreSQL should spike at no more than 50% CPU.

I suspect something else is going on? Hardware related?

Best regards,

Derek

[zaxpoker]

Yes.

Virgin win I installed postgresql and it did this stop and go.

not a classic freeze where you have to restart but like it would think on something, like it was extracting a huge rar or something

nothing suspicious or new in the taskmanager, around 5-15 postgresql.exe running though but as i read thats about normal

about ten sec "thinking" - no program responds, only mouse is "live" - then it goes from there for 10-20 secs then "thinking" again


no similar woodoo issue ever on this comp not before not since

i dont use too many softwares though some pc games (FPS, etc.), watching videos, listening to mp3s, normal stuff, nothing ever

and i dont even know where to look for could this be some harddisk issue? is postgre extraactive there cause i have three harddisks

or motherboard to x peripherial?

no clue


worst is that i know it's a complicated issue that is almost impossible to resolve from distant or through simple questions

this issue is really torpedoing me:(

and i would need pt 3 too:)

[_dave_]

It could be that DMA is being disabled? 10 secod freezing is reminiscent of nasty IDE controllers running in PIO mode.

It intrigues me (and suggests postgresql is a trigger, rather than a cause) that the freezing remains after postgresql is uninstalled. This is very strange.

I would try (annoying, laborious given the format required to reasume normal operations) installing postgresql to wither of your other hard disks. if it works OK on D: or E:, I'd be thinking the C: is not in good shape.