constant microstuttering.

[Ashleyyyy]

i'm experiencing a weird stuttering issue where my machine will skip every second. 

 

that means video's will skip every second, the rgb lights on my keyboard will stop for a bit and then resume, scrolling on webpages stutters etc. 

 

my cpu usage looks like this, with lots of little spikes:

i'm running Windows 8.1 Pro. 

[Ashleyyyy]

edit: nope it's back as soon as i open netflix. even if it's paused. as soon as i close that tab it's fine. 

[Taf the Ghost]

Have you moved the case recently? My first thought would be to reseat practically everything, though I've had issues like this with multiple monitors and GPU drivers that didn't install cleanly.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

Have you moved the case recently? My first thought would be to reseat practically everything

well i figured out it only seems to happen now if i have a netflix tab open. 

 

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

though I've had issues like this with multiple monitors and GPU drivers that didn't install cleanly.

interesting. i have 3 displays, and i've had to reinstall Windows last night because of nvidia drivers messing up. i'm running 391.35 at the moment, which is the driver Windows update gave me. i don't want to update it in case it starts blue-screening again... 

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

well i figured out it only seems to happen now if i have a netflix tab open. 

 

interesting. i have 3 displays, and i've had to reinstall Windows last night because of nvidia drivers messing up. i'm running 391.35 at the moment, which is the driver Windows update gave me. i don't want to update it in case it starts blue-screening again... 

Might need a DDU and a more recent driver branch? Windows Update causing this would make sense. Something in the I/O System is highly likely to be causing this.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

Might need a DDU and a more recent driver branch? Windows Update causing this would make sense. Something in the I/O System is highly likely to be causing this.

yeah well i don't want to update the drivers and then have to reinstall Windows again... 

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah well i don't want to update the drivers and then have to reinstall Windows again... 

You shouldn't need to reinstall Windows. DDU will strip the drivers and you can clean install a new branch. You might need to turn Windows Update off for a while, though.

[Ashleyyyy]

2 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

You shouldn't need to reinstall Windows. DDU will strip the drivers and you can clean install a new branch. You might need to turn Windows Update off for a while, though.

yeah i did that with the old Windows install. i disabled my ethernet controllers, DDU'd, and reinstalled. same bluescreen. i tried the latest driver and 397, which is a few months old. same bluescreen. 

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah i did that with the old Windows install. i disabled my ethernet controllers, DDU'd, and reinstalled. same bluescreen. i tried the latest driver and 397, which is a few months old. same bluescreen. 

Hrmm... can you try rolling back even further on drivers?

[Ashleyyyy]

2 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Hrmm... can you try rolling back even further on drivers?

i don't need to right? and i just don't wanna risk this Windows install. because it's Windows 8.1 if i reinstall it i have hundreds of updates to do and reinstalling takes ages anyway because i have a server motherboard so reboots take 5 minutes. 

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

i don't need to right? and i just don't wanna risk this Windows install. because it's Windows 8.1 if i reinstall it i have hundreds of updates to do and reinstalling takes ages anyway because i have a server motherboard so reboots take 5 minutes. 

Well, if the system isn't currently stable, then it's about flipping hardware or uninstalling programs until you can find the fault.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

Well, if the system isn't currently stable, then it's about flipping hardware or uninstalling programs until you can find the fault.

it seems to be a netflix problem... as soon as i close that it's fine. 

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

it seems to be a netflix problem... as soon as i close that it's fine. 

In browser or stand-alone? Might be whatever codec it is using is bugged for your system.

[narrdarr]

when i use the netflix app or chome i have this problem.

switch to using firefox and it went away.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

In browser or stand-alone? Might be whatever codec it is using is bugged for your system.

in Chrome.

 

1 minute ago, narrdarr said:

when i use the netflix app or chome i have this problem.

switch to using firefox and it went away.

interesting.

[Ashleyyyy]

3 minutes ago, narrdarr said:

switch to using firefox and it went away.

yup that worked. thanks!

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yup that worked. thanks!

It's the hardware acceleration bug, then.

[narrdarr]

i think its an issue with html5

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

It's the hardware acceleration bug, then.

well... i'll just use firefox for netflix then. 

 

1 minute ago, narrdarr said:

i think its an issue with html5

that would affect all browsers wouldn't it?

[narrdarr]

7 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

well... i'll just use firefox for netflix then. 

 

that would affect all browsers wouldn't it?

firefox requires an add-on for html5.

i think explorer uses it in some cases

not sure about opera but i don't think so..