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CollegeTrader
 

Registered: Feb 2008
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07-12-12 03:51 PM

Question, i just got a brand new trading computer equipped with 3 24 inch monitors. Love the system. However when i run my platform i notice every half our or so the platform lags, as in stops working for about a minute. This is while running on all 3 screens by the way. After about a minute the data on the charts and dom speed up to catch up to real time. Its really strange. What can be causing this? Power supply? Ram? something else? Computer is an i5 lenovo with asus hd 6670 graphics card. Thanks!!!

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promagma
 

Registered: Aug 2004
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07-12-12 04:53 PM

Does the whole computer become unresponsive? If so may be hard drive or CPU maxing out. What trading platform?

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Landis82
 

Registered: Jul 2006
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07-12-12 05:36 PM

Could be your data-feed and has nothing to do with Hardware.
What trading platform are you using?

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WinstonTJ
 

Registered: Jan 2009
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07-12-12 05:59 PM

What is the brand & model of the computer? What operating system (home vs. professional, etc.)?

Do you have any extra junk installed like the software that often comes as an extra with a new PC? How about extra junk like screen saver applications or atomic clock or clock sync applications, etc. Do you have antivirus installed, if so which one?

How are your power settings configured? Are your screens configured to turn off at times?

Is this lag during any specific times (like around high market activity or news events) or is the lag just after a period of inactivity? Does anything on your computer have timeout or session length settings?

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CollegeTrader
 

Registered: Feb 2008
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07-12-12 06:03 PM

I using the Global Zen Trader platform. My cpu was maxing out. I just turned my power control switch from auto to turbo, the manual says this allows the cpu to run at full speed. So its not my graphics card or power supply correct?

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promagma
 

Registered: Aug 2004
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07-12-12 06:15 PM

Open task manager and see what process is maxing out the CPU

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