Hi, I have an RCA DCM305R cable modem connected to my computer via ethernet. Sometimes when I try to do something involving the Internet, it sits there for anywhere from three or four seconds to thirty seconds. During that time, the CPU usage is at 100%. I've tried connecting the cable modem via USB instead of ethernet but it does the same thing. Does anybody know of what could be causing this? Thanks! -Adam

Your cable modem has nothing to do with your computer being slow.

Hi, I'm quite aware that my cable modem has nothing to do with my computer being slow. My computer being slow isn't the issue. The issue is that because of my cable modem, the computer SOMETIMES lags for a little while at the BEGINNING of the Internet activity. After that, it runs fine. Furthermore, I never said the cable modem was the problem, I only said that it was causing the problem. -Adam

Have you installed the drivers for your cable modem properly? Secondly (though shouldn't matter a whole lot just for surfing the net), XP needs all of 128mb of RAM just to run. It's nowhere near enough. 256 is my recommended minimum, 512 is preferred.

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Thanks for the responses. I installed more RAM to make a total of 384 MB, but it didn't help the problem. Any other ideas? 'ppreciate it. Thanks.