DH main page unresponsive

BWX · Jun 29, 2004, 04:22 PM

Just started noticing it today. I'm not sure if it's an ad or what, but many times I'll go to the main page and it will just hang. It will be loaded and everything, but when passing the cursor over links or trying to move the page by scrolling, nothing happens at all for a few seconds..

It just freezes, and won't move until it's good and ready.. I rebooted, etc... I even installed FireFox which I'm on right now, and the same exact thing happened. It doesn't do it all the time, so I can't pinpoint what the problem is, but it doesn't happen on other sites that I can see. I just started noticing it a few minutes ago..

Zardon · Jun 29, 2004, 04:32 PM

its fine here, anyone else having the same problem? might have also been a temporary ad loading issue......

also if you are still on the 2 year old OS there isnt really much we can do

Chaos · Jun 29, 2004, 04:38 PM

I get this message with the new version of Firefox

BWX · Jun 29, 2004, 04:38 PM

I got it to do it about 10 more times since I posted, it seems to be that ad 5 down from the top- that little one.. by itself in the middle..

It was doing it when it was an Antec ad-- now it has changed and I don't think it's doing it anymore.

My OS is tweaked to perfection..

Only since August 2003!

BWX · Jun 29, 2004, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
I get this message with the new version of Firefox

Yes I forgot, I was getting that too-- I took a screenshot and then forgot to go to PS7 and print it out and save it... But I had the problem before I downloaded FireFox also... Hmm

The front page does seem slow to load in general today, but I guess it could just be traffic on both ends (servers/ nodes I mean)

Chaos · Jun 29, 2004, 04:42 PM

I believe it's related to this url noted in image

Is that the intelitext or whatever it's called?

Zardon · Jun 29, 2004, 09:53 PM

yeah their server is probably overloaded, they supply intellitxt ads to alot of big sites...... it might pass, have a little patience

we can look tomorrow. alot of these problems are normally ad issues which pass in a few hours or a day or 2.

Zardon · Jun 30, 2004, 12:26 AM

Ive dropped the ad company a little email just in case it doesnt pass or it gets worse. fingers crossed.

Judas · Jun 30, 2004, 01:16 AM

I'm getting a server hang with the main page as well... Only it's with IE... AND it's just before the pages actually displays anything... (but it's loaded).... i have image placeholders so that's why i get a blank page for a good length of time......

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jun 30, 2004, 01:20 AM

Yea its very uresponsive on my end useing IE, and firefox...i also get the same message about a script to.

Also i get this issues every once in a while

Judas · Jun 30, 2004, 01:29 AM

hmm, really acting uptoday... it's not just the front page either.... And tested it out on another machine with SP1 XP with defaults..... The forums are actually sometimes unresponcive for lengthy periods of times... refreshing doesn't do anything.... (obvious).... it took 5 minutes to load...... and then everything was marked read for me.... (maybe the system was rebooted? )

BWX · Jun 30, 2004, 05:28 AM

I can confirm it still happens now, just an update--

And by looking at the status bar, it happens right after all the ads are done loading, then the page freezes, actually it fezzes the entire browser- All functions-- it just doesn't work at all for a couple seconds, or maybe just one second sometimes.. Then it pops back to normal.... It's seems like an ad to me, but one of the last ones that load, or right after the last one loads..

I tested in Firefox and IE6 - it seems to happen more in FireFox..

Logla · Jun 30, 2004, 04:20 PM

Dont worry guys, like Zardon said, he's emailed the ad company already and is already on the case. Be assured it will get sorted.

Zardon · Jun 30, 2004, 07:19 PM

well it shouldnt be affecting the forum and it cant be as intellitxt isnt on the forum. ive heard of routing issues lately coming from texas, so give this a few days to pass. the ad company are also looking into the ad problems front page, so please have a little patience with this. sorry for any slowdowns guys but rest assured the DH server is hardly even ticking over, 1% CPU usage on the dual xeons as I write this.

Chaos · Jun 30, 2004, 07:32 PM

Well Firefox seems to be the worst offender from here. Mozilla 1.7 I don't get the script error but it does slow on the intelitext. IE I don't have the issue at all however hard that is for me to admidt

**dj_stick** · Jul 1, 2004, 12:47 AM

i have firefox and i get this same issue… n i'm from AU

Judas · Jul 1, 2004, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
well it shouldnt be affecting the forum and it cant be as intellitxt isnt on the forum. ive heard of routing issues lately coming from texas, so give this a few days to pass. the ad company are also looking into the ad problems front page, so please have a little patience with this. sorry for any slowdowns guys but rest assured the DH server is hardly even ticking over, 1% CPU usage on the dual xeons as I write this.

No problemo

I myself mentioned that if there are complaints and they happen to be running SP2 RC's or something.... it isn't related to them having it... as it's apparent with officially released versions of IE

As for the routing issues.... i checked my routing to driverheaven last before i posted and it showed clear.... but then again... there might be spikes here and there

Nice to know the brute of a server is laying around in the hammeck occasionally burping

BWX · Jul 11, 2004, 09:43 AM

An update--

I haven't been on much lately because I haven't been home all week, but on the occasion that I do log on, the problem seems worse than ever.

After the front page loads- after it says "done" in the status bar, the entire browser window is frozen until whatever is causing the problem decides to let go..

Using IE6 here too- but it happened even worse on FireFox when I was home, and now I'm on a totally different broadband ISP and a different PC..

It doesn't just hang the page, it takes over my browser and won't let me control anything at all- very strange.

Sometimes it lasts for 1 or 2 seconds, sometimes it lasts for up to 5 or 6 seconds-

**MIG-31** · Jul 11, 2004, 09:46 AM

i am getting a 2- 6 second delay on the front page also regardlee to posts in the forum and return.page just freezes.

.im using ie6 and have just cleared temp files to see if that changes.and it hasn't.

Zardon · Jul 11, 2004, 10:03 AM

look guys I know the problem is there ive seen it myself, ive emailed intellitxt about the issues here, so hopefully ill hear back soon, its the weekend.

if I dont hear back mid week ill kill intellitxt on the front page. in the meantime if you see the little "turn intellitxt off" panel, try that. it has worked for me.

BWX · Jul 11, 2004, 10:09 AM

Oh, I get the problem with Intellitxt disabled, forgot to mention that- hopefully it's some kind of ad issue that will work itself out..

Zardon · Jul 11, 2004, 10:17 AM

vibrantmedia IS intellitxt. this has to be the issue, all the ads on the front page are on the forum. the only two that arent are two JPGs which are unlikely to cause issues as they are hosted on the same server as DH.

The only other thing which could be the issue are the towers but I cant see how they would be causing any problems as they have nothing to do with vibrantmedia and this is were everyone says the page is stalling.

With intellitxt off, im not getting any slow downs.

JaZz0r · Jul 12, 2004, 10:34 PM

I also was receiving the script error on the main page in Firefox. After adding vibrantmedia.com to Adblock, the error no longer appears.

Zardon · Jul 12, 2004, 10:46 PM

im awaiting a response from intellitxt/vibrantmedia.....

BWX · Jul 13, 2004, 12:11 AM

Sometimes the only way I see the "pause" is when I scroll with the wheel while the page is loading, then I see it is unresponsive for 1 or 2 seconds (after the page loads)

It seems much better with inellitxt disabled, but it's still there..

If you aren't looking for it, you can't see it most of the time. Although sometimes there is a longer pause. Maybe it's getting a little better now?

Falstaff · Jul 13, 2004, 03:30 AM

is this the same machine that had the gif problem with my sig? I wonder, did you try firefox?

BWX · Jul 13, 2004, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fallang_jeff
is this the same machine that had the gif problem with my sig? I wonder, did you try firefox?

Yeah, it was worse with FireFox, and I got warning messages- it isn't my machine, I just got back from being at my parent's house for about 9 days and it was worse there with a different PC, different ISP, different everything.

Your sig was worse on that PC too (slower CPU)- It is an 1800xp Palamino @ 1.5ghz, 768mb PC2100 [512x1 + 256x1], GA-7dx+, XP home PC with 384/3000 cable ISP w/ Sygate personal firewall pro 5.5 updated/defragged and clean.

I think there is enough people seeing it to know that it isn't just a problem with my PC.

I think that goes for the CPU hungry gif too.

Falstaff · Jul 13, 2004, 04:02 PM

Oy, lets see what we can do....

BWX · Jul 13, 2004, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fallang_jeff
Oy, lets see what we can do....

I don't think it's the gif, I think it's something else.. Not sure what, but it doesn't do it near as bad when opened within it's own IE window.

I just opened it in it's own window with FireFox and it used 4% max.. (I'm talking about the original one still)

Maybe I should UNinstall and reinstall IE6 and see what happens..

Falstaff · Jul 13, 2004, 08:22 PM

thought you did that mate.....AAAGH...Ive been led down the rosy path......

Jun 29, 2004, 04:22 PM	#1
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	DH main page unresponsive Just started noticing it today. I'm not sure if it's an ad or what, but many times I'll go to the main page and it will just hang. It will be loaded and everything, but when passing the cursor over links or trying to move the page by scrolling, nothing happens at all for a few seconds.. It just freezes, and won't move until it's good and ready.. I rebooted, etc... I even installed FireFox which I'm on right now, and the same exact thing happened. It doesn't do it all the time, so I can't pinpoint what the problem is, but it doesn't happen on other sites that I can see. I just started noticing it a few minutes ago.. __________________

Jun 29, 2004, 04:38 PM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	I get this message with the new version of Firefox __________________

Jun 29, 2004, 04:42 PM	#6
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	I believe it's related to this url noted in image Is that the intelitext or whatever it's called? __________________

Jun 30, 2004, 07:32 PM	#15
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Well Firefox seems to be the worst offender from here. Mozilla 1.7 I don't get the script error but it does slow on the intelitext. IE I don't have the issue at all however hard that is for me to admidt __________________

Jul 11, 2004, 09:43 AM	Thread Starter #18
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	An update-- I haven't been on much lately because I haven't been home all week, but on the occasion that I do log on, the problem seems worse than ever. After the front page loads- after it says "done" in the status bar, the entire browser window is frozen until whatever is causing the problem decides to let go.. Using IE6 here too- but it happened even worse on FireFox when I was home, and now I'm on a totally different broadband ISP and a different PC.. It doesn't just hang the page, it takes over my browser and won't let me control anything at all- very strange. Sometimes it lasts for 1 or 2 seconds, sometimes it lasts for up to 5 or 6 seconds- __________________

Jun 29, 2004, 04:32 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	its fine here, anyone else having the same problem? might have also been a temporary ad loading issue...... also if you are still on the 2 year old OS there isnt really much we can do

Jun 29, 2004, 04:38 PM	Thread Starter #4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I got it to do it about 10 more times since I posted, it seems to be that ad 5 down from the top- that little one.. by itself in the middle.. It was doing it when it was an Antec ad-- now it has changed and I don't think it's doing it anymore. My OS is tweaked to perfection.. Only since August 2003!

Jun 29, 2004, 09:53 PM	#7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yeah their server is probably overloaded, they supply intellitxt ads to alot of big sites...... it might pass, have a little patience we can look tomorrow. alot of these problems are normally ad issues which pass in a few hours or a day or 2.

Jun 30, 2004, 12:26 AM	#8
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Ive dropped the ad company a little email just in case it doesnt pass or it gets worse. fingers crossed.

Jun 30, 2004, 01:20 AM	#10
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	Yea its very uresponsive on my end useing IE, and firefox...i also get the same message about a script to. Also i get this issues every once in a while

Jun 30, 2004, 05:28 AM	Thread Starter #12
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I can confirm it still happens now, just an update-- And by looking at the status bar, it happens right after all the ads are done loading, then the page freezes, actually it fezzes the entire browser- All functions-- it just doesn't work at all for a couple seconds, or maybe just one second sometimes.. Then it pops back to normal.... It's seems like an ad to me, but one of the last ones that load, or right after the last one loads.. I tested in Firefox and IE6 - it seems to happen more in FireFox..

Jun 30, 2004, 04:20 PM	#13
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Dont worry guys, like Zardon said, he's emailed the ad company already and is already on the case. Be assured it will get sorted.

Jun 30, 2004, 07:19 PM	#14
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well it shouldnt be affecting the forum and it cant be as intellitxt isnt on the forum. ive heard of routing issues lately coming from texas, so give this a few days to pass. the ad company are also looking into the ad problems front page, so please have a little patience with this. sorry for any slowdowns guys but rest assured the DH server is hardly even ticking over, 1% CPU usage on the dual xeons as I write this.

Jul 11, 2004, 09:46 AM	#19
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	i am getting a 2- 6 second delay on the front page also regardlee to posts in the forum and return.page just freezes. .im using ie6 and have just cleared temp files to see if that changes.and it hasn't. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jul 11, 2004, 10:03 AM	#20
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	look guys I know the problem is there ive seen it myself, ive emailed intellitxt about the issues here, so hopefully ill hear back soon, its the weekend. if I dont hear back mid week ill kill intellitxt on the front page. in the meantime if you see the little "turn intellitxt off" panel, try that. it has worked for me.

Jul 11, 2004, 10:09 AM	Thread Starter #21
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Oh, I get the problem with Intellitxt disabled, forgot to mention that- hopefully it's some kind of ad issue that will work itself out..

Jul 11, 2004, 10:17 AM	#22
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	vibrantmedia IS intellitxt. this has to be the issue, all the ads on the front page are on the forum. the only two that arent are two JPGs which are unlikely to cause issues as they are hosted on the same server as DH. The only other thing which could be the issue are the towers but I cant see how they would be causing any problems as they have nothing to do with vibrantmedia and this is were everyone says the page is stalling. With intellitxt off, im not getting any slow downs.

Jul 12, 2004, 10:34 PM	#23
JaZz0r Live and learn Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I also was receiving the script error on the main page in Firefox. After adding vibrantmedia.com to Adblock, the error no longer appears.

Jul 12, 2004, 10:46 PM	#24
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	im awaiting a response from intellitxt/vibrantmedia.....

Jul 13, 2004, 12:11 AM	Thread Starter #25
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Sometimes the only way I see the "pause" is when I scroll with the wheel while the page is loading, then I see it is unresponsive for 1 or 2 seconds (after the page loads) It seems much better with inellitxt disabled, but it's still there.. If you aren't looking for it, you can't see it most of the time. Although sometimes there is a longer pause. Maybe it's getting a little better now?

Jul 13, 2004, 03:30 AM	#26
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	is this the same machine that had the gif problem with my sig? I wonder, did you try firefox? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 13, 2004, 04:02 PM	#28
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Oy, lets see what we can do.... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 13, 2004, 08:22 PM	#30
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	thought you did that mate.....AAAGH...Ive been led down the rosy path...... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."