QtPlasmac problems

Yes everything in the bios is off. The only thing that has changed in the pc since it was running the older version of PlasmaC without issue has been the hard drive. I can only think that either it has an issue or the controller has an issue, maybe that’s why the original drive failed.
I will try a different motherboard and HDD over the weekend

Thanks for the help

Failing hard drives will cause latency spikes for sure, despite appearing to work OK.
Bad PATA/SATA cable can also appear as failing drive, so it pays off to change the cable first.
If you do suspect a failing HDD controller, most boards will have 2 separate controllers, even older ones, so try the other one. Yes, there are many boards with 2 of PATA/IDE controllers, and there are many boards with 2 SATA controllers where usually one does also RAID.

Good point, it does have a couple of controllers. I will clone the drive just in case and do some mix and matching on cables and controllers and see how that works out.

Thanks for the reply