The Ready Room problem isn't fixable.  If you go to the Ready Room, you're stuck there.  At least if you're the host, if your friend has this problem while he isn't host, then, umm... I dunno.  As for your framerate problem, does your friend have custom effects?  I used to have every effect from Nibbio and Nanni installed, but then Woodlouse2002 explained to me that they kill framerates online.  Hope this helps.

    thanks for the reply's. He said he has no addons and is trying it straight out of the box. His cable speed test showed good speed, no firewall, and the RR problem happens when he is not a host. Says something just sucks the framerates down and the more peeps in the room the faster it dies. and no recovery. Has to leave game and rejoin. Was going to do another reformat this morn and I will see if that helped.
  He's been playing online for along time and never had this problem before.I will mention rolling back the drivers to the ones he had before the fatal install of CFS3. lol. and thx again.

     Howdy Slim. I can think of three things that might be possible causes. First, you didn't mention how much RAM your friend has. Might not have enough. Second, might be a memory leak. Third, HD on the way out. Making any funny noises? Ask him if when he is playing and starts loosing the FPS, is the hard drive light flickering more and more?

OK try this for a test,

I agree you may have a problem with the ram leaking.  Have you changed any hardware configurations? Have you recently installed new ram? If so Is it the same MFG, Part Number and Nanao Seconds the same including the lot number? Was it all purchased together out of the same box?

If you add ram I suggest you purchase all new ram do not add to existing ram. Could cause problems.

Start the computer, Let it boot to the windows operating system.

Check your system resources. you should be about 86 percent free or better.

Start a program, how ever do not fly or run the program.

OK minimize the program, Check your system resources and see how much it dropped.

If you dropped very much you probably have a bad stick of ram.

Try pulling out one stick of ram and re run the test, remove that stick of ram and install the second stick of ram and run the test.

install both sticks into diffrent slots and run the test.

Be sure and take a marker and write number one A on the first stick of ram for the first slot (call that slot A), 2B second stick of ram 2nd slot (call that B). That way you will no what your original configuration was on the ram and slots.

When it comes to hardware often it is a process of ilimination.

If you are running a Pentium 4 board you will have to have blanks to install where the ram goes that you pull out. You can get these at any computer place that does repair. They should be free, they come with new boards and when you install a new board you have to remove the approrpiate number.

If that doesnt work Try increasing the memory stored on the hard drive. Should be 8 percent of the amount of ram you have,

The only other thing I could think of, but probably not would be the video card? Or the Mother Board has a weak thread from heat.

Have you cleaned the computer and fans with Oxygen? What is the internal case tempreture? Should be under 98 F or 38 Celsius

Is your power adequate and working properly?

Is cooling your problem?

Are all your fans working properly?

Power could be the problem?

Check your power supply, add up the number of watts reguired if every thing in the computer was running at the same time, Then you will need a minimum of another 45 percent over that number.

If you are running a Pentium 4 you have to have a minimum of 12 amps to the processor.

Check Intels web sight www.intel.com

Just a few Ideas

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