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Thanks for the idea. I just did it and will note any change tomorrow.

Maybe Scottrade's right even in my case. It works fine normally. It's only those (maybe) 15 seconds a day when problems occur. I have been trading with the problem for a half a year now it seems. A normal trader wouldn't be concerned, but as a day trader I am seeking out stocks that seem to...

Sounds like you had a similar problem to mine which was fixed with more/multiple CPU power. I think I'm going with the Q6600. Not only multi-core, but faster speed per core and a giant increase in L2 cache per core. Thanks for all the great input from everybody.

Everything is updated. I don't keep XP's Automatic updates running, but I manually download all the vital stuff regularly and have been to the Java site many times during this problem to verify the latest version. Remember that I'm on 3-4 year old equipment and the processor is an Athlon XP...

How did you trace the problem to the DSL connection? I'd like to be sure my cable connection & modem are not at fault.

Well, today I finally ran Task Manager to see what was going on with CPU usage, and during normal usage it was around 10% peaking to 20%. However as I put Citibank into the ScottradeElite TotalView window and the spikes were nearing 100%. It is clear that when the computer freezes the CPU...

I'd chose an ATX size 1333/1066Mhz motherboard instead of micro-ATX for better future expandability. I'd pick a 8800GT vs. the 8800GTS if given a choice because it's supposed to be superior and cheaper, though it was just released and is hard to find atm. I know the Raptors are excellent...

Well, I'm out of ideas so I think I am going to build a new computer. If I go for mid-range perfomance I'll get: E6750 C2D http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115029 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128059 Foxcon 7900GS video...

silver914, Cable internet: 5MBs through Charter I reload Elite multiple times per trading session. I went to http://myspeed.visualware.com/ and it shows 4.83Mbps download/489kbps upload and a 98% Quality of Service if that means anything. The modem is old...over 3 years, but I don't seem...

Bump. I'd like to know also.

The problem starts when Scottrade Elite is displaying a very actively moving stock in a Total View window. (Elite takes up about 1/4 of the monitor space and the quotes are only about 1/10 of that). The TotalView quotes are rapidly changing. If it gets too fast it causes the Java charts...

Thanks gnome. My two computers were built 3 and 4 years ago so a new computer is pretty much due anyway. Aside from the problem being worse on a higher res screen I wasn't thinking it was the card's fault either.

So it's your belief the video card is the bottleneck then? Which matrox card would you recommend? Wouldn't it be better to get one that is AGP if I went that route? Thanks for both of your replies and everyone else please keep them coming.

So Java is CPU intensive and the CPU is the bottleneck? It is the Scottrade Elite program that freezes up first appearing to cause Java to freeze as well.

...or go with a QuadroFX3000/4000 that still come in AGP. It just seems that the 1600x1200 resolution is the problem, but will any AGP card be able to overcome this problem?

Mine's the kitchen table, square, counter-height. This way I can stand and trade sometimes. (I think sitting in front of a computer for a career is very unhealthy). I can't use a spare bedroom for fear of annoying the neighbors with my screaming. Can't trade with any sunlight...all shades...

For trading I use Scottrade's streaming Java charts (4 are open) and Scottrade Elite, and like some people here I have slowdowns and freezes when trading gets very fast, such as market opens and the recent collapse of the shipping stocks like DRYS on 7/31/07. Basically I have to cover or...