On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 19:25 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > Others may add to troubleshooting procedures. > During the slow run, start a terminal session and run top in it. Make a note of any programs that are consistently at the head of the list and using more than 5-10% of the CPU. Exit 'top' by hitting the 'q' key. Repeat this when Mass Effect is running normally. Any processes that are only using a lot of CPU when Mass Effect is slow are likely to be causing the slow down. Martin