I think my uTorrent is broken

[Adam1990]

Basically when I download on uTorrent 1.7.2 my connection maxes out for a few seconds, (at 2.4mB/s) then it like dies and my upload and download all go back down to 0. Then a min later it all kicks back up again. I thought this was a connection or router issue but I just tested it on azurues and It stays maxed out constant without the drop. Any suggestions?

[kelly338825]

Did you try to install a differetn version of Utorrent, like 1.6.1, and see if you have any problems?

[Adam1990]

Not yet, I am trying to keep this one right now so I can keep my upload stats if I ever need it.

[pandapop]

are u using a wireless connection?

[Adam1990]

No.

[dbmp]

I think you can downgrade without losing your stats. I've done it.

[Adam1990]

Downgraded and it still did it, looks like I need to move to azureus =(.

[SgtMajor]

Are you downloading too fast for the hard disk to keep up, ie seeing disk overloaded in the bottom uTorrent window?

[Adam1990]

I dont think so because azureus is working fine for at 2.4mB/s on the same hard drive.

[XS75]

most harddrives within the past 4-5 years would and can do 2.4 mb/s without a problem whatsoever, it would be you dont have enough ram, or problems with the CPU.

[SgtMajor]

You could try tweaking your speed settings to get the right mix, you may have max up & max down set, and this is affecting you in the way you describe.

Try starting with 80% max settings in both cases (up & down) and then increase step-by-step to get the right blend.

[Adam1990]

I have 2 gigs of ram and an amd x2 3800+ processor. The hard drive is a brand new 250gb 7200 rpm seagate external. It has to be somthing in utorrent, I am using azureus right now with no problems at all.

[DTD8]

yea i think utorrent 1.7.2 is screwed up i get disk overloaded as well and it crashes everday so i just switched to azureus

[briand5379]

Go back to 1.6.1 ever since releasing the 1.7's trackers have banned them left and right with one problem after another.

[DTD8]

yea i would but 1.6.1 was reporting bad data for me and i got my account disabled at a few places lol so i "upgraded" to 1.7.2 and now it reports data just fine but i have all these other problems i didnt have with 1.6.1

[briand5379]

Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't. I used Azureus before switching over to uTorrent to conserve resources on my laptop and that worked well. Perhaps sticking with that would permanently resolve these problems from reoccuring.

[DTD8]

yea i dont really like azureus but i guess ill have to stick with it