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laptop is very slow
I have a dell inspiron 15-3521. 6GB RAM i3 processor. Over the last year the system has become very slow. takes atleast 8-10 minutes to boot up. every program is slow to open. Can suggest what I can do to beef up the performance. I have done all the basic ones already. run>msconfig>services> unchecked what i dont need. cleaned out temp folders. Limited most background running apps. None of these have made any significant changes. its still slow. would adding another 4-6 gb of RAM help? Im not sure if this model can be upgraded to that RAM
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February 25th, 2019 08:00
Thank you for your message 6 GB of memory is sufficient for a system to perform better unless you have some application which hogs memory.
The maximum memory that can be upgraded on this model is 8GB.
Run a hardware diagnostic by following the video on this link & check if there is a hardware error.
Start the computer in safe mode following this link & check if the system performance any faster.
For my reference, please click on the message tab next to your avatar– click “New Message” & search for my Dell username (Sreejith R) & send a private message with the service tag, registered name & email address.
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November 14th, 2019 01:00
I'm having the same issues with my computer of the same model. It started somewhere around the end of 2018. I can't really use the laptop for anything right now and was wondering if you found any way to make it faster.