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June 22nd, 2011 10:00
Slower core CPU speed
My laptop (inspiron 1520) is around 4 years old and started getting slower a couple months ago.
I found the cause by using speccy.
My laptop has 2 cores and the stock core speed for each one is 1466 MHz
But now, each core is running at half the speed around 779 MHz making my computer a whole lot slower.
How can I fix this?
I've already gone through a whole system restore (deleting all the files and restoring to factory settings)
speedstep
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June 22nd, 2011 10:00
If the heatsink is filled with Dust the cpu with Throttle down to prevent burning up.
Lorduber
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June 22nd, 2011 11:00
That probably might be it... never really cleaned the dust off of this laptop...
So should I just open it and use a dust destroyer spray?
speedstep
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June 22nd, 2011 11:00
Mmmm Padewan Yes you must slay the dust bunnies. Slay them you must.
Vacuum Cleaner and Can of Air you must use.
Lorduber
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June 22nd, 2011 13:00
Hmm... I looked at some guides and apparantly you have to remove a TON of stuff for a laptop before you can clean the heatsink.
Why didn't dell think this type of situation would happen before making it so complicated... oh well