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Computer running very slowly
hi guys i own a dell inspiron 1520 with the following specs Core2duo 2ghz 2gb ram nvidia 8600m gt vista home premium Just last night my computer became very slow, when i type in words they dont appear immediately. Downloads no matter what they are take forever, websites load super slowly, youtube videos lag out you see one picture at a time then it takes about a minute to it get to another this is happening in videos. the whole computer is just so laggy you open the start menu it takes about ten seconds. Things that ive tried so far are i ran virus scans did a registry scan defragged it, when all that failed i formatted it 3 times. and still the same problem i ran the diagnostics test it said no problems found. Im just so frustrated i dont know what to do Please Help.
actually before formatting i did clean out the vents with compressed air, there wasnt much dust in there. One of my cousins also had this problem after slowing down his laptop got these white lines going down his screen and eventually his video card burnt out, i hope its not that :[ . No, there is no heat problem it stays at about 140 F when i play games and stuff it goes to 160 or something now i also have a big fan beside my pc and it went from 140 to 110 F so i dont think its the heat. Uhm i think i have optimum settings[ i actually dont know what optimum settings are] :)
Evil Acid,
Well, sounds like overheating is not the problem. Most BIOSes have optimum, or recommended, settings. Since you most likely haven't changed any BIOS settings, I doubt if that's the cause of your problem. Have you brought up task manager and looked at the Processes? If the CPU utilization is running a tad high, you might want to watch what process is most active. There is a particular bug that cannot be detected by normal means, but a reformat should have taken care of that. My daughter's 1525 had one of those bugs. She was totally unable to copy VHS tapes to DVD. I used Rkill to stop it, followed by a full scan with an updated Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Hope this information helps.
Tony
Hey tony i ran that rkill thing and the only thing it pointed out was some program crashes, those were games that crashed because i was messing with the settings not that big of a deal. My computer is kindof getting better now but whenever u run something heavy it goes back to being slow again. It happens randomly too now sometimes it works perfect sometimes it just doesnt want to work lol
leftt 4 dead
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tgsmith
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Evil Acid,
Since you've reformatted your drive and run diagnostics, it could be something other than a root kit bug or the hard drive circuitry developing a thermal problem. Your CPU may be running hotter than normal due to dust bunnies. I would recommend that you use a can of compressed air to blow out your cooling vents. Also, additional heat within the cabinet could cause the memory chips or memory addressing circuits to slow down. Check your BIOS for optimum settings. Electronic components can suddenly "age" and slow down. Chip components are like micro capacitors charging and discharging. These charge/discharge cycles can become very slow due to heat or age.
Let us know what you find.
Tony