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Post by Rorschach on Jul 29, 2016 17:00:25 GMT
Open Task Manager to see how much CPU and memory is being taken up when the computer is idle or the internet browser is open. I'd also suggest giving the laptop a full scan with Malwarebytes and something like AVG or Avast, they're decent for something free. You can often have rather deeply tucked away viruses and malware that eat up your CPU and/or memory all the time or when certain processes run, in this case your browser. Wipe your browser cache and cookies as well as getting rid of any pointless toolbars that people seem to love.
Also depending on the age the hard drive may be on the way out. Most retail laptops that don't come with solid state hard drives often have rather shit spinning disk drives in them with a rather poor lifespan; they put nice processors in and good amounts of RAM but then dump some shitty, slow as hell spinning disk drive in and that bottlenecks it. If that is the case then I would suggest a visit to scan.co.uk you can pick up a good solid state hard drive for £40-60 and it will make a huge difference.
Worst comes to the worst I'd just back up everything, download Windows 10 onto a bootable USB stick (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10) and wipe the laptop, install from fresh and see how you get on.
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Post by CaajScot on Jul 29, 2016 18:25:40 GMT
Open Task Manager to see how much CPU and memory is being taken up when the computer is idle or the internet browser is open. I'd also suggest giving the laptop a full scan with Malwarebytes and something like AVG or Avast, they're decent for something free. You can often have rather deeply tucked away viruses and malware that eat up your CPU and/or memory all the time or when certain processes run, in this case your browser. Wipe your browser cache and cookies as well as getting rid of any pointless toolbars that people seem to love. Also depending on the age the hard drive may be on the way out. Most retail laptops that don't come with solid state hard drives often have rather shit spinning disk drives in them with a rather poor lifespan; they put nice processors in and good amounts of RAM but then dump some shitty, slow as hell spinning disk drive in and that bottlenecks it. If that is the case then I would suggest a visit to scan.co.uk you can pick up a good solid state hard drive for £40-60 and it will make a huge difference. Worst comes to the worst I'd just back up everything, download Windows 10 onto a bootable USB stick (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10) and wipe the laptop, install from fresh and see how you get on. I have AVG, had it for over 4 years and pay a yearly subscription of around £24, good Internet Security and if they spot a Malware etc they will pop up and recommend a scan and delete. |
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Post by Bestie on Jul 29, 2016 19:18:52 GMT
Turn off Windows Updates. Then run services.msc and change 'Automatic Updates' to disabled. Made a big difference on my work PC.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 20:51:02 GMT
Open Task Manager to see how much CPU and memory is being taken up when the computer is idle or the internet browser is open. I'd also suggest giving the laptop a full scan with Malwarebytes and something like AVG or Avast, they're decent for something free. You can often have rather deeply tucked away viruses and malware that eat up your CPU and/or memory all the time or when certain processes run, in this case your browser. Wipe your browser cache and cookies as well as getting rid of any pointless toolbars that people seem to love. Also depending on the age the hard drive may be on the way out. Most retail laptops that don't come with solid state hard drives often have rather shit spinning disk drives in them with a rather poor lifespan; they put nice processors in and good amounts of RAM but then dump some shitty, slow as hell spinning disk drive in and that bottlenecks it. If that is the case then I would suggest a visit to scan.co.uk you can pick up a good solid state hard drive for £40-60 and it will make a huge difference. Worst comes to the worst I'd just back up everything, download Windows 10 onto a bootable USB stick (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10) and wipe the laptop, install from fresh and see how you get on. I have AVG, had it for over 4 years and pay a yearly subscription of around £24, good Internet Security and if they spot a Malware etc they will pop up and recommend a scan and delete. AVG used to be one of the best but it's pretty shit now - I use Kaspersky at work and beleive it or not, Windows Defender at home. All AV programs are good at one or two things and shit at the rest. Speaking of virus's - turn off the windows restore point as some virus's can hide there and AV programs cannot scan that location* ..... this is only if you dont need the restore locationCarbon industries will not accept responsibility for damages caused* |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 21:05:39 GMT
I have AVG, had it for over 4 years and pay a yearly subscription of around £24, good Internet Security and if they spot a Malware etc they will pop up and recommend a scan and delete. AVG used to be one of the best but it's pretty shit now - I use Kaspersky at work and beleive it or not, Windows Defender at home. All AV programs are good at one or two things and shit at the rest. Speaking of virus's - turn off the windows restore point as some virus's can hide there and AV programs cannot scan that location* ..... this is only if you dont need the restore locationCarbon industries will not accept responsibility for damages caused* As long as you don't use McAfee or Norton your fine. AVG is good enough, although the full version is better to have. Borrowing that one of course. |
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Post by RAZ on Mar 7, 2017 10:47:59 GMT
Yesterday i got a new computer.well actually a computer after having to deal with a shitty laptop.
But i got some hardware problems with it and i'd be curious if someone could help me out?do we still have some computer pro's in here?
Spent all night in forums and try to search for solutions,found some stuff but would be good if someone in here can help me out aswell or confirm the solutions i found
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 17:05:31 GMT
What's the problem mate? May be able to shed some light on your problem.
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Post by RAZ on Mar 7, 2017 18:49:54 GMT
What's the problem mate? May be able to shed some light on your problem. I'll post my problem around midnight when i get home from work. Cheers mate |
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Post by RAZ on Mar 8, 2017 12:37:51 GMT
right so here`s my problem. i`m trying to collect some different opinions on the matter.
i bought this computer a few days ago. its old but still better than my laptop.
here are some infos about the computer:
intel core 2 quad q6600 @ 2.40ghz 2.40ghz
8gb of RAM (only 3.25gb are used though)
windows 7 32bit
graphic card: ASUS EAH5450 (1GB)
mainboard: ASUSTeK computer inc. P5Q3 DELUXE
from what i found in forums etc the problem with the RAM is there because windows 32bit doesnt support more than 3GB. changing the operating system to 64bit should solve the problem and the computer should recognize the 8GB of RAM. thoughts?
also apparently this model should be good for overclocking the computer. some people managed to do it up to 3,6ghz but for most others 3ghz was their limit. i`d be happy with that but i never overclocked a computer. is it really that difficult to do?
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Post by CaajScot on Mar 8, 2017 13:35:24 GMT
right so here`s my problem. i`m trying to collect some different opinions on the matter. i bought this computer a few days ago. its old but still better than my laptop. here are some infos about the computer: intel core 2 quad q6600 @ 2.40ghz 2.40ghz 8gb of RAM (only 3.25gb are used though) windows 7 32bit graphic card: ASUS EAH5450 (1GB) mainboard: ASUSTeK computer inc. P5Q3 DELUXE from what i found in forums etc the problem with the RAM is there because windows 32bit doesnt support more than 3GB. changing the operating system to 64bit should solve the problem and the computer should recognize the 8GB of RAM. thoughts? also apparently this model should be good for overclocking the computer. some people managed to do it up to 3,6ghz but for most others 3ghz was their limit. i`d be happy with that but i never overclocked a computer. is it really that difficult to do? Completely lost with all that mumbo jumbo, you should just wait until @cavelly2k gives his intelligent comments on your problem....I think?   |
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Post by RAZ on Mar 8, 2017 13:41:11 GMT
right so here`s my problem. i`m trying to collect some different opinions on the matter. i bought this computer a few days ago. its old but still better than my laptop. here are some infos about the computer: intel core 2 quad q6600 @ 2.40ghz 2.40ghz 8gb of RAM (only 3.25gb are used though) windows 7 32bit graphic card: ASUS EAH5450 (1GB) mainboard: ASUSTeK computer inc. P5Q3 DELUXE from what i found in forums etc the problem with the RAM is there because windows 32bit doesnt support more than 3GB. changing the operating system to 64bit should solve the problem and the computer should recognize the 8GB of RAM. thoughts? also apparently this model should be good for overclocking the computer. some people managed to do it up to 3,6ghz but for most others 3ghz was their limit. i`d be happy with that but i never overclocked a computer. is it really that difficult to do? Completely lost with all that mumbo jumbo, you should just wait until @cavelly2k gives his intelligent comments on your problem....I think? Me too!i'm a total computer noob.just spent 2 nights on the internet,reading forums and so on.its the only reason why i sound like i'd know what i'm talking about😁 |
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Post by IRD17_Kaushik on Mar 8, 2017 13:44:08 GMT
People told overclocking has some disadvantages when I wanted to do it to run a few games.
Anyway I wanna know about this as well, so waiting for someone who has knowledge about it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 14:11:55 GMT
right so here`s my problem. i`m trying to collect some different opinions on the matter. i bought this computer a few days ago. its old but still better than my laptop. here are some infos about the computer: intel core 2 quad q6600 @ 2.40ghz 2.40ghz 8gb of RAM (only 3.25gb are used though) windows 7 32bit graphic card: ASUS EAH5450 (1GB) mainboard: ASUSTeK computer inc. P5Q3 DELUXE from what i found in forums etc the problem with the RAM is there because windows 32bit doesnt support more than 3GB. changing the operating system to 64bit should solve the problem and the computer should recognize the 8GB of RAM. thoughts? also apparently this model should be good for overclocking the computer. some people managed to do it up to 3,6ghz but for most others 3ghz was their limit. i`d be happy with that but i never overclocked a computer. is it really that difficult to do? Theres a 4gb limit on 32bit win7 so it would depend on what version of the 64bit windows, I.E... Windows 7 Professional up to 192 GB Windows 7 Home Premium up to 16 GB Windows 7 Home Basic up to 8 GB As for overclocking be careful as it will put stress on other parts as well. You'll need it to have good ventilation as well to cool it or you'll run the risk of it over heating. There are plenty of guides you can follow online so there's more than one way to do it. |
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Post by RAZ on Mar 8, 2017 14:20:50 GMT
Cheers paul.how can i find out about what ventilation i have and if it'll work with a certain amount of overclocking?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:01:36 GMT
Cheers paul.how can i find out about what ventilation i have and if it'll work with a certain amount of overclocking? Depends how far you want to go. Up to a certain point you can overclock on the standard ventilation bit if your over clocking I'd always recommend aftermarket cooling. A lot of people have watercooled towers now because of this. Important thing to consider is the airflow in the case you're using. The stock cooler may be capable of keeping the CPU cool, but proper ventilation will ensure that the heatsink then dissipates the heat its collecting. If you do any overclocking, make sure you get some software like CoreTemp that will let you know when you heat gets to unsatisfactory levels. You can download various software to check the temperatures of the CPU. Think there's one called core temp. That will give you an idea of what you can overclock up to. |
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