Laptop all of a sudden running slow.

hyPoxxx.dll · 10-01-2008, 01:13 AM

My Dell Inspirion 1521 was running counterstrike source, battlefield 2, and command and conquer fine.

I figured it was the hard drive was going, so I upgraded from a 160gb to a 250gb.

Specs:

Dell Inspirion 1521:

-AMD Athlon X2 TK-58 @ 1.9ghz
-2 GB ocz 667mhz ram
-Radeon X1270
-250 gb hdd
-Windows vista home premium 32 bit.

Again, It ran games fine. Now it doesnt, this is really puzzling me!

Anyone have any suggestions?

diduknowthat · 10-01-2008, 03:24 AM

Slow just in games or slow running everything else? Have you tried running any defrags, registry cleaners etc?

hyPoxxx.dll · 10-01-2008, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by diduknowthat

Slow just in games or slow running everything else? Have you tried running any defrags, registry cleaners etc?

Only in game. I have defraged, and yes ran a registry cleaner.
It seems like im overheating.

atentora · 10-01-2008, 04:42 AM

You could be. Did you have any settings for the graphics that might not have moved to the new HDD?

Sir Travis D · 10-01-2008, 04:43 AM

Download a temperature reader (google), and if they are too high you might need a cooling pad.

hyPoxxx.dll · 10-01-2008, 05:13 AM

The peak temp while under load is 70c. Is that too hot? And yes, i am using a cooling pad.

diduknowthat · 10-01-2008, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyPoxxx.dll

The peak temp while under load is 70c. Is that too hot? And yes, i am using a cooling pad.

Nah, that's not too bad. There shouldn't be much problems until you get near 100C.

cybereclipse · 10-04-2008, 03:32 AM

whats the RPM of the drive you just bought and currently have in there
if its lower than the one you replaced, then thats the reason

10-01-2008, 01:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
hyPoxxx.dll Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 225	Laptop all of a sudden running slow. My Dell Inspirion 1521 was running counterstrike source, battlefield 2, and command and conquer fine. I figured it was the hard drive was going, so I upgraded from a 160gb to a 250gb. Specs: Dell Inspirion 1521: -AMD Athlon X2 TK-58 @ 1.9ghz -2 GB ocz 667mhz ram -Radeon X1270 -250 gb hdd -Windows vista home premium 32 bit. Again, It ran games fine. Now it doesnt, this is really puzzling me! Anyone have any suggestions? __________________ MB:MSI P7N CPU: Pentium D 960 @ 4.8ghz stable and cool. RAM: 4gb gskill pc6400 Video 1: Radeon 3870 x2 Video 2: Radeon 3870 x2 PSU: Rosewill 950w (extreme/max) edition Crysis runs like its nothing.

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hyPoxxx.dll Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 225	The peak temp while under load is 70c. Is that too hot? And yes, i am using a cooling pad. __________________ MB:MSI P7N CPU: Pentium D 960 @ 4.8ghz stable and cool. RAM: 4gb gskill pc6400 Video 1: Radeon 3870 x2 Video 2: Radeon 3870 x2 PSU: Rosewill 950w (extreme/max) edition Crysis runs like its nothing.

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10-01-2008, 04:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
atentora Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, MA Age: 20 Posts: 657	You could be. Did you have any settings for the graphics that might not have moved to the new HDD?

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Sir Travis D banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 15 Posts: 1,612	Download a temperature reader (google), and if they are too high you might need a cooling pad.

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