Help diagnosing a family members slow PC

saulat_99 · 06-15-2009, 05:24 AM

Wondering if I could have some help looking at a family members computer. I am not familiar with this processor or brand. It is an everex and I have had no luck figuring out the button to enter the BIOS. They said it is running slow and I have not yet searched for viruses, the anti virus is out of date by the way lol. It is running Vista home edition which is part of the reason for the slowness I think. This is my first experience with Vista. Here is the specs. Yahoo chat, weather, windows sidebar, open office, and norton start up in the tray. The media card reader is not on the tower either. Should they switch to XP? Would a RAM upgrade help or is the processor just not good enough? I'll do some tests for spyware and viruses along with switching some of the programs to not start up. The specs I got from the everex website. Thanks.

SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
Display: 17" CRT (1280 x 800)
Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA Esther Processor (128KB L2 Cache, 1.5GHz, 400MHz)
Memory: 1GB DDRII 533MHz SDRAM (2 DIMM Slots, 2GB Maximum capacity)
Hard Disk Drive: 80GB SATA (7200rpm)
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM/DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
Graphics: VIA Chrome9™ HC IGP (64MB shared memory, 128MB Maxumum shared memory)
Audio: VIA VT1708A Vinyl High-Definition Audio Codec (Analog: 24-Bits Max Resolution, 192kHz Max Sampling; Digital: 24-BIts Max Resolution, 96kHz Max Sampling)
LAN: (1) 10/100 Base-T Fast Ethernet
Power Supply: 300 Watt Total Peak Power (switched, 100-127V~6A, 200-240V~3A, 50-60Hz)
Measurements: 15.6 ” x 6.7” x 14.3” (H x W x D)
Weight: 70.4lbs

**bomberboysk** · 06-15-2009, 05:27 AM

Edit: Never even mind what i said about malwarebytes, vista is your main issue here due to just the utter garbage specs.

For one id say your "slowness" is just the utter crap specs of the machine, the VIA Esther should be running XP, no way that vista should even be on a machine with that low of specs(Integrated graphics and only 1GB memory, plus a horrible cpu, sounds like something that came outta walmart...) Switching to XP would be a start... but that thing is pretty crappy...

Stildawn · 06-15-2009, 05:36 AM

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VIA Esther

What the hell is that lol.

**bomberboysk** · 06-15-2009, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stildawn

What the hell is that lol.

Via C7, a cpu from like 2004 thats slower than a pentium 4 clock for clock. So imagine a 1ghz or so pentium 4(or a 800mhz pentium 3 as the p3 was faster clock for clock than a pentium 4). They are still used in alot of the super low end budget pc's like walmart sells at the lowest end.

yuki953 · 06-15-2009, 06:05 AM

Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA Esther Processor (128KB L2 Cache, 1.5GHz, 400MHz)
Memory: 1GB DDRII 533MHz SDRAM (2 DIMM Slots, 2GB Maximum capacity)
+++++++++++
VISTA!!!!!!!!!!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THATS WHY!!!!

1gb memory on vista? lolz i coulda sword a laptop company (not saying names) was sued tonz cause they build vistas with 1gb memory... they just cant run with that

Bodaggit23 · 06-15-2009, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yuki953

1gb memory on vista? lolz i coulda sword a laptop company (not saying names) was sued tonz cause they build vistas with 1gb memory... they just cant run with that

Quote:

Home Basic Requirements:
1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
512 MB of system memory

Home Premium / Business / Ultimate Requirements:
1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB of system memory

The machine should run fine with 1Gig of RAM. That cpu is seriously lacking though.

Since the Antivirus is out of date, it's most likely a virus causing the problem, along with all that crap running at startup.

1. Get new Antivirus software. AVG is free here: http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Vi...dlPid=11014801

2. Check this tutorial out:
http://www.techpavan.com/2009/03/16/...ance-solution/

saulat_99 · 06-15-2009, 07:18 AM

Haha thanks. Yeah, found 107 infected objects with malware and couldnt get combofix to run. I think it may be a 200 dollar computer. I am going to recommend going to XP and upgrading the RAM along with getting an anti virus. Probably do the windows updates too but its taking sooo long. I know vista takes a lot and I was amazed that Vista came bundled with the PC. Its my girls Aunts computer but yeah. Thanks!

Gooberman · 06-15-2009, 08:08 AM

Vista on my computer worked fine with 1 GB of ram

saulat_99 · 06-15-2009, 04:34 PM

Is it worth upgrading to 2 gig of RAM with that processor??? I am not sure of the relationship between processor speed and RAM and at what point they stop helping if the other isn't good enough.

UpskirtHayley · 06-15-2009, 05:38 PM

1gig ram running on vista /

06-15-2009, 05:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
saulat_99 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 149	Help diagnosing a family members slow PC Wondering if I could have some help looking at a family members computer. I am not familiar with this processor or brand. It is an everex and I have had no luck figuring out the button to enter the BIOS. They said it is running slow and I have not yet searched for viruses, the anti virus is out of date by the way lol. It is running Vista home edition which is part of the reason for the slowness I think. This is my first experience with Vista. Here is the specs. Yahoo chat, weather, windows sidebar, open office, and norton start up in the tray. The media card reader is not on the tower either. Should they switch to XP? Would a RAM upgrade help or is the processor just not good enough? I'll do some tests for spyware and viruses along with switching some of the programs to not start up. The specs I got from the everex website. Thanks. SPECIFICATIONS Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Display: 17" CRT (1280 x 800) Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA Esther Processor (128KB L2 Cache, 1.5GHz, 400MHz) Memory: 1GB DDRII 533MHz SDRAM (2 DIMM Slots, 2GB Maximum capacity) Hard Disk Drive: 80GB SATA (7200rpm) Optical Drive: DVD-ROM/DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support Graphics: VIA Chrome9™ HC IGP (64MB shared memory, 128MB Maxumum shared memory) Audio: VIA VT1708A Vinyl High-Definition Audio Codec (Analog: 24-Bits Max Resolution, 192kHz Max Sampling; Digital: 24-BIts Max Resolution, 96kHz Max Sampling) LAN: (1) 10/100 Base-T Fast Ethernet Power Supply: 300 Watt Total Peak Power (switched, 100-127V~6A, 200-240V~3A, 50-60Hz) Measurements: 15.6 ” x 6.7” x 14.3” (H x W x D) Weight: 70.4lbs __________________ CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333FSB Motherboards : ASUS P5K PLVM G31, 1333FSB, GPU : 8800 GT OC 512 mb Ram Power Supply : Corsair VX 550 Watt RAM : 4GB RAM OS : XP Pro Keyboard : Logitech G15

06-15-2009, 05:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
bomberboysk Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio, Canton Area Age: 17 Posts: 11,520	Edit: Never even mind what i said about malwarebytes, vista is your main issue here due to just the utter garbage specs. For one id say your "slowness" is just the utter crap specs of the machine, the VIA Esther should be running XP, no way that vista should even be on a machine with that low of specs(Integrated graphics and only 1GB memory, plus a horrible cpu, sounds like something that came outta walmart...) Switching to XP would be a start... but that thing is pretty crappy... __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.90Ghz Custom Water \| Mobo:EVGA 790i Ultra SLI \| GPU: EVGA GTX285 SSC\| Ram: 4GB(2 x 2gb) ddr3 \| Case: Xclio WTBKAdvanced \| Sound: X-fi Fatal1ty Championship \| Storage:OCZ 30gb Vertex \| 2x Raid 0 7200.12 500gb \| PSU: \|OS: Windows 7 Enterprise x64\| Dont skimp on a power supply New? Dont forget to read the rules. My Heatware Custom Cables, Sleeving, Voltmodding, X-Fi Modding...Click here

06-15-2009, 06:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
yuki953 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 211	Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA Esther Processor (128KB L2 Cache, 1.5GHz, 400MHz) Memory: 1GB DDRII 533MHz SDRAM (2 DIMM Slots, 2GB Maximum capacity) +++++++++++ VISTA!!!!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THATS WHY!!!! 1gb memory on vista? lolz i coulda sword a laptop company (not saying names) was sued tonz cause they build vistas with 1gb memory... they just cant run with that __________________ removed by mep916 aw^^ he stole my cookie

06-15-2009, 08:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gooberman Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hastings, Michigan Age: 17 Posts: 2,440	Vista on my computer worked fine with 1 GB of ram __________________ AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2.01 GHz EVGA 8500GT overclocked 200GB Seagate HDD Compaq Case Piece of crap Motherboard 22" 1680x1050 LCD Acer Monitor Windows 7 32 bit

06-15-2009, 04:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
saulat_99 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 149	Is it worth upgrading to 2 gig of RAM with that processor??? I am not sure of the relationship between processor speed and RAM and at what point they stop helping if the other isn't good enough. __________________ CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333FSB Motherboards : ASUS P5K PLVM G31, 1333FSB, GPU : 8800 GT OC 512 mb Ram Power Supply : Corsair VX 550 Watt RAM : 4GB RAM OS : XP Pro Keyboard : Logitech G15

06-15-2009, 07:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
saulat_99 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 149	Haha thanks. Yeah, found 107 infected objects with malware and couldnt get combofix to run. I think it may be a 200 dollar computer. I am going to recommend going to XP and upgrading the RAM along with getting an anti virus. Probably do the windows updates too but its taking sooo long. I know vista takes a lot and I was amazed that Vista came bundled with the PC. Its my girls Aunts computer but yeah. Thanks!

06-15-2009, 05:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
UpskirtHayley Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 495	1gig ram running on vista /

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