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 They said it is running slow and I have not yet searched for viruses, the anti virus is out of date by the way lol.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
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