So I bought this thing about 2 weeks ago
HP paVILION a656x
3000+ AMD xp athlon
512 mb ram
16o gm HD
DVD/CD RW
Prior to this I had a 400 mhz e machine with like no ram..an old crap system. This thing SHOULD feel LIGHT years faster than that. But it doesnt. Seems im contstantly "Waiting" for ir to do something. IE I open the start menu, and it hesitates before the folder pop up, or if I go to move a window, it moves but the border where it was stays for a few seconds. The internet seem slow too. TOnight its so bad I cant even post on e-bay, feels worse than dial-up (I realize that MAY be my isp) but it all seems so slow for a brand new system, and from what I came from!
When I open internet exlporer, seems I usually open 2 of them b/c it take so long to open I cant tell if it got my doupple click or not!
What can it be? Only thing I have done is installed a DVD burning program. I have done a defrag etc. There are a few large movies on my HD.. But that cant coause this..sould it?
Please help!
Mike
HP paVILION a656x
3000+ AMD xp athlon
512 mb ram
16o gm HD
DVD/CD RW
Prior to this I had a 400 mhz e machine with like no ram..an old crap system. This thing SHOULD feel LIGHT years faster than that. But it doesnt. Seems im contstantly "Waiting" for ir to do something. IE I open the start menu, and it hesitates before the folder pop up, or if I go to move a window, it moves but the border where it was stays for a few seconds. The internet seem slow too. TOnight its so bad I cant even post on e-bay, feels worse than dial-up (I realize that MAY be my isp) but it all seems so slow for a brand new system, and from what I came from!
When I open internet exlporer, seems I usually open 2 of them b/c it take so long to open I cant tell if it got my doupple click or not!
What can it be? Only thing I have done is installed a DVD burning program. I have done a defrag etc. There are a few large movies on my HD.. But that cant coause this..sould it?
Please help!
Mike