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Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 06:36 AM

Just been called to a neighbours house to look at their pc - it's a HP mx70 with 1200mHz, 128meg RAM with XP and it runs slower than my old 266 laptop... I had a good look round and can find no reason at all.... any ideas? They aren't consumate fiddlers, so them messing around with the settings isn't an option. Appears to be a RAM issue from what I can see (like, WTF do I know...)

Petr · 01-28-2003, 06:40 AM

check that the motherboard jumpers are set up the correct way

Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 06:45 AM

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Originally posted by Petr
check that the motherboard jumpers are set up the correct way

I'll have a look...

The pc has run correctly before and started it's slow down about 2 weeks ago. Apparently this problem occured at some point last year too and they had to do a restore at day1 to rectify the fault - strange that it came back. There's no dodgy software on there that I can see (well, after I got rid of the 2 diallers that were in there!).

BR Guy · 01-28-2003, 06:50 AM

you have the virus W32/WindowsXP

seriusly, install 2000pro or upgrade to 256mb ram and you'll get much more happy

my brother had to add more ram to his pc because XP has drained all memory. XP is bad thing

DarkJedi · 01-28-2003, 06:53 AM

128 RAM ? thats really not much for win xp

JamesK · 01-28-2003, 07:14 AM

i've got 512mb ddr, works pretty fine for xp.

Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 07:18 AM

Cheers, I'll tell her to get her <s>tits</s> purse out

Nbritte · 01-28-2003, 07:32 AM

Might as well check out the wattage on the power supply while you are at it, the powersupply may not affect the speed but I have seen several HPs with under rated power supplies. Like a 850 meg celeron 30 gig hd 128 meg ram cd rw ect with a 100 watt power supply

Nbritt

Jeppe · 01-28-2003, 07:47 AM

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Originally posted by Kat
Just been called to a neighbours house to look at their pc - it's a HP mx70 with 1200mHz, 128meg RAM with XP and it runs slower than my old 266 laptop... I had a good look round and can find no reason at all.... any ideas? They aren't consumate fiddlers, so them messing around with the settings isn't an option. Appears to be a RAM issue from what I can see (like, WTF do I know...)

You could try running a full test here: http://pcpitstop.com/ The test will measure many different things on the pc, e.g. how fast the ram is etc. And it will suggest solutions if there is a problem.

Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Jeppe

You could try running a full test here: http://pcpitstop.com/ The test will measure many different things on the pc, e.g. how fast the ram is etc. And it will suggest solutions if there is a problem.

I forgot about that - nice one

Smegma · 01-28-2003, 10:10 AM

The system is running too hot.. you need to dunk it in a bucket of ice.

Seriously though. Check to see if they have it in a well vented area. A hot system runs slow.

xxxinnovations · 01-28-2003, 10:10 AM

Maybe it might need a defrag?

Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 04:11 PM

The answer is.... It does have 128meg of RAM, which is good for, umm, Word or some shit.... and it only has a built in graphics card with 1meg of RAM that it shares.

Fuck - I used to rate HP

dnsmonster · 01-28-2003, 04:15 PM

the cpu is overheating (cooler died?) and the bios is loweing the speed to keep it alive

DrGuile · 01-28-2003, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by Smegma
The system is running too hot.. you need to dunk it in a bucket of ice.

Seriously though. Check to see if they have it in a well vented area. A hot system runs slow.

heat doesnt affect speed.

it affects stability.

DrGuile · 01-28-2003, 04:17 PM

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Originally posted by dnsmonster
the cpu is overheating (cooler died?) and the bios is loweing the speed to keep it alive

never seen any BIOS do that.

maybe on a laptop....

Jeppe · 01-28-2003, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by Kat
The answer is.... It does have 128meg of RAM, which is good for, umm, Word or some shit.... and it only has a built in graphics card with 1meg of RAM that it shares.

Fuck - I used to rate HP

Can't you adjust how much memory the graphics card is allowed to use in BIOS or something?

DrGuile · 01-28-2003, 04:18 PM

1st I would check what programs are running in the background.
i.e. a dozen different TSR and spywares doesnt help.

I would probably format. and increase the ram to at least 256mb

DrGuile · 01-28-2003, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kat
The answer is.... It does have 128meg of RAM, which is good for, umm, Word or some shit.... and it only has a built in graphics card with 1meg of RAM that it shares.

Fuck - I used to rate HP

you can check BIOS for AGP Aparture(sp?) Size

Kat - Fast · 01-28-2003, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by DrGuile

you can check BIOS for AGP Aparture(sp?) Size

I've got an ATI 32meg card and a stick of 128 in my bag of spares

1meg of on board graphics?!?!? lol

Nun · 01-28-2003, 04:34 PM

format c:

Yassi · 01-28-2003, 04:38 PM

look at the systray. If it takes more than half the taskbar, with only 128 ram that comp is in deep shit

Baal · 01-28-2003, 04:56 PM

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Originally posted by DrGuile

heat doesnt affect speed.

it affects stability.

Actually, with Intel chips (Pentium 4 and later), heat *does* affect speed. If the Intel chip is overheating, the CPU speed will slow down to a level that lowers the chip temp to a tolerable level. It's a built-in protection mechanism, and is actually a good feature. An AMD chip will just run at full speed if it's overheating and will burn itself out and start smoking and fry itself.

Checking the CPU fan on an Intel chip is a wise move with an Intel chip that is running really slow. As is uninstalling all of the useless crap (screensavers/extra cursor programs/misc memory resident programs), as well as running an anti-virus program. Systems with integrated video suck, but not by the amount that the original post lists the performance to be.

01-28-2003, 06:36 AM	#1
Kat - Fast Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The bushes behind your house Posts: 2,303	1200mHz chip running slower than a 266 Just been called to a neighbours house to look at their pc - it's a HP mx70 with 1200mHz, 128meg RAM with XP and it runs slower than my old 266 laptop... I had a good look round and can find no reason at all.... any ideas? They aren't consumate fiddlers, so them messing around with the settings isn't an option. Appears to be a RAM issue from what I can see (like, WTF do I know...)

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Kat - Fast Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The bushes behind your house Posts: 2,303	The answer is.... It does have 128meg of RAM, which is good for, umm, Word or some shit.... and it only has a built in graphics card with 1meg of RAM that it shares. Fuck - I used to rate HP

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dnsmonster Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A warm place. Posts: 634	the cpu is overheating (cooler died?) and the bios is loweing the speed to keep it alive __________________ I couldn't possibly know what I'm talking about, I'm completely, absolutely and definitively out of my fucking mind.

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Yassi Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 136	look at the systray. If it takes more than half the taskbar, with only 128 ram that comp is in deep shit