Laptop running extremely slow

sansart · Nov 3, 2008, 04:43 AM

So I'm guessing I did this to myself somehow but I can't figure out how to fix it. I recently installed (and soon after uninstalled) a bunch of optimizing / driver updating programs. After playing around with those, my laptop is running slow... I can't watch videos, the buffer causes it to just show the image while the audio plays... After running Dr. Hardware it looks like my CPU is only running at 800mhz which is a lot slower than it used to. Any ideas?

GigaWatt · Nov 3, 2008, 08:00 AM

maybe somehow you happen to underclock the CPU... or something like that...

load the BIOS defaults and see if the CPU clock is back to normal... it should run fine after that. if it is still too slow, try loading the optimized defaults under BIOS... if that doesn't work too, a format and a reinstall of OS should do the trick

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sterben · Nov 4, 2008, 11:50 AM

You should defrag, disk cleanup, and cut back on loading programs when you boot up.
And why is your CPU 800mhz?

It's expected to be slow if that's your clock speed.

Nov 3, 2008, 04:43 AM	#1
sansart DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Laptop running extremely slow So I'm guessing I did this to myself somehow but I can't figure out how to fix it. I recently installed (and soon after uninstalled) a bunch of optimizing / driver updating programs. After playing around with those, my laptop is running slow... I can't watch videos, the buffer causes it to just show the image while the audio plays... After running Dr. Hardware it looks like my CPU is only running at 800mhz which is a lot slower than it used to. Any ideas?

Nov 3, 2008, 08:00 AM	#2
GigaWatt Now In Color :D Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macedonia, Skopje Posts: 2,116 Rep Power: 81 System Specs	Re: Laptop running extremely slow maybe somehow you happen to underclock the CPU... or something like that... load the BIOS defaults and see if the CPU clock is back to normal... it should run fine after that. if it is still too slow, try loading the optimized defaults under BIOS... if that doesn't work too, a format and a reinstall of OS should do the trick . __________________ It's not schisophrenia... it's just a voice in my head...

Nov 4, 2008, 11:50 AM	#3
sterben DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 0	Re: Laptop running extremely slow You should defrag, disk cleanup, and cut back on loading programs when you boot up. And why is your CPU 800mhz? It's expected to be slow if that's your clock speed.