Computer Slow Down ( Vista System)

MasterAndrew18 · 05-19-2008, 05:17 AM

Hi i have a very general problem and i think its hard to pin point.
Acer Aspire 3100 Laptop
I have Windows Home Basic SP1
2 Gb RAM
harddrives almost empty
AMD Sempron 1.8Ghz

Ok , here is my problem. I just did a system restore back to factory thing to.

Starting about two weeks ago. No matter what i am doing , i can be playing a computer game online, or offline , i can even just be in Photoshop . My computer will run 100 percent fine. then a few minutes after running any program , it will just slow down or chug.
its hard to discribe . But i can even be on firefox and it will just slowdown. Not the internet , but the computer itself.

One example is, ill play couter striker with 100 FPS.
Then it will go down to 5 FPS for about 2 minutes
then it will go back to 100FPS and it will do this repeatedly.

So it runs all the programs fine , then it slows down , then it goes back to normal , like every couple minutes. I have barely any processes running.

If anyone one has any idea what can be wrong, then please let me know.

TIA

DonatoXIII · 05-19-2008, 06:24 AM

I use to have a acer aspire 5600 (?) anyway, i would play dota with a couple buddies once awhile. dota = WC3 incase u didnt know. Every maybe 10-20 minutes i would get these horrible slow downs. frames would drop to 5 and sometimes the game would just freeze up for a few seconds. I never really pinpointed the problem but it seemed like a combo of a shitty intergrated vid card and poor cooling. Try to keep the fan area as clear as possible so no air is getting blocked. I bought a cheap usb laptop cooler that seemed to help a lil bit, but i would still get them everyonce awhile.

truthseeker · 05-19-2008, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterAndrew18

Hi i have a very general problem and i think its hard to pin point.
Acer Aspire 3100 Laptop
I have Windows Home Basic SP1
2 Gb RAM
harddrives almost empty
AMD Sempron 1.8Ghz

Ok , here is my problem. I just did a system restore back to factory thing to.

Starting about two weeks ago. No matter what i am doing , i can be playing a computer game online, or offline , i can even just be in Photoshop . My computer will run 100 percent fine. then a few minutes after running any program , it will just slow down or chug.
its hard to discribe . But i can even be on firefox and it will just slowdown. Not the internet , but the computer itself.

One example is, ill play couter striker with 100 FPS.
Then it will go down to 5 FPS for about 2 minutes
then it will go back to 100FPS and it will do this repeatedly.

So it runs all the programs fine , then it slows down , then it goes back to normal , like every couple minutes. I have barely any processes running.

If anyone one has any idea what can be wrong, then please let me know.

TIA

Go here and run their free online scan:

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

MasterAndrew18 · 05-19-2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truthseeker

Go here and run their free online scan:

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

Im Scanning it now , ill post results soon

MasterAndrew18 · 05-19-2008, 12:33 PM

Just scanned my computer with KasperSpy Online Scanner = found nothing

I also scanned with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware = Found nothing

I dont think its a virus , does anyone else have any suggestions.

Please help

jkchia · 11-25-2008, 07:45 AM

I have the same problem after I install a new RAM (1GB) to my computer. WinXP home sp3.

I think it has something to do w/ my new RAM... but really, I've no clue wut is going on..

05-19-2008, 05:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
MasterAndrew18 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1	Computer Slow Down ( Vista System) Hi i have a very general problem and i think its hard to pin point. Acer Aspire 3100 Laptop I have Windows Home Basic SP1 2 Gb RAM harddrives almost empty AMD Sempron 1.8Ghz Ok , here is my problem. I just did a system restore back to factory thing to. Starting about two weeks ago. No matter what i am doing , i can be playing a computer game online, or offline , i can even just be in Photoshop . My computer will run 100 percent fine. then a few minutes after running any program , it will just slow down or chug. its hard to discribe . But i can even be on firefox and it will just slowdown. Not the internet , but the computer itself. One example is, ill play couter striker with 100 FPS. Then it will go down to 5 FPS for about 2 minutes then it will go back to 100FPS and it will do this repeatedly. So it runs all the programs fine , then it slows down , then it goes back to normal , like every couple minutes. I have barely any processes running. If anyone one has any idea what can be wrong, then please let me know. TIA

05-19-2008, 06:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
DonatoXIII Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 20 OS: 32bit Vista	Re: Computer Slow Down ( Vista System) I use to have a acer aspire 5600 (?) anyway, i would play dota with a couple buddies once awhile. dota = WC3 incase u didnt know. Every maybe 10-20 minutes i would get these horrible slow downs. frames would drop to 5 and sometimes the game would just freeze up for a few seconds. I never really pinpointed the problem but it seemed like a combo of a shitty intergrated vid card and poor cooling. Try to keep the fan area as clear as possible so no air is getting blocked. I bought a cheap usb laptop cooler that seemed to help a lil bit, but i would still get them everyonce awhile.

05-19-2008, 12:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
MasterAndrew18 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1	Re: Computer Slow Down ( Vista System) Just scanned my computer with KasperSpy Online Scanner = found nothing I also scanned with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware = Found nothing I dont think its a virus , does anyone else have any suggestions. Please help

11-25-2008, 07:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
jkchia Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: win xp	Re: Computer Slow Down ( Vista System) I have the same problem after I install a new RAM (1GB) to my computer. WinXP home sp3. I think it has something to do w/ my new RAM... but really, I've no clue wut is going on..