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April 20, 2006 at 11:23 PM
hellrace

Lagging Computer

by hellrace . Updated 20 years, 2 months ago

Hi all, thanks in advance for ya help.

I am currently using an Acer 4152LMi, with 512MB DDR2 shared ram. I’m experiencing severe lagging of my system when files are open, with mouse pointers being jerky, and minimizing/maximizing of windows being jerky as well. Also, i can’t play video files properly, even when i have no open programs, the playback of the videofile is jerky and laggy.

I’m using FreeRAM XP Pro to monitor my ram, and i usually have around 50-60% free ram.

I’ve Spybot and Lavasoft ad-aware installed, as well as AVG Free edition. I’ve run all three programs numerous times both in normal and safe mode, and they’ve not picked up anything malicious. My HDD has been defragmented, and i ran scandisk too. Also, i’ve tried to use system restore, but it is always unsuccessful.

I’ve already formatted my HDD once, and re installed windows XP, but the lagginess seems to return even after reinstalling windows XP. Even ntuning with System Mechanic 6 doesn’t seem to remove the lagginess.

Some additional stats of my CPU:
Intel Pentium M 740 Processor
(2MB L2 cache, 1.73GHz, 533MHz FSB)
128MB Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 w/TurboCache Tech

Would appreciate help asap. Thanks!

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