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Dell 4550 Dimension loads super slow

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by a former member

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I'm putting a new HD in the 4550 and it is taking days to load XP PRO. Not really days but it might if I left it. I tried changing the ribbon, another HD and I bumped up the RAM to 1 GB. Nothing is working. Does anyone have an idea?

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by Former member

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by nccastle

He obviously doesn't feel like upgrading the processor. Besides, Windows XP worked fine on computers with less than 256mb ram and 500mhz processor. (Yes, I've done it and it works fine, even with visual enhancements).

by santeewelding

You take your balls in your hands when you come here and tell CG, and me, about relevance of feeling, as opposed to thinking.

by oh smeg

If it's going off it will cause the system to appear to be slow to load anything from CD/DVD. :0

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by nccastle

I suspect your disc is getting old at this point.

Is it scratched? You should try cleaning it, ammonia based cleaners (Windex) are supposed to work well. Also, try using an optical drive from another computer, the drive may be getting slow.

by Former member

How about you take CG's balls in your hands and meditate on the sensation.

by nexs

Does it turn on? How far does it get?
Do you even get any beeps as the computer boots?

It could be many things and I'm betting that it's hardware. Maybe the RAM you plugged in is incompatible, maybe your PSU is shot, maybe the motherboard is shot.
Could be anything, really, so give us a bit more info so that we can help you troubleshoot.

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