I am running a relativley new computer (purchased about a year ago) on WIndows XP Home Edition. The system has a 2.8 GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM. It's not the best system on the market, but definetley a solid computer. The weird thing is, sometimes it starts lagging. To the point where it lags when I'm playing Solitare! The baffling part is, I am almost always not running more than one program at a time when it does it, so I don't think it's an issue with RAM. My system can be completey "idling" (no applications running, I'm at the Desktop) and it will still be laggy when I try to open a folder, even. As part of an investigation as to why a perfectly good system would spontaneously transform into a piece of cr@p, I have looked at the Task Manager's Processes tab and found that when "idling" my system uses between 0 and 4% of CPU usage. When it runs badly, it cycles between 4 and 8%. I'm tired of having to re-start my computer when I want to do something like play Solitare. Help please!
2006-06-26 06:10:13 · 5 answers · asked by Ex0du$ 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Buggy RAM? Was it all of a sudden? Try running spyware tests. Could be hidden programs task manager doesn't see. You say you "sometimes" have the problem. Any triggers that might set it off consistently?
Have you considered reinstalling windows? Might help. Good luck.
--An addition to Jerry's suggestion. If the fan is kaput, the whole system will slow down. I had a fan that was stuck from time to time. Once I figured it out, my sys was back to normal. Thank goodness I figured it out before the CPU fried.
2006-06-26 06:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by Robert D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Download the trial version of system mechanic at www.iolo.com or google it i just purchased it let me tell you YOU WONT REGRET IT the best $50 i spent in a while i can run my games without crashing randomly. it fixes your regisrty defrags the ram (yes the RAM) and harddrives it does it all
2006-06-26 06:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by spcwright2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the run command type MSCONFIG and click the startup tab top right hand side...Remove all the checkmark but anti virus related objects...If you do not know what ones google the abbr...
If not reload O/S
Cheers
2006-06-26 06:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try defragmenting your Hard Disk or if it doesn't work Format your system.
2006-06-26 06:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by crimsonfury_rit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is the the fan because fans do some noise but it is probably because the enviorment tempature beeing to warm. it is just cooling off.
2006-06-26 06:18:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋