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 Post subject: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:41 pm 
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Just in the past few weeks, my computer has really slowed down all of a sudden. It all started when my sound suddenly went away:

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=51

I got a new soundcard, but it still takes longer then usual to load and it takes twice the amount of time to read and burn a disc. Before it took on average no more than 30 minutes to read and burn a disc, now it takes about an hour to do both.

I have room on my computer and I've recently defraged it. I've also recently installed a new burner, so I know that's not it. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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LukinFan wrote:
Just in the past few weeks, my computer has really slowed down all of a sudden. It all started when my sound suddenly went away:

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=51

I got a new soundcard, but it still takes longer then usual to load and it takes twice the amount of time to read and burn a disc. Before it took on average no more than 30 minutes to read and burn a disc, now it takes about an hour to do both.

I have room on my computer and I've recently defraged it. I've also recently installed a new burner, so I know that's not it. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Sound cards don't really have anything to do with loading or burning a CD.

The first thing you should have done was scan for viruses. Do that now.

Do you also know if you have the most current drivers for your new hardware? That may be another thing to look into.


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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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tryinmorning wrote:
LukinFan wrote:
Just in the past few weeks, my computer has really slowed down all of a sudden. It all started when my sound suddenly went away:

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=51

I got a new soundcard, but it still takes longer then usual to load and it takes twice the amount of time to read and burn a disc. Before it took on average no more than 30 minutes to read and burn a disc, now it takes about an hour to do both.

I have room on my computer and I've recently defraged it. I've also recently installed a new burner, so I know that's not it. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Sound cards don't really have anything to do with loading or burning a CD.

The first thing you should have done was scan for viruses. Do that now.

Do you also know if you have the most current drivers for your new hardware? That may be another thing to look into.

Thanks for the response. Yeah, I already checked for viruses, and everything came back good. How do you check for the current drivers? Would it suddenly just change? Everything was working perfectly until one day, it just slowed down

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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IRQ conflict?

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Get a mac.

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Pegasus wrote:
IRQ conflict?

what's IRQ?

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Install Spybot Search & Destroy. I think you'll be happy with the results.

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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punkdavid wrote:
Install Spybot Search & Destroy. I think you'll be happy with the results.

yeah, I already did that and everything came back okay.

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Defrag, disk cleaner (erase temporary files and shit like that)

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Human Bass wrote:
Defrag, disk cleaner (erase temporary files and shit like that)

disk cleaner?

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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download firefox


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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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download opera

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Dash wrote:
download firefox

cutuphalfdead wrote:
download opera

Download both, just stay the hell away from IE.


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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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Dash wrote:
download firefox

the only one that I use

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 Post subject: Re: My Computer is running so SLOW lately :(
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LukinFan wrote:
Human Bass wrote:
Defrag, disk cleaner (erase temporary files and shit like that)

disk cleaner?
http://www.defraggler.com/

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