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    Sluggish Performance if I Restart m17x r3 But Powering Down First Avoids the Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by skywalka, Apr 26, 2016.

  1. skywalka

    skywalka Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,

    If I use the Windows restart option my m17x r3 is very sluggish when Windows restarts.

    If I use the Windows shut down option and then power up I don't have the problem.

    Here is the latency after restarting:
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    Here is the latency after powering down.
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    Any idea what the cause is?

    Thanks.