VERY slow M17x

I dont know whats going on, but after i turn on my M17x and work for awhile, sometimes just an hour or 2, it slows down Tremendously, itll get so slow it takes me 15-20min just to shut down my programs and restart it. Everytime it slows down i have to shut it down and restart it.
I run virus scans, defrag, spybot and CCleaner.
i have 317GB free of 451GB
OS is Windows 7
Only games i have on it now are WoW and Halo: CE

What is the problem and how could i fix it?

 

Just a thought, are you sure you are not running wiht the performance mode off? cehck your performance and make sure it's at max performance.

 

Did u install the latest driver from Dell..? Are u in Stealth mode? Check your bios in your graphic setting and disable the both... Do u still facing the lag while you're on game?

 

latest drivers, played with performance settings, still gettin slow after awhile.

 

Sound like a ram leak ... When it slows down go to task manager and check your memory usage

 

task manager says memory usage is 71% at a slow point

 

Ram leak is your problem.


Get rid of the command center crap

 

Yeah for me, after a while, 'AlienFusion' something takes up like 7gigs of ram or something ridiculously high, close it through task manager and you'll be fine, i'm actually here looking searching for a solution to it if there is one

 

still gettin really super slow after awhile... Physical memory up to 97% at slow point

 

like he just said kill alienfusion.exe and that will fix it. I cannot explain it any other way.

uninstall command center

 

His Moo-ness is correct. If I forget to disable alienfusion I have slow down problems within an hour. Does anyone know if Dell/Alienware is working on this problem?

 

It was in the old command center as well as the new one so the problem has been around since the birth of the m15x.


If they haven't fixed it yet..... I wouldn't hold my breath

 

i removed and unistalled command center i still have memory usage at 97%

 

Just a question, but what virus software are you using and supplementing with spybot? If none of the other fixes have worked try un-installing your virus suite and spybot and see how your M17x works after that.

 

im using Norton 2010 with spybot

 

ok them post a screen shot of your task manager

 

Disable SuperFetch service, it tries to precatch programs that you use regularly and on a gaming rig it's the most useless ing service. It can literally try to precatch game files (even very large ones) and chew through your memory at boot-up.

 

Nathrezin,

A screen shot of task manager like Moo said would be great. Also, I used to use Norton 2010 and actually liked it for about three weeks. After about the third week it became slower than my grandma running a marathon.

Norton is a good product but try KracsNZ suggestion. If that does not work and you are not downloading questionable content, like free music or "fun" pics and vids, try un-installing Norton or Spybot.

The the un-installs one at a time, as to see if one is causing a problem with the other. It is rare that issues like Norton and Spybot fighting occur but it has happened.

 

where can i re-download command center? since that wasnt the problem

 

All drivers can be found here for your M17x

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...emID=Alw_lp_M17x&os=WV64&osl=en&catid=&impid=

 

it was norton that was causing the slowness, i un-installed it and it didnt go slow anymore

 

Just to be sure, re-install Norton and un-install Spybot and see what your results are, if you have not already.

 

seems to be running fine now. memory usage is way down, about 30% instead of 80-90

 

your memory usage is fine.. i'am about 30 % too.. =) cheers

 

awesome. thnks guys =D

 

hey maomau you fix your screen problem already?