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    laptop works very slow after 5 mins of login

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by inks, Jan 17, 2011.

  1. inks

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    Hi all,

    I've installed windows 7 in dell xps m1330. Problem is while watching movie it gets hung after 5 minutes.. laptop works very slow after 5 -10 mins of login.. please suggest what to do in this case.. pls help as m not able to watch any movies .. thanks
     
    inks, Jan 17, 2011
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  2. Astrogiblet

    Astrogiblet Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you install drivers after you installed Windows 7?

    Also, did you do an upgrade, or a fresh install of Windows 7?
     
    Astrogiblet, Jan 17, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Right I would look into all the drivers being reinstalled properly. If you don't have chipset installed properly (though Windows 7 should install that automatically) things can be pretty sluggish, as that happened with my Vostro 1500 when it had Windows XP.

    Also have you run the Dell diagnostic? You could have a failing hard drive which could also explain a slow computer.
     
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    You should not rely on the default Windows 7 chipset driver if you can help it. Especially if your computer has a dedicated video card.
     
    Astrogiblet, Jan 17, 2011
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    Right but what I was saying is XP won't automatically install chipset drivers vs Windows 7/Vista installing a generic/old version of that driver. And chipset != GPU driver is alot of cases. Even IGP need its own driver.
     
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    @ astrogiblet: Yes i 've installed all the drivers n installed fresh windows 7 ultimate.. 4-5 days it was working fine, suddenly problem started

    @Tsudane: all harddrives are working fine n i've also installed chipset properly :( :(
     
    inks, Jan 18, 2011
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