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    My Ibm is Dead SLOW!!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Fableonline, Sep 23, 2005.

  1. Fableonline

    Fableonline Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey pals.. this is from india. i had bought a IBM R51 with 1.5Ghz Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Processor and DDR of 248 MB .

    I've been feeling that my Laptop is slow . i recently heard abt Super PI Calculator and used it calculate upto 2M. The result in terms of time taken was 5 m 21s.. doesnt that show there is something wrong with my Laptop..

    I am just looking for some Suggestions!!
     
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    Do you have spyware/adware protection?

    If you haven't done so, try and run an adware scan and a virus scan. Free programs available from lavasoft (adaware) and AVG.

    Also you might want to consider upgrading to 512MB Ram. 256 is rather little for win XP SP2
     
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    I highly agree.
     
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    i use kaspersky. would i still need additional Spyware and adware programmes??

    well i really dont wish to upgrade my Ram as i use my laptop to store lots of
    information (in word Pdf or excel format ).

    i need to know whether at this specs of mine , 5m and 21s to calculate 2m Digits
    is normal .
     
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  5. Henry Su

    Henry Su Notebook Consultant

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    I don't see why storing information would in any way affect installing more ram. 256 MB is definitely way too little nowadays, especially if you use Windows XP. I have 512 MB, and looking at the task manager, I've peaked at over 800 MB commit charge (ram + virtual memory I guess) doing basic multitasking, which means that more ram would benefit even me. The pi calculation being slow also wouldn't affect day-to-day tasks, as the processor speed has quite little to do with it.
     
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    You could try Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft has a new spyware program. These days you should have more than one. Make sure you virus definitions are up to date. You should also use an internet browser that is no Internet Explorer. I personally use FireFox, but there are others like Opera and Netscape.
     
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    oh sorry.. i was trying to say i just use my laptop to store lot of informations esp in Doc excel and PDF formats. and i run 2 applications at the max like a word and excel thas it.. i feel up0grading ram isnt worth it.

    another thing is that the booting of my pc also takes over a 1min. i just want to know whether this is normal taken for a R 51 with intel centrino mobile technology @ 1.5ghz and 248 Mb ram.

    Thank you so much for ur replies.
     
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    Yeah a boot time of over a minute is normal; I think mine takes at least that long too.
     
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    try check task manager, if it is over 256, then u need a new ram
     
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    The thing that most determines the boot time is the hard drive. If you got a slow 4200RPM one, one minute is normal.
     
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    Longshot, but check the power saving settings on that machine. You might have is set on max battery or something where the processor is clocked way down, you could even have the speed stepping turned off. Try to plug your machine in and turn off all power saving, run super pi again to 2M and see if you get something in the 2 - 3 minute range.
     
    SHOracer, Sep 23, 2005
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