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    Sony Vaio SZ Running Slow

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Ze0n, Jan 4, 2007.

  1. Ze0n

    Ze0n Newbie

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    Ok, so I installed a clean copy of windows XP professional on my SZ220.

    This is my first time doing so, but I followed a guide I found, downloaded all the necessary drivers and everything seemed to work fine.

    The problem now is that my laptop is running SLOW.

    I looked in System Properties and it shows:

    Genuine Intel CPU
    T2400 @ 1.83 Ghz
    1.83 Ghz
    1.00GB of RAM

    Shouldn't it say Core Duo somewhere?

    I'm thinking maybe I'm only using one core, but then again, in task manager I'm seeing two graphs, so I don't know.

    First thing I did after installing windows was install Intel Chipset Drivers.

    Please advise!!!
     
    Ze0n, Jan 4, 2007
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  2. Duckfart

    Duckfart Notebook Evangelist

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    Isn't that what T2400 means, since it is proprietary of Intel.
     
    Duckfart, Jan 4, 2007
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  3. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    well you are most likely using one core and the other you are not as that is the way windows is programed, your applications might be able to use both cores but window can't effectively that is.

    my system runs at 800mhz on a single core most of the time as that is all it need to run; OS, media Player; Zoomtext; and couple instances of firefox.

    so even if you computer is only using one core it will still be fast.

    make sure you have the right hdd drivers etc.
     
    yuio, Jan 4, 2007
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  4. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    chrisyano, Jan 4, 2007
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