Why is my laptop doing this now..
August 5th, 2016
(Before you read this please keep in mind I have a lot of experience and any simple solutions can be thrown out, such as changing the power options/settings advanced settings, cpu settings, graphics settings etc).
This is a somewhat new problem but I’ll be using the computer for anywhere from 10-30 minutes when I can hear the fans go on and the computer will slow to a crawl.. from like 1.7ghz to something like 900mhz… just slows down really bad. It’s got a pentium dual core in it.
Now I have windows 7 on one partition and vista on another, and it happens to both.. along with my other means of detection, I’m almost SURE this isn’t a virus/malware problem
I can barely use this computer anymore
Did you make sure your PC is turned on?
Jk. Did you check the CPU thermal throttling setting (I think it’s in the bios) or SRT power saving mode?
oh crap you’re right.. no wonder it’s so slow haha
I’ll check those now if I can..
It’s obviously because of throttling. The laptop does this to save energy and to produce less heat. If you have a laptop running at full speed for a long time it will burn.
It sounds like a overheating HD.
ooh i never thought of the hard drive you think that’s it?
I disabled speed step, even took the case apart and cleaned everything out.. and those two things helped a bit but it still does it sometimes.