My laptop goes fine until about 25 minutes then it slows right down, whats wrong with it and how do I fix it?
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Well what I would do, is it really doesnt sound like a software problem, but go ahead and run a virus/spy/adware scan on it, and see if anything comes up, I'd try and give a better descripton of the problem also, what kind of noises do you hear, does the laptop get hot? Personally my thought is that if the entire laptop seems to me slowing down (meaning that its not just whats on your display screen) than it could be a overheating problem. If you are concered about it, I would either provide more information, have a tech look at it (and use diagnostic tools (most likey software based), or call the service center of your laptop manufacture.
495576
Its probably ur motherboard's that causing the slow down. Try reinstalling ur drivers for ur pc (graphics card, sound etc.). If it doesnt work, reinstalling SP2 might help, most of the time, its just a rare one-time error
735217
i suggest you just restart it. when it goes into that standby mode it really hate to come out of it. even after it does it still runs awfully slow.\n\ngo to the control panel and click on power management and set it to turn off instead of going into standby mode.
1113659
I have the same problem with mine.  The cause is overheating.  Many laptops have a TDP (thermal design point) inadequate for keeping the computer from overheating when running at 100% CPU for long periods of time.  Many laptops are designed more for tasks such as word-processing and power point presentations that are not so demanding on the CPU.  Higher-end work-horse laptops, while big and heavy, do not suffer from this same problem (though they will get *hot*).  You can try buying a cooling pad for your laptop -- they're around $20-$30.  Can't guarantee it will help, but many people swear by them.
494405
Check all cable connections, mouse, monitor, AC power cord etc. sometimes they work loose. If everything appears OK, you may need to reload windows. Some viruses will do this by corrupting your program files. You can try a emergency disk, restart in SAFE mode, or just format the drive and reload Windows and all the drivers. I do this about every 3 months to clean out junk and corrupt files. You will find your PC runs much faster.
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Some possible problems\n\n1) Corrupted Windows install.\nSolution--:ReInstall Windows\n2) Overheating\nSolution--:Specially true in laptops, better fans or cleaning out the fans system\n3) IE corruption\nSolution--:ReInstall IE or Windows
160341
I would re-boot the computer and try it again. Also, do you have your defrag set so that it will do it at a certain scheduled time? That would help, also, because then, you wouldn't have to manually do it. You just need to program it in your scheduled tasks, which you can access from your control panel.
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What is the exact problem you are having, maybe it is a simple driver that you need to re-install a driver. What type/model of Laptop do you have? What is the exact problem that you are having? What have you done so far or what jobs have being down to your laptop? I am willing to help you out on your problem with your laptop, just explain it a bit on the issue you are having?
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well it tells you that the motor is getting a little slow and you might want to check it out because if your fans dont work then your computer will over heat and give the blue screen of death (die on you) so i would try to see if that can be fixed
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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go to this site and follow the if your computer runs slow
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Is this a question?  \n\nIf you are saying this is a problem, then you may want to take your computer to a tech.  Many times there is a battery on the motherboard that keeps the system time.    If it's going bad, i've seen it slow down time keeping and other things.   \n\nThe other thing I'd check is to check the services on the computer and see if the "Windows Time" service is disabled.  If it is not, your computer may be trying to sync it's time with another computer on the network.
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You may also want to try opening the computer and cleaning (carefully) all the parts, cards, fans, etc. With a computer that old, it's probably collected a bunch of dust and dirt inside that could cause it to overheat and run slowly.\n\nMy Dell was about 3 years old, and I had never cleaned it out. It started acting funny, and after I cleaned it, it seemed to work fine.\n\nDefinitely try that if you have never cleaned out its insides before. If you have tried that, then it may be your hard drive like the previous answerer said.
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The only way to sort this problem out is to reformat your hard drive and allocation the correct allocation ( set to auto ).\n\nYour hard drive has been formatted with a compressed filing system which not only makes your pc slower, but limits you to what you can do with your drive.
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Could be the cooling fan or the hard drive. Check both.
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I'm assuming you run your computer on for long amounts of time. The best thing to do is to get a cooling pad like mentioned and to slow down the processor so that it doesn't produce extra heat when not in use/under a large load. http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm Notebook hardware control is a great program you could look into to see temps and to slow the processor down when you don't need all 100%. It can also help save battery life when you're not plugged in.
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Could be a number of things. Maybe you have too many programs running in the backround which will slow it down a bit. Bring up Task Manager using Ctrl+Alt+Del and go to processes. End the ones you don't need. Or perhaps you need to Defrag your hard disk. Go to My Computer, right click your hard drive (usually c:&#92;) click properties, goto the "tools" tab and click "Defragment Now". Hope that helps! :-)
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Buggy RAM?  Was it all of a sudden?  Try running spyware tests.  Could be hidden programs task manager doesn't see.  You say you "sometimes" have the problem.  Any triggers that might set it off consistently?\n\nHave you considered reinstalling windows?  Might help.  Good luck.\n\n--An addition to Jerry's suggestion.  If the fan is kaput, the whole system will slow down.  I had a fan that was stuck from time to time.  Once I figured it out, my sys was back to normal.  Thank goodness I figured it out before the CPU fried.