ronmexico Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I don't know what happened. I'll tell you what went down. I got my computer running amazingly fast over the last month and a half or so. I am running a Dell Inspiron E1405 with 1 gig of ram and 1.66 GHZ. The one problem I was experiencing was that I had gotten lag in my video games (this after the spped up of the computer), Madden & MVP. I thought that it was a video card problem because I'm running on an integrated Dell 945G Chipset. Last week I left my computer in standby for about 3 days because my charger broke and I had to have one shipped out to me by dell. I finally got it and I turn it on and my computer is back to its old ways, running at a good (not the kind of speed I had gotten it to) speed but Madden & MVP do not lag anymore. To the point, has anyone ever had/heard of this problem? Does anyone have any advice for me? Can anyone help me at all? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin_Joe Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Have you defragged the hdd lately? A fragmented hdd can slow a pc down big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Have you defragged the hdd lately? A fragmented hdd can slow a pc down big time. Yup, numerous times. This slowdown has only been going on for the last 3 days, since I had the charger issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiberger Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Laptops usually run slower when they're on batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 It's not running on a battery, its running on my charger, I got it mailed to me a couple of days ago. Also, my battery settings set are so that its for max performance and battery kill, so that wouldn't be the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiberger Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 But you had your laptop running on battery when your charger broke (3 days ago), right? And that's when you noticed a major slowdown, didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 No, the slowdown is going on now meaning presently. There was no slowdown to notice before because I put it on standy not to lose my data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiberger Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ok, sorry for the misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ok, sorry for the misunderstanding. No prob. I solved it though. What it was is I have my virtual memory (about 4.5 gigs) on my backup drive. Stupidly the way Dell made it, the backup drive is only 12 gb. I used all but 1.5 gigs of it, and when I deleted a 3gb game off my backup drive everything sped up again, I just retraced my steps and wanted to know what I had done over the last week that could have slowed it down. Everything runs fast as before, but somehow my games work again at the speed they're supposed to run at. They weren't for the last month and a half, but yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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