None of that is what fixed your problem, especially if you think it is
faster now than when you bought it. Surely you are joking?

"AcidX" <acidecks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135980196.405657.209040@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Hah!
> How strange. I've sorted it out until the next time my case clogs up
> with dust and crap. Heh, such a strange problem.
>
> I decided to open it up, and get a can of pressurised air in there
> So much dust came out it was unbelievable. I also fiddled with the CPU
> fan a little, and tucked away any outstanding wires. And now, as far as
> I know, it's running fine!
> What can I say?
> It's great ot be running fullspeed again. My PC wasn't even this fast
> when we bought it
> Thanks for all the help guys. This'll be something I bookmark in case I
> ever have problems in the future
>

No seriously.
It has worked. My computer hasn't lagged up since. I've been playing
games, working on flash and listening to music. It's all good.

And maybe my comp isn't faster than when we got it. It's just been such
al ong time, that I'd forgotten what it was like Though it could be.
I've got 1gb ram now. We started out with only 265.

On 30 Dec 2005 16:24:53 -0800, "AcidX"
<acidecks@hotmail.com> wrote:

>No seriously.
>It has worked. My computer hasn't lagged up since. I've been playing
>games, working on flash and listening to music. It's all good.
>
>And maybe my comp isn't faster than when we got it. It's just been such
>al ong time, that I'd forgotten what it was like Though it could be.
>I've got 1gb ram now. We started out with only 265.


It's pretty easy to make a system faster than new.

For example, tweak the bios settings, add memory, disable
some eyecandy, uninstall OEM junk, turn off system restore,
disable services... each alone maybe only a percent or two
benefit but it all adds up, especially the memory increase.

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:19:28 GMT If you fall from a tree,leave your
anger on the branch and then kony <spam@spam.com> sent this :

>On 30 Dec 2005 16:24:53 -0800, "AcidX"
><acidecks@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>No seriously.
>>It has worked. My computer hasn't lagged up since. I've been playing
>>games, working on flash and listening to music. It's all good.
>>
>>And maybe my comp isn't faster than when we got it. It's just been such
>>al ong time, that I'd forgotten what it was like Though it could be.
>>I've got 1gb ram now. We started out with only 265.
>
>
>It's pretty easy to make a system faster than new.
>
>For example, tweak the bios settings, add memory, disable
>some eyecandy, uninstall OEM junk, turn off system restore,
>disable services... each alone maybe only a percent or two
>benefit but it all adds up, especially the memory increase.

Amd stop letting programs install themselves near the clock ;-)



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Cleaning out a machine could have caused a slightly less
restrictive air flow. Computers must be designed to work even
in a 100 degree F room. IOW a hot spot or semiconductor
weakness may exist; a weakness aggravated by heat. That is
why heat is such a good diagnostic tool. Yes, you may have
cured the symptom. But use that information to find the
problem - that may be intermittent today and may become a more
serious problem in the near future.

IOW use what was learned today may eventually identify and
overt a future system crash. ICs that can suffer from a
hotspot (ie weak IC or a ribbon cable located so as to
restrict a so gentle airflow) include processor on the video
controller. At your leisure, try running a very video
intensive program as ICs are heated by a hairdryer on high.
This should be perfectly normal temperature to every computer
IC. But a weak and slowly getting worse IC may recreate your
slow down.

Also noted is ribbon cable placement. Much heat is removed
from an IC by an airflow so gentle as to not even be felt by a
human hand. Massively increasing airflow actually creates
only a diminishing but increasing improvement in cooling. If
that most gentle airflow is obstructed by a ribbon cable, then
a processor IC (ie on video controller) may become too hot.
Most ICs are cooled by that most gentle airflow that a
misplaced ribbon cable could obstruct.

Best to know why a problem is corrected so that it does not
slowly get worse and happen again later. Also to learn from
the failure. Apparently no rush. But heat is a powerful tool
to locate defective semiconductors. Maybe wait for next
summer and run the system in a 100 degree room - to confirm
the system really is stable.

Eventually you should want to know why you fixed it - or
carefully watch for a future reoccurrence.

AcidX wrote:
> ...
> It is mainly games and graphic intense programs and those with a lot of
> virtual memory usage, which first lead me to believe it was a problem
> with my RAM. However, I have bought new RAM and still suffer the issue
> (UNLESS, my RAM is configured incorrectly. If so, how would I correct
> that?). I then thought it was my graphics card. However... If that's
> the case, surely the lag would be immediate?
> So now I'm stumped and asking others
> ...