Ian/AOX,
>> What BIOS revision you running on this? A0x?
---
I am running BIOS A09. I presume this is old. If so, which
version should I
be on? A link to the right BIOS version would be greatly
appreciated.
BTW, I will download the diagnostic pack today and try to see
if anything is
failing/has failed.
> > To be safe you could try an online scan from
Symantec or
> > Kaspersky - I some
> > how think you will be clear.
> > Other than my initial thoughts that your cpu could
be
> > throttled down for
> > some reason. You should perhaps recheck your bios
settings to
> > confirm they
> > are the default settings, even if you have not
previously
> > ammended them. On
> > one of my sys, if the sys suffers a 'glitch'
occassionally the
> > fsb is
> > throttled back and I have to manually reset it.
> >
> > "RT" <
[email protected]> wrote in
message
> >
> > > No high cpu usage except when initially
opening Task Mgr -
> > says System
> > Idle
> > > Process 80% but it goes down to 2-4% within
a few seconds.
> > >
> > > Yes, the laptop is on the internet now.
> > > In the past I have ran adaware personal ed
and found nothing
> > suspicious
> > > other than a few tracking cookies. I have
not installed any
> > other sw on it
> > > yet as I want to be able to debug on a
fairly clean system.
> > >
> > > Any other hints?
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Task Mngr performance show any high cpu?
(when sys
> > is idle)
> > > > Your pc on the internet? run an online
AV scan?
> > > >
> > > > "RT"
<
[email protected]> wrote in
> > message
> > > >
> >
> > > > > > Perhaps you need to visit dell site
to
> > ensure you have win2k drivers
> > for
> > > > > > your hw
> > > > > ----
> > > > > I will do that.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Your cpu isnt throttled down, due
to fan
> > problems?
> > > > > ----
> > > > > No, fan is running, aptop isnt hot to
touch.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Your bios is set to defaults? and
> > correctly identifying mem and cpu?
> > > > > ----
> > > > > Yes, did not touch BIOS at all.
Should I
> > adjust anything?
> > > > >
> > > > > > How much free space is there?
> > > > > >
> > > > > ----
> > > > > 4+ GB after OS install.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any other things I could look at?
> > > > >
> > > > > > "RT"
<
[email protected]>
> > wrote in message
> > > > > >
> >
> > > > > > > Just reformat my hd and installed
> > Win2000 Prof. Still getting slow
> > > > > > > performance. No other sw
installed -
> > just the OS to make sure that
> > no
> > > > > > hidden
> > > > > > > apps is affecting perf). When
shutting
> > down, 4 visible, slow,
> > > > vertical,
> > > > > > gray
> > > > > > > panel paints from left to right
> > indicating very slow performance.
> > What
> > > > hw,
> > > > > > sw
> > > > > > > or bios configuration can I set
to make
> > it faster?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Details: Dell Latitude Cpi, 256
MB RAM,
> > only Win 2000 Prof
> > installed,
> > > > 6 GB
> > > > > > HD.
> > > > > > > Yes this is an older model and I
> > recalled that it used to work
> > faster
> > > > than
> > > > > > > it did now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
