Baderup Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 So at work this one computer was just being so slow and unresponsive, browsers would take like 30 seconds to open and everything was just plain slow. I removed a lot of start up items, ran multiple scans...blah blah the usual. I even got the total average numbers of process down to about 28. And still the computer was acting mega slow. So I reinstalled windows, a fresh install, wiped the hard drive clean...fun stuffAnd even still after all of this the computer wasn't that much better!?!?The specs seemed good enough about a 1gig of ram, a Pentium4 2.8ghz. It's a Dell.So what could be wrong here, its got to be a hardware issue considering I did a clean install.Can processors slowly go bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Perhaps you should have cleaned out the dust instead of a clean install. Is there a smell of something burning or a loud clicking noise from the HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Definitely overheating can cause terrible slowdowns.Since we don't know what "blah blah the usual" contains, it is very difficult to give you additional options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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