Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help!

Descent · 03-19-2008, 06:47 PM

Not sure if this is the forum to post this in, but here goes..

I have my cousin's laptop in my possession, she's been having some issues with it. Essentially it just slowed down horribly. It's a Dell Inspiron E1705 with an 2ghz C2D T7400, 2 gigs of memory, windows xp (It came with Vista but I got rid of it and put xp on)

Now, I've gone through the computer, and it seems pretty clean. I've run HijackThis, Spybot, and AVG and everything comes up clean. Defragged the drive. Resource usage is normal. Also ran HDTune and it said disk health was good.

But, one thing I've noticed is that when I look at cpuz, it shows the proc is only running at 1ghz. Now I know the mobile procs throttle down speeds when not being stressed, but no matter what I do I can't get the proc speed to go back to normal. Also, as I found out today, the AC adapter for this laptop has been spliced from another one because something happened to the original. Not enough power gets through this cord to even charge the battery. If I pull it out the lappy will shut right down.

Essentially, my question is...Could this slowdown be caused by the laptop not getting enough power, and it's throttling down the speed because maybe it thinks it has low battery or something like that? I really can't come up with any other reasons for this to be happening..

Please Help!

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jim6172 · 03-19-2008, 07:21 PM

If the power-supply is undervolting you are lucky the laptop even boots, dells have a bios level check for the power supply wattage and if its not the right one it defaults to the lowest settings, I would suggest getting on eBay or something similar and finding the correct supply this should correct the problem
jim
p.s. 1 gig is the lowest setting in speedstep for this processor

S.SubZero · 03-19-2008, 10:29 PM

If the PSU can't even charge the battery, I'd say that's serious.

I know this isn't the For Sale forum, but I do happen to have an original 90w power supply for an E1705 sitting here on my floor that I am not using. If you want it for like $20+shipping drop me a PM.

INVALiD · 06-17-2008, 03:51 AM

"AC adapter for this laptop has been spliced from another one"

That pretty inventive of someone LOL.
I'd call dell up and get anotherone ASAP
It shouln't cost awhole lot, even for an older model.

macguyinlondon · 07-23-2009, 09:35 PM

Try some restarts and registry scans. Obviously, also check for malware.

pcmanabc · 10-12-2009, 01:17 AM

it is slow ,really not because of the low battery ,i am sure ,it depands on your network service and your laptop itself ,you see ?and in most cases ,it is the laptop itself ,cuz it is effected by virus ,so you should start your anti virus every couple of days.

03-19-2008, 06:47 PM	#1
Descent Rogues do it from behind Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Taunton, MA Posts: 319	Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! Not sure if this is the forum to post this in, but here goes.. I have my cousin's laptop in my possession, she's been having some issues with it. Essentially it just slowed down horribly. It's a Dell Inspiron E1705 with an 2ghz C2D T7400, 2 gigs of memory, windows xp (It came with Vista but I got rid of it and put xp on) Now, I've gone through the computer, and it seems pretty clean. I've run HijackThis, Spybot, and AVG and everything comes up clean. Defragged the drive. Resource usage is normal. Also ran HDTune and it said disk health was good. But, one thing I've noticed is that when I look at cpuz, it shows the proc is only running at 1ghz. Now I know the mobile procs throttle down speeds when not being stressed, but no matter what I do I can't get the proc speed to go back to normal. Also, as I found out today, the AC adapter for this laptop has been spliced from another one because something happened to the original. Not enough power gets through this cord to even charge the battery. If I pull it out the lappy will shut right down. Essentially, my question is...Could this slowdown be caused by the laptop not getting enough power, and it's throttling down the speed because maybe it thinks it has low battery or something like that? I really can't come up with any other reasons for this to be happening.. Please Help! __________________ Intel E8500 3.16GHz - Arctice Cooling Freezer Pro 7 - Asus Rampage Formula - Visiontek 4870 HD - 4Gb OCZ Platinum 1066 Memory - WD Caviar RE2 160Gb - WD Caviar Black 750Gb - Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W - Antec Twelve Hundred - Samsung T260 25.5" LCD - Windows Vista 64 Bit
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03-19-2008, 07:21 PM	#2
jim6172 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 16	Re: Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! If the power-supply is undervolting you are lucky the laptop even boots, dells have a bios level check for the power supply wattage and if its not the right one it defaults to the lowest settings, I would suggest getting on eBay or something similar and finding the correct supply this should correct the problem jim p.s. 1 gig is the lowest setting in speedstep for this processor
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03-19-2008, 10:29 PM	#3
S.SubZero Vista x64 User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: California Posts: 1,277	Re: Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! If the PSU can't even charge the battery, I'd say that's serious. I know this isn't the For Sale forum, but I do happen to have an original 90w power supply for an E1705 sitting here on my floor that I am not using. If you want it for like $20+shipping drop me a PM. __________________ -SSZ
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06-17-2008, 03:51 AM	#4
INVALiD Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 65	Re: Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! "AC adapter for this laptop has been spliced from another one" That pretty inventive of someone LOL. I'd call dell up and get anotherone ASAP It shouln't cost awhole lot, even for an older model.
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07-23-2009, 09:35 PM	#5
macguyinlondon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	Re: Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! Try some restarts and registry scans. Obviously, also check for malware.
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10-12-2009, 01:17 AM	#6
pcmanabc Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 90	Re: Laptop slowing down to a crawl, need help! it is slow ,really not because of the low battery ,i am sure ,it depands on your network service and your laptop itself ,you see ?and in most cases ,it is the laptop itself ,cuz it is effected by virus ,so you should start your anti virus every couple of days.
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