Computer is unusually slow and everything is 3 fps


  1. Internet Badass
    Posts : 141
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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    Computer is unusually slow and everything is 3 fps


    Alright so my friend has a m17x that is a couple years old. It runs games and video at 3 fps, and is just all around slow. Ive defragmented the drive, run a security scam and nothing seems to work.

    Sorry for being so broad but i really have no idea what is going on.

    I am thinking a clean install, but i want to try and avoid that.

    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz


    Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
    Graphics (Vista) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
    Gaming graphics 2778 MB Total available graphics memory
    Primary hard disk 248GB Free (451GB Total)
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  3. Corazon
    Posts : 1,781
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
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    Security scam? *chuckles*...Sorry. :)

    Well, not much to work with here, but the obvious thing to check for would be the videocard drivers. Maybe uninstall and reinstall, run dxdiag and see if it reports anything amiss.

    Does your friend know when this first started happening, and what changes were made to software/hardware just before that?

    If videocard drivers check out OK, then a /sfc scannow from an administrative command window may help. If that doesn't improve anything, then a repair install which will completely reinstall Windows but leave your existing files alone.
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