Good day.
I've been struggling with this problem for a few days and I've searched high and low trying out different methods, but so far no dice.
This problem started last week when I booted up Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. I noticed my FPS dropped massively; I couldn't even turn the camera without huge amounts of lag and subsequent stutter. I rebooted, and then the same thing happened. Then I pulled out my power cord (using a laptop) and removed the battery, and then I let the unit sit for a few minutes. I put everything back and tried it again and viola—it was fixed.
I thought that would be it, but then a day later the same thing happened. This has been happening constantly and the battery-removal method kept fixing it. But now yesterday, it wouldn't fix itself.
Now ALL my games/programs are lagging, despite the fact that they were running swell.
I'm not sure what the problem is, and I've tried several different things:
- Malware cleaners (adwCleaner, Malwarebytes)
- CCleaner
- Windows Disk Check
- Advanced Systemcare 8 optimization (have been using this for quite some time now)
- SFC Scan (said there are corrupt files but couldn't fix them)
The only thing I haven't done is a Defrag, so that's my next move.
I've been struggling with this problem for a few days and I've searched high and low trying out different methods, but so far no dice.
This problem started last week when I booted up Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. I noticed my FPS dropped massively; I couldn't even turn the camera without huge amounts of lag and subsequent stutter. I rebooted, and then the same thing happened. Then I pulled out my power cord (using a laptop) and removed the battery, and then I let the unit sit for a few minutes. I put everything back and tried it again and viola—it was fixed.
I thought that would be it, but then a day later the same thing happened. This has been happening constantly and the battery-removal method kept fixing it. But now yesterday, it wouldn't fix itself.
Now ALL my games/programs are lagging, despite the fact that they were running swell.
I'm not sure what the problem is, and I've tried several different things:
- Malware cleaners (adwCleaner, Malwarebytes)
- CCleaner
- Windows Disk Check
- Advanced Systemcare 8 optimization (have been using this for quite some time now)
- SFC Scan (said there are corrupt files but couldn't fix them)
The only thing I haven't done is a Defrag, so that's my next move.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core i3 2330M @ 2.20GHz8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Dell)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i3 2330M @ 2.20GHz
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 05TM8C (CPU)
- Memory
- 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Dell)
- Hard Drives
- 596GB Western Digital WDC WD6400BPVT-75HXZT3 (SATA)
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes
- Browser
- Google Chrome
