Re: Persistent CPU slowdowns during any gameplay
- From: Katy Pluta <katypluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:01:01 -0700
>You know what, I would think it's an overheating problem. I've gotten a lot
>of responses like that, and its logical. When I touch the bottom of my
>computer the heat (in my estimation) is a little below the threshold of pain.
> (Sometime I should try to get the exact temperature).
>
>But here's why I don't think it's (just) the heat. A while ago, I
>reformatted and tried the games with nothing else on my computer (except what
>was preinstalled which excludes SP2 and Office), and there were no slowdowns
>at all. So I'm wondering if there's a driver or some software that is making
>my CPU work harder. . . But as I said, I have no spyware or viruses causing
>it.
Might be either a driver or BIOS setting which is different now, or a
failure of the hardware cooling... Either way it would be better to
have the machine checked before it fries due to repeated cooling
failures, laptop often come with an extended warranty.
===
All the best!
Katy Pluta
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