hello all, of late, the laptop i'm using has been experiencing really high cpu usage, usually up to 100% when i do the most mundane of tasks (open a new tab, go back on the browser, etc...). i don't have an old laptop (about 3 years old), and the rate of which it has deteriorated has been really rapid. in the last week, i have lost the ability to watch ALREADY BUFFERED youtube clips (sound before video, or the video stops and starts), watch already downloaded videos (stops and starts), and even simple tasks like opening a new window up. i've taken to using CCleaner every day now, as well as performing spyware checks with super-anti spyware. i use avast (for virus protection), and the last three times i've tried to perform a virus check, the computer/laptop has shutdown on me before it finished checking everything. i even disconnected it from the internet (i read it on the internet), and it still shuts down... it's a toshiba satellite pro with 512 mb ram and a 40gb hdd. i'm not sureabout the other info, but i could find out... could anyone help me out please???
Hi, how many processes have you got running? press cntrl alt delete, windows task manager will appear and then select the processes tab. Your problem could numerous things ranging from: 1. Heat issues - what are your temps, cpu, northbridge and southbridge? 2. Memory Issues - Run memtest86 3. Hardrive problem - read or write errors, disc stopping and starting etc 4. Virus's - can random restarts, freezes, crashes etc. As you've already said, your computer restarts it self when running Anti-virus programs this could be because of a virus, or memory issues because Anti-Virus programs do use quite alot of memory bandwidth and if your ram is faulty can cause random restarts also cause your audio and video to be delayed as you mentioned. BTW: I would also recommened a RAM upgrade 512mb is quite low, having more memory will improve your systems overall performance.
sorry for the late reply... the last two days the computer hasn't worked well. i wasted about 10 hours trying to get a 'thorough' scan done on my avast anti-virus, as well as super-antispyware, but the computer kept switching off. yesterday, i decided to retry it in safe-mode. i left the computer on all day and all night (it was at 95% complete for 8 hours, and at 97% complete for 10 hours!), and it blacked out. i managed to check the last 'group' of files being scanned; mso somethingorother. then it clicked; last week i installed office2007 (from a torrent, i know, i know...), so i've kinda guessed that either i got a shoddy file or my computer can't deal with the system requirements... either way, the files are being deleted very soon. hopefully the computer can return to how it was before... would you recommend a format???
hi, yes formatt it, if you still have problems its hardware issues, shouldn't be taking 10 hours to complete a virus scan. do you ever defrag your harddrive and disc clean up at all? if not I would also recommened you do that every month, it will keep your system in good condition.
