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NX6110.
My daughter has a NX6110 laptop. There are two issues with it.
1). It can be grindingly slow especially at start-up. Is this because it's a celeron processor? I've only ever really had full blown P4 or Athlons so don't really have a means of comparison. 2). It periodically keeps "freezing" in that the screen goes blank similar to a BSOD (but no text) of various colours. It is not recoverable beyond restarting. I can't tell if the OS is frozen as well. It does respond to the up and down brightness but this is probably not OS related. Anybody got any ideas? |
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NX6110.
Here's my short laundry list of possible causes and solutions:
1. Not enough system memory, so add some. How much is there? 2. Spyware, malware, viruses. A good thorough anti-virus scan may eliminate something. 3. Too many programs loaded by the system at startup, often caused by installation of newer printer software, AOL, and a whole slew of other software that claims to be helping you. Download and run hijackthis, and prune down the list with extra care. If running XP, run sysconfig to do the same thing, but with a little less risk. 4. Lots of clutter and junk files left behind by a software ecosystem that pollutes the hard drive. Every bit of software uses the same Windows %temp% folder and leaves useless clutter behind. Download and run CCleaner, which will clean out the junk very surgically and also eliminate useless entries from the Windows registry. 5. A failing hard drive. Determine the model of hard drive, download manufacturer's disk diagnostics and run. .... Ben Myers On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:08:49 -0800 (PST), Leigh wrote: My daughter has a NX6110 laptop. There are two issues with it. 1). It can be grindingly slow especially at start-up. Is this because it's a celeron processor? I've only ever really had full blown P4 or Athlons so don't really have a means of comparison. 2). It periodically keeps "freezing" in that the screen goes blank similar to a BSOD (but no text) of various colours. It is not recoverable beyond restarting. I can't tell if the OS is frozen as well. It does respond to the up and down brightness but this is probably not OS related. Anybody got any ideas? |
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NX6110.
You can also download and run HDAT2, a very nice general purpose hard drive
diagnostic. The web site also has a manual. All you need to do is run the test "Read Bad Sectors". If the drive has any bad sectors, it is time to replace it... Ben Myers http://www.hdat2.com/download.html On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:08:49 -0800 (PST), Leigh wrote: My daughter has a NX6110 laptop. There are two issues with it. 1). It can be grindingly slow especially at start-up. Is this because it's a celeron processor? I've only ever really had full blown P4 or Athlons so don't really have a means of comparison. 2). It periodically keeps "freezing" in that the screen goes blank similar to a BSOD (but no text) of various colours. It is not recoverable beyond restarting. I can't tell if the OS is frozen as well. It does respond to the up and down brightness but this is probably not OS related. Anybody got any ideas? |
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NX6110.
On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:08:49 -0800, Leigh wrote:
My daughter has a NX6110 laptop. There are two issues with it. 1). It can be grindingly slow especially at start-up. Is this because it's a celeron processor? I've only ever really had full blown P4 or Athlons so don't really have a means of comparison. 2). It periodically keeps "freezing" in that the screen goes blank similar to a BSOD (but no text) of various colours. It is not recoverable beyond restarting. I can't tell if the OS is frozen as well. It does respond to the up and down brightness but this is probably not OS related. Anybody got any ideas? * * * Leigh, Ben has provided some software suggestions to clean-up the system & check the Hard drive... Looking at this review of this system I would presume, your daughter's system has been filled with temp files including malware... Or really does need more memory... http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-c...-31281875.html The processor is a mobile unit and should be serviceable with some weekly attention to keep the hard drive clean to enable the system to perform... You could have a run at www.pcpitstop.com to see if there are any claring errors that website suggests... I only use the main suggestions, not the advertising offered on the website... But I like the comparison to other systems, section... JR the postman |
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