Miscellaneous laptop discussions : Dell i6000 slowness
Dell i6000 slowness
by laxer3n7 - 10/23/05 7:49 AMI bought an i6000 mayb 3 months ago and maybe 3-4 weeks ago it started to move extremely slowly. I had 512mb RAM so I asked a tech friend of mine if I should upgrade the RAM to fix the problem. He said that would probably work so I bought 1GB of DDR2 SODIMM kingston RAM that they said was compatible with my computer. I have scanned the computer for viruses, spyware, and everything else. I have defragged my computer and it still runs slow. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to try and fix it.
Try this.
by R. Proffitt
- 10/23/05 7:54 AM
In reply to: Dell i6000 slowness by laxer3n7
Get EWIDO from http://www.download.com What did it report?
Get a second opinion virus scan from HOUSECALL at google.com Clean?
Finally, a bug in XP has it degrade DMA but not report it. The easy workaround is to set the DMA to PIO, OK it then set it to DMA and OK it. No reboot is needed and I will not detail this easy procedure any further than this link -> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx
If you do not perform the DMA flip off/on, please tell why.
Bob
Tried everything
by laxer3n7 - 10/23/05 3:26 PM In reply to: Try this. by R. Proffitt
I tryed switching the DMA, but the ''current transfer mode is still in PIO Only. I also downloaded both of the scans and scanned my computer the ewido scan found 7 things which it fixed, but did not help with the speed of the computer. The other scan found one thing which it fixed but also did not help with the speed. Should I just get somebody to come look at it in person or is there something else that you would recommend.
You've found it.
by R. Proffitt - 10/23/05 5:19 PM
In reply to: Tried everything by laxer3n7
In PIO mode the machine will indeed be very sluggish.
Bob
How
by laxer3n7 - 10/23/05 5:23 PM In reply to: You've found it. by R. Proffitt
Is there any other way to fix it or am I just stuck with it. Thanks
You found the reason.
by R. Proffitt - 10/23/05 5:29 PM
In reply to: How by laxer3n7
Now you have to find why it's stuck in PIO mode. There are not enough clues in your post yet, but at least we know why the machine is slow.
Cheers,
Bob
Call Dell
by mikeg4936 - 10/25/05 12:59 PM In reply to: You found the reason. by R. Proffitt
Now its time to call Dell and ask them how to get your system out of PIO mode. Yes, PIO WILL make the system slow. My Inspiron 6000 runs nicely in DMA mode.
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