The Sarahdactyl
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- Posted: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:00:44 +0000
Okay, it'd take too long for him to get on Gaia himself to do this so I agreed to post it for him. This is what he says:
"Let's start with the basics..
I have a Dell i300 Model no: PP04s
Running Windows XP Professional
Before: My laptop ran generally smoothly. At the time, I could run many processes without any lag whatsoever. My computer never froze up, and never bluescreened. However, my power port had become "loose".
The process: In order to fix my power port to the extense that I could use it, I first had to unscrew a cover on the back, pulling it off (to reveal the memory: RAM, ROM, etc.). I then had to unscrew the other screws on the laptop's bottom to release the keyboard. Then, it was required that I pry the keyboard tab up and pull the keyboard forward a bit to release the tabs in the back. After this, I disconnected the ZIF tape and pulled the keyboard off. I then unscrewed the palm rest, rotating it to the point where I could adjust the position of my power port. I touched no other hardware in the process. After putting everything back, I forgot the keyboard ZIF several times. When I finally remembered it and logged in, everything took about an hour and a half to load. (Might I note that the booting sequence only took less than 3 minutes.) Stressed out, the first thing I did was make sure to sign onto IM. After waiting a good hour for it to log in, I assured everyone I was okay. Eventually frustrated at the fact that it took fifteen minutes for my text to even show up on the screen, I let my laptop rest. After a good night's rest, I started my laptop up, logging into my other "test" account. This account only has a profile of about 200MB (My main has a profile of around 2.5GB). It loaded rather quickly, but I experienced a similar lag, soon realizing that Firefox refused to work when anything was running, and lagging to the point where I couldn't do anything if nothing else was running. Today, I logged into my main account, and to my relief, it was rather fast. I was happy as it only took me about 15 minutes to get into Windows Live Messenger and the text appeared AS I typed it, not freezing up. However, when I tried to open Firefox, the previous experience replayed, and I was soon stuck with a bucket of lag. And this is where I'm stuck, now: I can't use an internet browser, because if I try, it freezes up and lags my computer to death."
So. He would like to know how to fix this issue. If you need any more info, ask me and I'll post it. I'll tell him everything you guys say. Gogogo.
"Let's start with the basics..
I have a Dell i300 Model no: PP04s
Running Windows XP Professional
Before: My laptop ran generally smoothly. At the time, I could run many processes without any lag whatsoever. My computer never froze up, and never bluescreened. However, my power port had become "loose".
The process: In order to fix my power port to the extense that I could use it, I first had to unscrew a cover on the back, pulling it off (to reveal the memory: RAM, ROM, etc.). I then had to unscrew the other screws on the laptop's bottom to release the keyboard. Then, it was required that I pry the keyboard tab up and pull the keyboard forward a bit to release the tabs in the back. After this, I disconnected the ZIF tape and pulled the keyboard off. I then unscrewed the palm rest, rotating it to the point where I could adjust the position of my power port. I touched no other hardware in the process. After putting everything back, I forgot the keyboard ZIF several times. When I finally remembered it and logged in, everything took about an hour and a half to load. (Might I note that the booting sequence only took less than 3 minutes.) Stressed out, the first thing I did was make sure to sign onto IM. After waiting a good hour for it to log in, I assured everyone I was okay. Eventually frustrated at the fact that it took fifteen minutes for my text to even show up on the screen, I let my laptop rest. After a good night's rest, I started my laptop up, logging into my other "test" account. This account only has a profile of about 200MB (My main has a profile of around 2.5GB). It loaded rather quickly, but I experienced a similar lag, soon realizing that Firefox refused to work when anything was running, and lagging to the point where I couldn't do anything if nothing else was running. Today, I logged into my main account, and to my relief, it was rather fast. I was happy as it only took me about 15 minutes to get into Windows Live Messenger and the text appeared AS I typed it, not freezing up. However, when I tried to open Firefox, the previous experience replayed, and I was soon stuck with a bucket of lag. And this is where I'm stuck, now: I can't use an internet browser, because if I try, it freezes up and lags my computer to death."
So. He would like to know how to fix this issue. If you need any more info, ask me and I'll post it. I'll tell him everything you guys say. Gogogo.
