Hey all,
So I've got a friend who's computer recently died with a blown PSU (smelled like burnt cat - not good).
We replaced the PSU with an inexpensive but a decent 500W model (she was on a no-name 480W model), and the system seems to have power fine, but its *incredibly* slow now for an inexplicable reason.
I unfortunately don't have the system here to work with, but will be working with it some tomorrow. Any ideas what could be causing this?
My current thought is I'm wondering if the BIOS settings got screwed up (I would think the battery would preserve them unless it's dead...). I checked them before briefly, but not in detail. I thought everything looked fine at the time but will revisit that.
Memory/processor seems good at first glance. Hard drive doesn't seem to be accessing like it should - seems like this might be where it's getting hung up, but I'm not sure why. It accesses eventually but takes FOREVER. As an example of what I'm talking about, we tested a download of a file, and the download worked as usual (good speed, etc.), but when it got to copying the file to the hard drive (ie. the step where the file finishes downloadable and shows up to become usable), it hung for what seemed like forever.
Any other ideas of what the issue could be would be most appreciated!
So I've got a friend who's computer recently died with a blown PSU (smelled like burnt cat - not good).
We replaced the PSU with an inexpensive but a decent 500W model (she was on a no-name 480W model), and the system seems to have power fine, but its *incredibly* slow now for an inexplicable reason.
I unfortunately don't have the system here to work with, but will be working with it some tomorrow. Any ideas what could be causing this?
My current thought is I'm wondering if the BIOS settings got screwed up (I would think the battery would preserve them unless it's dead...). I checked them before briefly, but not in detail. I thought everything looked fine at the time but will revisit that.
Memory/processor seems good at first glance. Hard drive doesn't seem to be accessing like it should - seems like this might be where it's getting hung up, but I'm not sure why. It accesses eventually but takes FOREVER. As an example of what I'm talking about, we tested a download of a file, and the download worked as usual (good speed, etc.), but when it got to copying the file to the hard drive (ie. the step where the file finishes downloadable and shows up to become usable), it hung for what seemed like forever.
Any other ideas of what the issue could be would be most appreciated!
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