Some more cycles, if possible

[qmrneo]

Its almost at its end of life. Bought back in in 2010 and now seems it can be used as a heater.
Thought to keep it as a temp and to give it a small regen.

But some how nothing is working. I ran dell diagnostics, Microsoft fix but nothing found. Its damn slow. I remember i did changed its HDD to same model hdd as original went dead.

Can anyone suggest any fix or troubleshooting steps for slowness (Ultra).


Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Studio 1558
BIOS: Ver 1.00 BIOS A12 PARTTBLr
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3956MB RAM
Page File: 3572MB used, 4338MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
ATI Radeon HD5470

Thanks

 

[JWade]

reload it, will fix it if its software related

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Agree with JWade.

Do you use it for anything now that you didn't used to?

If it's running hot, you might pop the lid and blow the dust out. Since it's a laptop, you might want to have a professional do that, and reapply some thermal paste while they're at it. (it's old enough - sometimes that stuff dries out.)

An SSD wouldn't be a bad idea.

For most tasks, though, that should be a reasonably zippy system.

 

[JeffMD]

That system is no where near eol. Reinstall Windows.

 

[qmrneo]

Thanks JeffMD, JWade, Dave for the suggestions.
Right now its mostly used for word press, browsing. And it get hot like anything and lot of noise by just opening the browser. 2 years back its complete motherboard got replaced and fan assembly also. But now same issues again.

Previously used it for Photoshop, playing half life on low-med resolutions (it has ATI Radeon HD5470).

 

[qmrneo]

Before going to repair shop , Is their any tool which i can use to check which component in laptop creating issue or not good. i tried to install window 10 and it failed.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Before going to repair shop , Is their any tool which i can use to check which component in laptop creating issue or not good. i tried to install window 10 and it failed.

Did the Windows installer tell you?

You can download a memtest CD image, boot from that, and test the RAM. Other Linux boot disks (maybe the memtest one too, but I forget) will have utilities to test/check the hard drive.

 

[qmrneo]

Windows 10 installer crashed at 15%, The message I saw was 'reverting to previous windows version'.
After few hours of google , i found CrystalDiskInfo and WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows and till now nothing seems bad. Windows memory diagnostic also no error.

Damn the laptop is out of hope to troubleshoot or at least know what is causing the slowness.

 

[qmrneo]

so, no hardware failure detected.

Finally, able to upgrade to Win 10 and speed is back as normal. But still heat issue and laptop battery need replacement.

Will it be good to buy laptop battery/ CPU heatsink from different vendor than Dell ? Also, shall i replace heatsink or just new paste will be sufficient enough?

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/pro...hs1&sku=312-0702&mfgpid=216174&chassisid=8407
http://www.amazon.ca/11-1v-Laptop-R...=8-1&keywords=dell+studio+1558+battery+9+cell
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00S05AH32/...5393&creativeASIN=B00S05AH32&tag=shopbotca-20

 

[qmrneo]

so far so good. Took risk and cleaned all the vents with vacuum cleaner.
CPU Temperature - 57 - 60+ and 10 min you tube video playback, cpu temp went 89
Just curious for taking laptop to shop and do a thermal compound?

 

[JeffMD]

Doing a thermal reapply as well as cleaning of your vents would probably be best if you aren't up to it yourself. Keep in mind shop techs dont charge for their time on the cheap so expect to pay at least $60. And for the love of god don't goto geek squad, or anyone who wants to sell you more services.

 

[qmrneo]

So finally today had the laptop cleaned and vents re-breathe. Heat sink re-pasted, costed $90 with tax.
And its alive again with Windows 10. Thanks a lot JeffMD, JWade, Dave.