Computer Problems Please Help

Spirit Horse · Post by **Spirit Horse** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 2:55 pm

Hi All,

For the last 2 weeks my computer has been giving me major problems.

When I restart my computer it runs great for about 1 hour sometimes a little more.

But when it messes up when I click on Program everything laggs up even when i move the mouse It laggs up.

I have replaced my mouse wasn't that, I have did virus scan was no virus in computer. I have done defrag and all even reformat still doing it can someone please help me????????

windows 98
p3 450 mhz
320 ram
64 radeon graphics card

yes its low end but It never has done this before and noone sofar has seem to figure it out

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 3:18 pm

that system isn't that bad, dont worry, it just seems low end due to the people who have tiem/mney to by high end comps.. I had that prob with 98 before, it ended up being some kind of memory/resource link. GO to msconfig, and uncheck all un needed stuff

Spirit Horse · Post by **Spirit Horse** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 3:48 pm

ok i tryed that but when the programs load it messes up then its fine . Its only when i try to open stuff or surf

My ? is would the new ram be the problem?

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 3:58 pm

If it started right after you installed the new RAM then yes that could very well be the problem, try removing it and see.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 3:58 pm

Well I know it wouldn't be a popular solution for some people, but unless you're constantly using foreign floppies or downloading ahem, "questionable" files, or don't have the presence of mind to ignore e-mails with attachments from "Bootyliscous_2125@hotmail.com," I'd say turn off your antivirus program and don't have it load at startup. I noticed a big performance difference on my old PC (PII 350, 512 MB RAM) when I did.

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 6:25 pm

Your problem is that your hard drive sleeps very offen , go to the windows power managment tab , and set the hard drive to never stops .

Spirit Horse · Post by **Spirit Horse** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 6:28 pm

Ok i did that but it is still messing up some say it is my ram

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 8:22 pm

Your ram could be a problem if you are O/Ced .. Or if the ram sticks does not coperate OR if you have set your Cas latency high , one good idea for your mixed ram modules is to set in the Bios Cas latency 3-3-3 ..

Spirit Horse · Post by **Spirit Horse** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 8:55 pm

no idea how to do that