Comments | bunny42: A valuable lesson

bunny42

A valuable lesson

May 31, 2010 11:20

Yep, it was a great lesson on many levels. I'd been bitching about my laptop for months, about how slooooooow it was, how it wouldn't stream at all, how I kept getting javascript errors. I tried dumping the cache, even re-installed Windows. Nothing worked ( Read more... )

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spc476 June 1 2010, 00:22:38 UTC

I did the same with my Mac Mini, and it's running fine now too. Woot!

darksheik June 1 2010, 13:40:58 UTC

I had a similar adventure with an old P4 desktop - The computer would often get very hot and was sluggish for no apparent reason. One day I decided to solve the problem, and noticed there was this strange process running. Turns out Windows will actually throttle itself to prevent CPU burnout. I unscrewed the processor fan and there was a clump of crap on it.

Heat and sluggish problem solved...

bunny42 June 1 2010, 18:11:06 UTC

Who knew, right? Someone suggested I check the BIOS to see if there's some kind of alarm I can activate so it sends me a message or beeps or something if the CPU is overheating. Next time I reboot, maybe I'll check that out. I'm impressed that Windows deals with the problem. Go, Bill!