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Started by boob , May 30 2005 02:00 PM

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boob

Posted 30 May 2005 - 02:00 PM

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I am trying to make a Compaq computer go faster, but I'm not positive what is making it so slow. Sometimes it runs slower than other times and if it is left on all night with a program opened it runs slower. Is it more the Athlon XP2400+ 266MHZ processor, 128MB/DDR of RAM, or could it possibly be the swap file in the hard drive not working as it should?

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nestorey

Posted 30 May 2005 - 07:50 PM

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i'd suggest installing more mem.

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Ntd

Posted 30 May 2005 - 07:56 PM

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More RAM makes a slow computer always faster, however computers become slower as they get older. How old is this computer. Also spy ware , malware eat up system resources slowing it down. Maybe a simple disk defragment could speed it up abit. Also you could try overclocking it :tazz: