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<blockquote data-quote="sirius" data-source="post: 416276" data-attributes="member: 258"><p>Can anyone tell if this is a hardware or software problem?</p><p></p><p>The warranty runs out in about four days time, software causing problems are not covered, but hardware defects are.</p><p></p><p>The laptop worked fine for two years, then it decided to get slow to the point it was unbearable. So, I reformatted it, reinstalled windows, etc, and it came on okay after that - for about two weeks, then it was back slow agian, not as bad as before, but the longer you use it in a session, the worse it gets, and it gradually gets worse over the months.</p><p></p><p>The picture is a screen shot of the reported speed it runs at after an hours usage, where it should be running at 1,5GHZ for the AMD 1800+ chip, and it should be at 512mb RAM, where it only shows 112. Note, it did start off at 1.5Ghz (but only 112 RAM) and got worse. </p><p></p><p>Ive tried RAM cleaners, allsorts of junk, reformat, etc, but this one has me stumped as it keeps coming back, and I just havent any idea if its a windows problem or a hardware problem. Ive never come across this before on a desktop computer, so I feel its the laptop hardware, but you may know different.</p><p></p><p>We are thinking of sending back before the warranty runs out, but if its software orientated problems they wont cover for time, labour or shipping/insurance etc. So I kind of need to know any solutions or a pretty cert whether its hard or software so they dont pull the wool over our eyes with the warranty cover before it runs out. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/wave.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wave:" title="wave :wave:" data-shortname=":wave:" /> </p><p></p><p>Sirius.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sirius, post: 416276, member: 258"] Can anyone tell if this is a hardware or software problem? The warranty runs out in about four days time, software causing problems are not covered, but hardware defects are. The laptop worked fine for two years, then it decided to get slow to the point it was unbearable. So, I reformatted it, reinstalled windows, etc, and it came on okay after that - for about two weeks, then it was back slow agian, not as bad as before, but the longer you use it in a session, the worse it gets, and it gradually gets worse over the months. The picture is a screen shot of the reported speed it runs at after an hours usage, where it should be running at 1,5GHZ for the AMD 1800+ chip, and it should be at 512mb RAM, where it only shows 112. Note, it did start off at 1.5Ghz (but only 112 RAM) and got worse. Ive tried RAM cleaners, allsorts of junk, reformat, etc, but this one has me stumped as it keeps coming back, and I just havent any idea if its a windows problem or a hardware problem. Ive never come across this before on a desktop computer, so I feel its the laptop hardware, but you may know different. We are thinking of sending back before the warranty runs out, but if its software orientated problems they wont cover for time, labour or shipping/insurance etc. So I kind of need to know any solutions or a pretty cert whether its hard or software so they dont pull the wool over our eyes with the warranty cover before it runs out. Cheers :wave: Sirius. [/QUOTE]
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