Slow computers

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:02 pm

Installed Thunderbird 5.0 beta 1 and noticed a large downturn in system speed, checking it out it's using between 15-20% of my Ram ( 2 x 512mb).

Just ordered a couple of 1gb cards to upgrade from Mr memory.

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:57 pm

John,
No offense meant, but it is a BETA version for testing by their experts to see what problems may exist.
You would probably be better leaving it to them and revert back to Thunderbird 3.1.

dave

ps. No rock in Canada, sorry.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:04 pm

What ya mean NO ROCK.

I got a great big one in Littlehampton last week.

Yes I know it's for testing, I was just posting the information.

Another annoying habit is it asks if I want to compress the emails every time I delete the ones I don't want.

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:10 pm

Another annoying habit is it asks if I want to compress the emails every time I delete the ones I don't want.

Sounds like the old Outlook Express that wanted to compress mail every 50 times you opened it.

Hope it is a lot better than OE was. It would lose mail for the fun of it when trying to compress.

dave

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:30 pm

It asks about every 3 time.

Gone back to the old 3.1 till the Ram turns up, then I'll rethink it.

Running around 926.00mb used and 88mb free at the moment.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:48 am

Dave.

Under processes/Registry size, what is the disk they refer too.

It shows anything from 0% to 100% with no logical reason, the computer slows dramatically when it shows 100%.

Same with the ram, yesterday it was showing 70-82%, at the moment doing exactly the same, with all the same programs open, it showing 50% ish

root · Post by **root** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:51 am

what OS you running scruff?

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:58 am

root · Post by **root** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:06 am

if you right click my computer and go to properties. then follow these screenshots.. advanced tab, advanced button, change button. try changing to system managed and reboot. have a few systems here that grind to a halt if this is left as a fixed page file.

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thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:12 am

Thanks root, done that and will give it a try.

Ordered 2 x 1gb ram yesterday noon from MrMemory.co.uk, turn up this morning 10:30am can't beat that.

£51.00 for the two, inc.

Now got to figure how I took the lappy apart

root · Post by **root** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:19 am

ooooh, what lappy you got, might be able to find a service manual round somewhere?
ram is usually in primary slots on the underneath in a bay marked with an m or sometimes annoyingly under the keyboard.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:24 am

HP Pavilion dv 1000.

root · Post by **root** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:34 am

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00444244.pdf

page 36-37

and 122-123

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:50 am

Interestingly that shows one and I have 2 512 boards. where does the other one hide, under the top one perhaps. :dunno:

root · Post by **root** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:56 am

they should be overlayed like this: // if that makes sense?

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