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    SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
    « on: December 30, 2008, 11:39:04 PM »
    Hello CH Forums,
    I primarily use a nice fast computer, but my mom has an 8-year-old Celeron 667 HP Pavilion machine. Its specs are as follows:

    Celeron 667MHz (i think P2 based)
    256MB PC133 RAM
    30GB Hard Disk
    82810E graphics
    5MB internet connection over 10/100 LAN
    Came with 64MB RAM and WinME, upgraded to 256/WinXP SP3
    It has suddenly become VERY slow since the last time I used it, especially in internet speed. The speed tests show the proper speed, but it takes forever to load a page that my home computer (Core 2, 2GB RAM, 8400 GS) can do very quickly. Is it hardware-related? Any ideas on what caused the sudden slowdown?


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    Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
    « Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 11:54:42 PM »
    Well, your kind of hitting yourself over the head with a 667MHz processor and Windows XP. Sure, it meets the minimum requirements, but, the word minimum is important.
    All you need to read a book is fingers for brail, but, wouldent you rather see the words with your eyes?
    (I've been working on metaphores lately)


    Anyways, one question about the specifications you listed:
    "5MB internet connection over 10/100 LAN"
    There is no such thing as a 5MB Internet Connection. Or were you talking about the download speed, measured over speedtest.net?

    And, now for full scaled troubleshooting:
    What antivirus, spyware, and adware scanning programs do you have?
    The number one cause of sudden system performance decrease is a virus.
    Or did this happen over time?

    You might consider cleaning out your temporary files, and the system registry using a program called Ccleaner, available for free at www.ccleaner.com
    It probably wont help an incredible amount alone though. While you are running that program, go to the Tools panel, and then "Startup"
    Disable (but, dont delete) any startup items which you do not use on that computer.
    Second, go to the Uninstall area. Remove what you do not use.

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      Memory upgrade
      « Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 02:20:37 AM »


      During memory upgrading, did you add a higher memory to your PC or did you replace the old RAM with the new one? If you added an additional memory(RAM), your PC speed will run at the rate of the slowest Memory, and secondly RAM gets weak with time. My suggestion for Memory upgrade is to get a new compatible RAM of greater capacity but must meet your motherboard requirement. Goodluck Ovie aka Trizle

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      Re: Memory upgrade
      « Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 04:36:30 AM »
      and secondly RAM gets weak with time.

      what does that even mean?
      I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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      Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
      « Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 04:41:16 AM »
      Flash memory (Kind you find in a memory card, or flash drive) can in fact get weaker, however, RAM Will not. RAM has no memory effect whatsoever.


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      Re: Memory upgrade
      « Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 10:43:23 AM »
      RAM gets weak with time.

      Nonsense. Please do not post stupid rubbish on this forum.

      Check this guy's other posts!

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      Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
      « Reply #6 on: December 31, 2008, 11:20:44 AM »
      wow most of them are about ram getting weaker!

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      Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
      « Reply #7 on: December 31, 2008, 11:23:21 AM »
      OMG like totally ROXOR.
      I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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        Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
        « Reply #8 on: December 31, 2008, 12:34:56 PM »
        Doh!

        I realized she downloaded a fake antivirus (Pro AntiSpyware 2009), with bundled adware. Will get permission to uninstall and replace with a real one(probably Avast), then check back.

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        Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
        « Reply #9 on: December 31, 2008, 01:14:53 PM »
        I would look for an upgrade solution to this hardware, I wouldnt waste any money on this system to add Ram or swap the CPU for a Pentium III in which the microcode in the bios might not support PIII CPU if a throw away type box.

         Not to solicit in favor of Tiger Direct, but in my oppinion, I have had great success with Tiger Directs Refurbished HP and Compaq models. You can buy a reconditioned HP or Compaq Desktop Small Form Factor Pentium 4  - 2.80 Ghz with 40GB HD, 512MB Ram, and Windows XP Pro, with a 1 year warranty to hardware for under $200. And if you really want to skimp on cost you can get a first generation Pentium 4 1.7 or 1.8 Ghz for around $120 with warranty which would blow the side panels off of that celeron 667 box.

        Most of the refurbs are off-lease systems from corporations, that get blown clean and resold at a bargain price.

        That celeron 667 is only good as a Linux box or old school software ...sorry to say... I have a celeron 500 that i use as a FTP and Web Server, other than that its worthless for anything CPU intensive, and I am running Linux Fedora Core distro on it with 256 MB Ram.

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        Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
        « Reply #10 on: December 31, 2008, 01:41:58 PM »
        their asking for help getting an old computer running. they aren't looking to purchase a new computer, even though it is a good deal :)



        That celeron 667 is only good as a Linux box or old school software

        I'm getting sick and tired of hearing this type of BS. I used a 350 Mhz AMD K6-2 for 7 years with windows XP and I never had a single problem, speed related or otherwise. Warranted, the most intensive game I ran on it was Quake 3 (at a comfortable 60fps at 1024x768), but it was mostly for programming. The fact is, the only thing required is careful selection of software that will run.

        Doh!

        I realized she downloaded a fake antivirus (Pro AntiSpyware 2009), with bundled adware.

        Make a post in the malware forum about removing that. It is scamware that slows down the PC and hijacks the browser. The uninstaller either won't work, will say that it's "required for functionality".

        In fact; this program is likely one of the causes of your slowdowns. I recommend however doing another scan, since a fake anti-virus is about as useful at detecting and removing viruses as a piece of cheese shaped like george clooney, and in fact many double as trojan downloaders, and purposely infect the machine to try to show how much you "need" to purchase the full version.
        I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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          Re: Memory upgrade
          « Reply #11 on: December 31, 2008, 02:56:31 PM »
          I mean its performance reduces as it works with time.

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          Re: Memory upgrade
          « Reply #12 on: December 31, 2008, 04:57:16 PM »
          I mean its performance reduces as it works with time.

          Not only is that meaningless, it is even more rubbish than what you wrote before. RAM performance does NOT degrade with time. You have now been told TWICE. Do not spam this forum with nonsense.

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          Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
          « Reply #13 on: December 31, 2008, 05:35:16 PM »
          I work with Time all the time...are you saying my performance is degrading the more i work with Time ? ?
          " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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          Re: SLOWWWW Celeron 667 machine
          « Reply #14 on: December 31, 2008, 07:59:10 PM »
          well technically hes right because the performance does decrease when it breaks