If it's been a long time since you installed the OS, then a reformat would speed things up. Diagnostic programs frequently report erroneous info. -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com http://Computer-Hardware-Sales-Consumer-Electronics-Sales.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gene" Roger and Clint, Thanks for your advice. I do have an outdated Norton AV. Also AdAware and SpyBot. I defrag periodically. I NEVER reformat. Haven't installed any applications. I checked CPU speed at Posting at 2.50GHz/400MHz, CACHE RAM=128KB; so maybe BCM reported the slow speed wrongly. Thanks, Paul Gene ============================= From: "Clint - OrpheusComputing.com & ComputersCustomBuilt.com" > Also, what's the CPU speed shown at POST? If it shows the > correct speed, well then it's running at the right speed. > > When's the last time you reformatted? Has it always been > like > this? If not, when did it start, after you installed > something? > -Clint ====================== >From Roger; > Maybe a place to start...Do you have any anti-virus > installed? > If so, have you done a scan lately. > You could also download and install Ad-aware and > Spybot-Search > & Destroy. > Run those programs and they might find processes running in > the > background > that could be slowing you down. > Defragging the HD wouldn't be out of the question either. ============================= > Original, From: "Paul Gene" > > > Hi folks, > > > > I have an HP Pavilion, Windows XP(SP1), 760Mb RAM, Celeron > > 2.50GHz > > processor, 40GB hard drive. > > My computer is 'slow' to do things; ie: open/close/save > > programs. It takes > > 30 seconds to recognize/open a SanDisk flash drive. > > I keep cookies/temp files cleaned. > > > > I ran BCM Diagnostics tests on the processor and it passed > > all tests. > > However, it said the processor > > speed was 0.94GHz. Is that possible? I thought maybe a > > processor would > > either run like it should or not > > run at all. What would make it run slow? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
