I forgot to mention - the cpu heatsink fins on the Dell 5100 can become clogged with dust. This causes the cpu to overheat and will eventually kill it. If you look thru the fins, you might be able to see the dust clogging them on the inside of the unit. Just to be safe, periodically blow them with compressed air. This is not ideal because it will only redistribute the dust inside the case, but is much easier than taking the case apart to get at them. I suppose you could stick a vacuum hose at the air intake and suck it out instead. Hmmm, I'll have to try that next time...
-Dave Walton On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Richard Hattaway <rhatta...@rocketmail.com > wrote: > > Since I am out of lurk mode briefly, I have a question for the computer > literate among us. > > OH, and I hate people who ask computer questions on MB lists, so just throw > the spear, it will be graciously accepted... > > I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop, running XP pro with half a gig of ram > and a 40 gig hard drive. It works flawlessly most of the time. > > I use it primarily for AutoCAD. When it first boots, ACAD is *painfully* > slow. For the experienced cad user, it is devistating. I have already made > three or four moves before the computer wakes up to the fact that I'm there. > It takes forever to catch up. > > Looking at the task manager processes list, there is repeated many times > the program svchost.exe. It's used by the LOCAL SERVICE, SYSTEM, NETWORK > SERVICE, etc over and over. At this moment, there are 10 instances of this > program listed in the Processes list. The users are all of the three above > listed ones. > > When the machine is pacing very slowly, I will open the task manager and > find that one of the svchost.exe users is occupying 99% of the CPU. I > simply delete it, the computer goes back to being a screaming demon cad > machine and all is well for the day. I notice no change in anything, no > loss of any capabilities, only marked speed increase. The issue appears > only on bootup. > > Anybody got a clue how I can elimminate whatever is causing this anmomly?? > It's no issue to cure, but would be nice to not have to do. > > Emails off list are fine, if you don't want to clobber the normal day to > day banter. > > Thanks in advance > > Richard > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090314/df4e793b/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
