P4 Old Rig Getting Slower

[john_yo]

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try checking you power supply, mao ni kasagaran mahitabo og kulang na ang voltahe na iyang ipa gawas para supply sa board, hhd, etc...................

[Poor_Prince23]

so meaning to say, d jud diay kau mo deteriorate ang processor performance over time? ang maka affect ang other factors like Voltage, running apps, HD etc ra? thanks

[EarlZ]

so meaning to say, d jud diay kau mo deteriorate ang processor performance over time? ang maka affect ang other factors like Voltage, running apps, HD etc ra? thanks

Nope, they dont lose its speed, if ma wala man maybe a loss of 1Mhz over 5~10years.

[EarlZ]

try checking you power supply, mao ni kasagaran mahitabo og kulang na ang voltahe na iyang ipa gawas para supply sa board, hhd, etc...................

If ni basa kas entire thread, the problem was under the pagefile system.

[boyaks]

i think one of the hard disks is slowing the system down. try using only the 160gig or the 80gig hard disk alone and see if the performance improves.

[chocomai]

have you check your proc temperatures? coz over the long run, the fans deterirorate and may not provide sufficient cooling.. so in turn, the proc gets hotter, and then thermal throttling "happens" and the proc purposely decreases its speed to cool down abit.

coz if formatting does not solve the speed issue, its not the installed programs thats causing the prob because the problem still happens after a clean format/install.

its fine years ago but not now.? thats my hunch.

[EarlZ]

i think one of the hard disks is slowing the system down. try using only the 160gig or the 80gig hard disk alone and see if the performance improves.

His primary problem is related to virtual memory set to low, read the thread.
the reason for the slowdown is the dimentions of the workspace vs the CPU's processing power.

[EarlZ]

have you check your proc temperatures? coz over the long run, the fans deterirorate and may not provide sufficient cooling.. so in turn, the proc gets hotter, and then thermal throttling "happens" and the proc purposely decreases its speed to cool down abit.

coz if formatting does not solve the speed issue, its not the installed programs thats causing the prob because the problem still happens after a clean format/install.

its fine years ago but not now.? thats my hunch.

Yes, that could also be a source of the slowdowns

[cyrus-kanca]

one thing did u partition the 160 gig na HDD? if wala mu hinay jud nha. naka try nako ana ako g try ang system kay 40 gig ra. na ok nha.

naka partition to 60/100 and nasa 60 ang system.

try checking you power supply, mao ni kasagaran mahitabo og kulang na ang voltahe na iyang ipa gawas para supply sa board, hhd, etc...................

yup gi double check na namo ang psu and she's using HEC silent op 480 watts

have you check your proc temperatures? coz over the long run, the fans deterirorate and may not provide sufficient cooling.. so in turn, the proc gets hotter, and then thermal throttling "happens" and the proc purposely decreases its speed to cool down abit.

coz if formatting does not solve the speed issue, its not the installed programs thats causing the prob because the problem still happens after a clean format/install.

its fine years ago but not now.? thats my hunch.

yup murag duda ko cuz we are planning to buy a new HSF kay when gi test nako ang fan sa cpu dili sya parehas kakusog sa other pc. kay to think mag 4 years na everday gamit more than 10 hours labi na every weekdays hehehe.

although we already solve the "pagefile" issue (dili na mo error) thanks to EarlZ, but dili gyud gihapon parehas sa una ang performance.

[EarlZ]

Then thats the case, ang heatsink ang problema ana.. if you know how to remove and remount it please do a good cleaning on the fan blades and heatsinks.. also if you have a thermal paste around please remove that silver slab ( if naa pa ) sa likod sa processors coz most ignorant technicians dont remove that.. thats a thin film protecting a pre-applied thermal paste.. clean it off with acetone ( rub hard ) then reapply a new and fresh silicon paste.. then your good to go =)