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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
For the past week, this laptop has been super slow. Loading any kind of web page takes a while.
I have a good connection.
Menu items also do not snap open fast as they used to do.

Is stuff running interfering with the response?
Sometimes clicking on an open tab shows a black screen for several seconds before it shows text again, it never used to do that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
Opening the snipping tool can take 3 seconds...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
Disable Ubisoft, see if it makes a difference.
Check your Graphics drivers are up to date, are two things you can try.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build 22631.5039
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Sin-built
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
    Memory
    32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
    Screen Resolution
    All over the place
    Hard Drives
    Too many to list.
    OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
    PSU
    Silverstone 1500
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
    Keyboard
    Corsair K95 / Logitech diNovo Edge Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech: G402 / G502 / Mx Masters / MX Air Cordless
    Internet Speed
    1000/400Mbps
    Browser
    All sorts
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Premium
    Other Info
    I’m on a horse.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.4249
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    LENOVO Yoga 7i EVO OLED 14" Touchscreen i5 12 Core 16GB/512GB
    CPU
    Intel Core 12th Gen i5-1240P Processor (1.7 - 4.4GHz)
    Memory
    16GB LPDDR5 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics Processor
    Sound Card
    Optimized with Dolby Atmos®
    Screen Resolution
    QHD 2880 x 1800 OLED
    Hard Drives
    M.2 512GB
    Antivirus
    Defender / Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    …still on a horse.
It is still being slow, decided to try various reinstalls first one is this. It was never this slow when I first got it running windows 11
Like today, click on a tab, whole screen turns black for 3 seconds before page displays. Same kind of things, it is very sluggish


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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
It's being very slow on this download, been stuck at 4% for 15 minutes. I may have to nuke the entire OS and start fresh.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
IT was sitting and sitting. I shut it down, said was updating, came up slowly.
This Dell laptop has an NVME drive.
a touch screen
After a boot posting back here and at first the keys were lagging. Like type in a few words nothing appears, then it slowly posts to the screen

I have no idea if it did anything trying the reinstall.

Right now mouse is disappearing and then shows again and page cant scroll, This is a touch screen so it is as slow as before.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
Couple years ago, when I put in the WD Black NVME, this PC was super fast, instant. Now it is like molasses. So something is wrong with it.
Any scans on the drive come back good. Painful to use this. I suppose if an OS freshening wont fix it, maybe the NVME has failed.

A bad sign is you touch the screen to scroll window and it is slow to move, the screen has to repaint and it looks jagged. But not always.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
This AM apparently the downloaded repair install was finished, and it told me to restart, said would take 10 to 30 minutes to reinstall.
It went to updating screen, 0%,21%, etc.. went to 100%. I left. Came back and now I have a huge white mouse arrow that I can move and a black screen, and that is it. I will give it 30 minutes, then force restart
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
It did finally bring up windows, but if things are not fixed, I am going to nuke the OS and start over.

I have older AMD chip PC's with SATA SSD drives and they run rings around this Dell Laptop with NVME and 32 gb ram, Dell Precision 7530

I just noticed the snipping tool wont run right! Took 3 minutes to load

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
I found out I put a Toshiba 500gb NVME drive in this laptop. I am thinking of putting in a new WDC500gb NVME I have here and starting over
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
Have you run a full antivirus scan? Sounds like the symptoms of a badly infected PC.

Are all the MB drivers up to date?

Is it overheating and being restricted to protect the processor?

Did you do what antspants suggested?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Local shop built (KC Computers Ltd)
    CPU
    Intel Core i9 13900F
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X (rev. 1.0/1.1) - (BIOS: F30 Sep 27, 2024)
    Memory
    2 x Kingston Fury 32gb DDR5 5600 Beast
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Eagle (Nvidia) RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Chord Async USB 44.1kHz - 384kHz 2Qute DAC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    piXL PX27UDH4K 27 Inch Frameless IPS Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    4K (3840 x 2160) 60fps
    Hard Drives
    1 x KINGSTON NVMe M.2 SSDSKC3000D2048G 2TB
    1 x Samsung SSD 870 EVO 250GB
    2 x Crucial CT4000MX500SSD1 4TB
    2 x Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB
    1 x Crucial CT250MX500SSD1 250.0 GB
    PSU
    Gigabyte 750w
    Case
    Fractal Torrent
    Cooling
    Stock Intel CPU, 2 x Fractal 180mm PWM (front), 3 x Fractal 140mm PWM (bottom)
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Mechanical Wireless Illuminated Performance Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Performance Mouse
    Internet Speed
    900 Mbps/300 Mbps Trooli FTTP
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Eset Nod32
If you're using Task Manager go down to the next tab labeled "Performance" and you can see what the Memory and Disk is showing. As well as the CPU performance. If the CPU is at or near 100% that is part of the problem. Same for memory and disk.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 7/10/11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    I'm a computer enthusiast so have quite a few systems that I run. More like an advanced hobby.
I just put in a new T500 Crucial NVME 1GB and reinstalled windows 11.
And it is super fast again, like zooming.

Windows installer tried to put all my apps back in but it seemed to not work even though I had told it not to do that.
It did restore some stuff like the desktop theme

It also showed a strange date of 2042??, in the installer

took from my phone this image, but very little was restored, why?
Corrupt data stored online in my account?

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
I left the old Toshiba NVME out. I figured why bother, the new crucial is 2x bigger than it was, and what if it is infected.

I can keep it and build another PC for the boat using it, maybe.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
picture with new NVME in place. I did put the nvme covers back on

Laptop also needs a new battery. it is pretty dead will only stay on 30 mins

Tip back cover screws are captured, wont fall out of cover, and flex cover up slightly in middle longwise when removing and reinstalling, it allows the little plastic tabs to reseat.


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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
Zooming along super fast, super fast booting, speedy Gonzales. Better than when I first got it.
I put up with it being pathetic a long time, it slowly creeps up on you the degradation.
It also went through more normal periods and then unexplainably collapse in exhaustion.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    some kind of old ASUS MB
    CPU
    old AMD B95
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8gb
    Hard Drives
    ssd WD 500 gb
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