Please help me find out why my Sony Vaio is now running so slow!

happiness.stan · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:43

Hi guys

Stupidly I took the base of my Sony Vaio VGN-A417 apart to ID the motherboard manufacturer (still no joy BTW). Anyway, I eventually managed to get it back up and running. However, since doing so, it has been running very sloooow - too slow to stream anything although audio is fine. Flicking between windows takes an age as well.

The fan is also now running incredibly noisy which leads me to think the CPU is getting hammered hence the noise to cool it down. Although I could be well wide of the mark.

Any advice as to what it could be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

Infamous786 · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:56

I think you might find the cpu is prob being throttled due to the heat,hence the reason its running so slow. Prob lost contact

happiness.stan · 23 Nov 2009 at 23:08

thanks Infamous.

Silly question(s) but if I look in task manager under CPU performance the CPU is showing as 90-100%. Does that tally with your theory? Also, how do I resolve the issue - is it a case of re-bonding the heatsink to the CPU?

Thanks

Infamous786 · 23 Nov 2009 at 23:13

No problem mate, well when you go in to task manager, can you check what process is using that much CPU? Because its way to high, try and end that process. It might be something just hammering the cpu, causing the system to run slow. And might not be the heat issue slowing it down

happiness.stan · 23 Nov 2009 at 23:59

hmmm, def the 'system idle process' @ 90%+ Everything else (just the firefox window I'm using now) is 5%. Any ideas?

Infamous786 · 24 Nov 2009 at 00:02

if its not high cpu usage? then it got to be heat, do u have some temp monitoring software, im using my vaio now, try downloading realtemp, see if the cpu temp is way to high?

Arachnae · 24 Nov 2009 at 06:23

Clean it out.

90% of laptopt problems are overheatign due to dust. If you crack it open you'll probably find the heatsink is caked in it causing higher fan speed in an attempt to get more airflow.