What operating system is your computer running (135)
Alexei23: The CPU column is that in percentage mine says "System Idle Process" and it's fluctuating between 96 & 99 everything else is either 00 or max of 05, my laptop overheat and crashes a lot lately too
I think I answered my own question
I just had a dumba** moment 
Alexei23: The CPU column is that in percentage mine says "System Idle Process" and it's fluctuating between 96 & 99 everything else is either 00 or max of 05, my laptop overheat and crashes a lot lately too
It's normal for the idle process to be close to 99, it's the rest of them that count.
It could be also a problem with the fan on your laptop isn't kicking in properly to cool the laptop.
merrilou: Thanks again Mac .. but the only little labels I see say "AMD,mobile sempron" Thats one and the others say "ATI" and the other is just a label for windows vista .
Ya, then it's a sempron chip (top).jpg . They normally don't run hot unless they're being pushed hard.
tartini: I have a newish Toshiba and it overheats alot.. am really dissapointed with it - have to power it down regularly rather than leaving it in sleep or hibernation and that seems to stop the overheat messages - its the 3rd laptop in a very short space of time for me and never had this problem with overheating before
My son had a Toshiba notebook that kept overheating and crashing too. He enquired about getting it fixed and was told by a couple of repair places not to bother as Toshibas are notorious for it and would be cheaper in the long run to get a new laptop.
He has a Lenovo now and has had no problems with it at all.
Both my boys use Linux rather than windows.
tartini: Is mcAfee that naughty - I knew it slowed everything down at times but it is endorsed by Dell and Toshiba - I have had to have two laptops swapped out with this overheat issue
that would be mad altogether
that would be mad altogether
My own laptop can get quite warm sometimes, I've only had the overheat thing a few times, usually from sites with a LOT of flash content on the pages.
As for mcAfee, some people swear by it, but I've always seen it hogging any machine its been on, the same machines that are rife with viruses, or is it virii? Anyways, I never believed myself it was much good, but that's just my opinion.
wexlady41: My son had a Toshiba notebook that kept overheating and crashing too. He enquired about getting it fixed and was told by a couple of repair places not to bother as Toshibas are notorious for it and would be cheaper in the long run to get a new laptop.
He has a Lenovo now and has had no problems with it at all.
Both my boys use Linux rather than windows.
He has a Lenovo now and has had no problems with it at all.
Both my boys use Linux rather than windows.
As far as I know Toshiba's are a terrible make of laptop, also Acer used be a few years ago, not sure if they still are
Dont buy from pc world dixons or currys
they are just cowboys Ive heard tons
of horror stories about them .
pc world are salesmen and know very little
about computers just how to sell them .
dixons and currys are sister stores to pc world
same people who own pc world own these stores .
just going on what Ive heard time and again
If your computer breaks down your on your own
all they want is to get them out the door .
sorry if theres any pc-world workers on here
they are just cowboys Ive heard tons
of horror stories about them .
pc world are salesmen and know very little
about computers just how to sell them .
dixons and currys are sister stores to pc world
same people who own pc world own these stores .
just going on what Ive heard time and again
If your computer breaks down your on your own
all they want is to get them out the door .
sorry if theres any pc-world workers on here
Alexei23: As far as I know Toshiba's are a terrible make of laptop, also Acer used be a few years ago, not sure if they still are
I've actually an Acer laptop here on the table someone wants me to sort out during the week for them. No surprise, there's Vista and McAfee on it ...
mcneillm: I've actually an Acer laptop here on the table someone wants me to sort out during the week for them. No surprise, there's Vista and McAfee on it ...
Our acer aspire was running slow till I upgraded to
windows xp SP3 But it wouldnt be the best computer
in my opinion .
but sure does the job
PASSION8MAN: Dont buy from pc world dixons or currys
they are just cowboys Ive heard tons
of horror stories about them .
pc world are salesmen and know very little
about computers just how to sell them .
dixons and currys are sister stores to pc world
same people who own pc world own these stores .
just going on what Ive heard time and again
If your computer breaks down your on your own
all they want is to get them out the door .
sorry if theres any pc-world workers on here
they are just cowboys Ive heard tons
of horror stories about them .
pc world are salesmen and know very little
about computers just how to sell them .
dixons and currys are sister stores to pc world
same people who own pc world own these stores .
just going on what Ive heard time and again
If your computer breaks down your on your own
all they want is to get them out the door .
sorry if theres any pc-world workers on here
Oh, you are so right! I have a Dell I bought from PC world and there was a charging fault. They would take nothing to do with the repair other than giving me a contact number for Dell. I spent hours on the phone sorting it out. They should have spent the time not me.
I have a friend who bought an ACER laptop with Vista installed. It came with a disc to take it back to XP which is what I'd love to do with this though I've upgraded to Windows 7.
Godsgift: Oh, you are so right! I have a Dell I bought from PC world and there was a charging fault. They would take nothing to do with the repair other than giving me a contact number for Dell. I spent hours on the phone sorting it out. They should have spent the time not me.
I have a friend who bought an ACER laptop with Vista installed. It came with a disc to take it back to XP which is what I'd love to do with this though I've upgraded to Windows 7.
I have a friend who bought an ACER laptop with Vista installed. It came with a disc to take it back to XP which is what I'd love to do with this though I've upgraded to Windows 7.
Yeah they are total fraudsters
sorry to hear you got caught out bro its always the
same story with pc world
You should have threatened to take them
to the small claims court because they
would rather give you a new computer
than go down that road .
I go in there for blank disks and tid bits but would
never buy a computer in there ever
I"ll stick with compu-b in limerick
currently using acer laptop windows vista
saving up for a gaming rig though
saving up for a gaming rig though
6 month old 4ram laptop,came with vista,,,god rid
xp now,,,, very happy
xp now,,,, very happy
I have windows 7 ultimate on this laptop..
It is also on another 1 of my pc's with a dual boot of linux
It is also on another 1 of my pc's with a dual boot of linux
snow leopard on a macbook pro unibody 13"
Buddyf: snow leopard on a macbook pro unibody 13"
Ah Im jealous
I want a new mac but love my black macbook
I was pricing mac g5"s on ebay today
because I miss mine terribly
A few people selling them in the states
for $100 but dont ship to Ireland
I dug up an old philips iqon that used
to be my sisters today it wasnt working
so I spent the day tinkering with it
got it up and running and installed
windows xp SP3 on it .
installed tuneup utilities and avast
and have been cleaning it up and doing
maintenance on it so almost ready
to sell for a few squid .
I was getting my nerd on all day
In response to: Im on an old 2007 model black macbook
and Ive just installed snow leopard 10.6
Everything is working very snappy and
my browser is super fast
and Ive just installed snow leopard 10.6
Everything is working very snappy and
my browser is super fast
Vista
and i know it's probably the most hated OS of all time, but i've never had a single problem with it. Running on my laptop for two and a half years..
James_Pond: Vista
and i know it's probably the most hated OS of all time, but i've never had a single problem with it. Running on my laptop for two and a half years..
and i know it's probably the most hated OS of all time, but i've never had a single problem with it. Running on my laptop for two and a half years..
Ah sure as long as It does what you want it to
How have you been buddy you took a bit of a break
for a while there
I went to glendalough with flick1980
she said she met you at a meet and
were a really sound bloke .
But sure by your posts I already knew that
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If you've McAfee, it would be the first possible suspect I'd tink of.
Is mcAfee that naughty - I knew it slowed everything down at times but it is endorsed by Dell and Toshiba - I have had to have two laptops swapped out with this overheat issue
that would be mad altogether