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Zee 05-12-2010 18:08

Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
I inserted my samsung story station into my laptop and a USB drive, and installed Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) onto it, after running the game, the screen went blue and rebooted, and now it freezes about 2-3 minutes after start up. I removed the drivers from the system (the samsung and USB) but still the problem persists, its running extremely slow and the disk activity is light up constantly. Now after 10 minutes it isn't slow anymore i've restarted and going to try updating display drivers.

Does anyone know what could be causing the problem? Its done this before (when i did not install Need for Speed but managed to sort it somehow.

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Let me just add that CPU usage on task manager is normal 0% or 1% just like normal, so why is it like this?

vanman 05-12-2010 18:24

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
looks that your laptop graphics are not
good enough to run the game
have a look here can i run it
http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...0Hot%20Pursuit

Zing 05-12-2010 18:25

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
are the drives still attached? is there any clues in Event Viewer?

Zee 05-12-2010 18:33

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vanman (Post 35133037)
looks that your laptop graphics are not
good enough to run the game
have a look here can i run it
http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...0Hot%20Pursuit

Yeah but the game is not running anymore and the system is slow as hell, its so slow that i cant even uninstall the game.

I had this exact problem before but this happened when i did not even install Need for Speed.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ooogemaflop (Post 35133038)
are the drives still attached? is there any clues in Event Viewer?

im not sure how to use event viewer so not sure what i would be looking for

vanman 05-12-2010 18:33

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 35133039)
Yeah but the game is not running anymore and the system is slow as hell, its so slow that i cant even uninstall the game.

I had this exact problem before but this happened when i did not even install Need for Speed.

wot are you running windows 7/xp

Zee 05-12-2010 18:36

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vanman (Post 35133043)
wot are you running windows 7/xp

windows 7 64 bit

Zing 05-12-2010 18:36

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 35133039)
Yeah but the game is not running anymore and the system is slow as hell, its so slow that i cant even uninstall the game.

I had this exact problem before but this happened when i did not even install Need for Speed.

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im not sure how to use event viewer so not sure what i would be looking for

Right click my computer select manage then event viewer have a good look around Warning/Error/ system if present

vanman 05-12-2010 18:37

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
have you blocked the air vents on laptop is it overheating
that will slow it down

Zing 05-12-2010 18:37

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 35133044)
windows 7 64 bit


its criticle error and warning you are looking for

Zee 05-12-2010 18:40

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
under windows logs? or applications or where?

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by the way it doesn't appear to be overheating and all fans are clear

Zing 05-12-2010 18:41

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
right click my computer select manage then event viewer

under Summary of Administrative events there are different headings with drop down menus. Look at the top 3 around the time of the crash for clues

vanman 05-12-2010 18:42

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 35133044)
windows 7 64 bit

reboot to safe mode and do a
System Restore

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...t-options.html

Zing 05-12-2010 18:42

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
are the external drives still connected?

Zee 05-12-2010 18:48

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ooogemaflop (Post 35133054)
are the external drives still connected?

they are not connected and i uninstalled those drivers.

Some errors that are coming up are:

Event ID: 4, 6000, 4001, and 37

AbyssUnderground 06-12-2010 14:02

Re: Computer Slow, even in safe mode
 
HD light staying on can indicate that the HD is on it's way out. Run a utility that can check the HD like speedfan and check the SMART stats to see if it shows anything out of the ordinary.


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