Why is my old Dell optilled 170 so slow

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 00:36

Why is my old Dell optioned 170 so slow. It was used at work with XP and it was not this slow . Now I tried to use XP or Ubuntu on it and it takes ages I've even increased the ram by 256mb

Recon64 · 3 May 2014 at 11:01

I would imagine i would have to be slow to not recognise a troll post?

mikedigitales · 3 May 2014 at 11:16

ahhh but does it run crysis?

deusexlumina · 3 May 2014 at 11:17

if you're being serious, and you've tried a fresh install, then my guess is the HDD is getting on a bit. Probably IDE right? If you're talking about 256mb of ram that is....

Download the HDTune trial, look at the health and run a scan. If errors or warnings pop up think about investing in a new HDD (if you're serious about using the machine).

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 11:34

Lol no I am serious. The had has been replaced and it won't detect any. I've tried Ubuntu from a external had and it's at a snails speed. The pc use to work ok before, well as fast as you could expect. But now it takes ages to do anything

MagicBoy · 3 May 2014 at 11:39

Maybe your optioned was had?

Dude, learn how to use autocorrect. I'm not playing guess the meaning.

deusexlumina · 3 May 2014 at 11:45

2013 said:
Lol no I am serious. The had has been replaced and it won't detect any. I've tried Ubuntu from a external had and it's at a snails speed. The pc use to work ok before, well as fast as you could expect. But now it takes ages to do anything

If it's booting from USB then it will definitely be pretty slow. So no hdd is detected when you plug in a new one? does it appear in the bios at all?

darael · 3 May 2014 at 12:05

Clean out any dust from the heatsink. That's my first thought, as it can lead to overheating which can force the CPU to throttle itself.

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 12:22

MagicBoy said:
Maybe your optioned was had?

Dude, learn how to use autocorrect. I'm not playing guess the meaning.

Sorry mate, I'm using a phone and the stupid thing keeps moving or changing things, I need to get use to it.

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 12:25

The hdd is detected but the os doesn't pick if up I've tried 3 HDD's either there all faulty or there's some other issue

nutsnut · 3 May 2014 at 12:31

have you formatted the HDD and assigned it a letter/name in windows?

dacads · 3 May 2014 at 12:55

optilled optioned op op optilex op oplitpecks damn still havent got it rite

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 12:55

I can't format it, I have no os and the installation disc won't pick it up

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 13:01

dacads said:
optilled optioned op op optilex op oplitpecks damn still havent got it rite

It my phone it keeps changing things once I've typed them, im now having to keep going back and checking

ukbilleh · 3 May 2014 at 13:12

mikedigitales said:
ahhh but does it run crysis?

this machine should beast crisis @ 1550p w/ 63x MSAA but shadows on low

darael · 3 May 2014 at 13:17

2013 said:
The hdd is detected but the os doesn't pick if up I've tried 3 HDD's either there all faulty or there's some other issue

Chipset drivers?

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 13:19

I'm not sure, I can't do much with it other then use Ubuntu live

ukbilleh · 3 May 2014 at 13:22

checked the hdd smart info for bad sectors?

2013 · 3 May 2014 at 13:31

Will do

deusexlumina · 3 May 2014 at 14:14

sounds to me like the key issue is the windows installation disc not finding any of the HDDs. if they show up in the BIOS, then the hardware should be ok (or at least good enough to boot from). What windows installation media are you using? (xp pro/home/x86/x64?)