I monitored CPU performance a little and saw my CPU was going right up to 2.x GHz but would often fall to very low speeds of less than 1 GHz. 480 GHz so he pulled the battery and problem solved. I also read on this forum someone with a very similar problem noticed that his CPU speed wasn't going higher than like. It's a vague memory but might make sense to you.

I can also recall in the course of my troubleshooting that somewhere it said I couldn't use a certain kind of repair tool on this laptop or that I couldn't upgrade to 1909. A few other details, last I checked, my Windows build was the older one (1809?). Perhaps I didn't install securely when I switched them.Īnyway, did another SFC scan and got a a near 4 MB CBS log file and again messages that windows found errors that it could not repair. The Ram chips are labeled 1of2 and 2of2 but didn't think it would matter which slots they were in. After returning them to original slots, it worked again. Interestingly though, I did remove the ram chips and inspect and replace but I put them in different slots and the screen would not display thereafter. Nevertheless, I performed a test while running with no errors and then removed the hard drive, hooked it up to another laptop to transfer my files and had no issues.Īfter the reset, I did a RAM test - no errors. Someone suggested my HDD was about to die but I didn't notice symptoms of a dying hard drive. This took over 24 hours but was successful no difference. Even typing had lag until the text appeared on the screen. Opening a browser at least 2 minutes or more. To put that into perspective, a reboot would take upwards 15 minutes. It took overnight to do the repair and even after losing all the apps, it was slow. I then proceeded with a Win 10 'Repair' in which I kept my files. I then did an SFC scan and also got errors thate windows could not fix.

A system restore came up with an error on all previous restore points. It started running slower and slower despite removing a lot of old programs so I decided to troubleshoot. I have a 5-6 year old lower-end Acer with original installation with an i5 2.x GHz with 3.0GHz turbo and two sticks of 4 GB Ram. I am not making a lot of progress with this laptop and need help.

Why is my new acer laptop so slow