"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
03/17/2015 at 15:49 • Filed to: computer problems, computer help, computer
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
03/17/2015 at 15:49 • Filed to: computer problems, computer help, computer | 0
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So my computer has been acting especially weird lately, being especially slow (especially when any web browser is up). Frequently my keyboard won't accept inputs and I have to physically unplug it and replug it to get it to work again. Task Manager isn't showing any particular memory hog other than whatever web browser is up.
That's all I can think of to describe, other than I wonder how Chrome stores a shitload of tabs on an account that's been signed off. That couldn't hog the memory, could it?
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 15:52 |
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use ccleaner to remove temporary files. That may or may not be the problem.
JGrabowMSt
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 15:53 |
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Try a different keyboard first. If it still has the same problem, we'll try other things.
Nibby
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 15:54 |
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what are your specs? RAM., free space, processor, OS, etc.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 15:55 |
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I'd suspect malware, although that normally wouldn't make your keyboard quit working. Unless there was a spectacularly buggy keylogger on your machine, in which case DO NOT WANT. If it's hardware, you could have a chipset/something else on your mobo going bad...
Nibbles
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 15:56 |
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go to the manufacturer's website and update your firmware. Ensure you get the USB and chipset bits. If they have an automatic updater, just use that as it takes the guesswork out of things
I can't tell you how many times I've solved problems like yours with a firmware update. Nobody ever does it
uofime
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 16:09 |
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you can use the process manager built into chrome to get a better picture of how much memory it is using since on your windows manager it is spread across many processes.
Gonemad
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 16:18 |
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I had a cluster of similar symptoms, but I took a peek at temperature readings, and the machine was hitting the thermal protection. Oops.
The cooler and heat sink were attached alright, but it didn't have ANY thermal paste between them, being dry for God knows how long; the heat sink was clogged with dust and lint and... gunk.
So, I took the h.sink bit to a nice scrub under running water (just the sink, mind you! That's just a lump of aluminum with no electronics!), let it dry thorougly under a hair dryer, applied the thermal paste, re-attached the fan and sink, presto. Machine running as new.
So, before you think there is a firmware problem, take a few minutes to inspect your machine; sometimes it is just overheating for being dirty. Apply the same line of thought to your memory chips, see if the machine is counting the same amount of memory, and said memory is running at the frequency it should...
kiloofblow
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
03/17/2015 at 16:43 |
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Sync Magnets are unaligned. Take to geek squad