Laptop never stops lagging

[danteb369]

My laptop always starts to lag after i've logged into it. This started about 2 motnhs ago when my charger fell out and it would stop lagging. I used to be able to fix it by taking the charger out and putting it back in but now nothing helps. Any tips?

 

[hang-the-9]

Lagging how, in games? Slow opening things in Windows? Starts slowly? Check your power management and see if it's set to full power when plugged in. Also download a system check utility from the laptop vendor (most have one) and run it, check the hard drive especially.

 

[danteb369]

Lagging how, in games? Slow opening things in Windows? Starts slowly? Check your power management and see if it's set to full power when plugged in. Also download a system check utility from the laptop vendor (most have one) and run it, check the hard drive especially.

 

[danteb369]

The lag is worse in games, but makes my whole computer slow and/or stop working. I've changed settings in my power management multiple times and it did nothing.

 

[pete_101]

The lag is worse in games, but makes my whole computer slow and/or stop working. I've changed settings in my power management multiple times and it did nothing.

Which power management? Because the graphics will have their own option if it has two GPUs, dedicated and the processor graphics. Most laptops will switch between the two GPUs in order to get best performance when the charger is in and battery life when it's out.

 

[hang-the-9]

The lag is worse in games, but makes my whole computer slow and/or stop working. I've changed settings in my power management multiple times and it did nothing.

With the way you said that re-seating the charger used to fix it, it's almost like the laptop does not properly go into high power mode. Run HWMonitor and check your temps, and also monitor CPU core speeds, see if they go up to full speeds when used during games. You can also run a stress test like Prime95 to check the CPU and PassMark to compare the CPU results to the same model and see if it's running at the correct speeds.

Check for newer BIOS, chipset driver and power management driver also.