Slow & unresponsive evrytime after i open my laptop in a few minutes

chia__

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May 27, 2016
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Okay my laptop recently become slow and unresponsive when i start it after some minutes(5-10).
My laptop is nearly 8 years old and repaired for a few times in the period.
My laptop is Acer aspire 4738z and runs window 7 starter. I usually use to play dota 2 and it is the only program in my laptop beside google chrome. I think not ram or virus problem because i play dota for 2 years and not a problem on it and i just done scanning the laptop. How to solve it or the only way is to buy a new on or something. Do ask if need more imformation. Thanks in advance.
 
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Yeah, Unfortunately it really does sound like it's time for an upgrade. If you aren't bothered by it you can find some relatively cheap refurbished and used laptops on ebay. In the meantime I would definitely run malwarebytes both to confirm my diagnosis and to make your laptop usable until you can get the whole thing sorted out. (hint: you may want to download it on another computer and flash drive it over to save...
This really does seem like you are hitting your ram limit. 8 years is a very long life for a laptop and it sounds like this one is clogged with enough malware and spam that the ram cap is easily hit by your game. You could run a program like malwarebytes to hunt for this garbage but honestly that laptop is so old (not to mention poorly rated) that a new one would be a very good idea. This will save you the trouble of cleaning out your PC on a weekly basis. Not to mention that pretty much anything you buy would be a massive performance boost. Cheers!
 
Okay i will try what u said. Sadly i am still a student and i dont really like to spend my parent's money for me to play games on it(as they didnt use the laptop other than me but if they are willing to buy another one for me i would really appreciate it XD). As i type this my google just spend 10minutes to open lol
 


Yeah, Unfortunately it really does sound like it's time for an upgrade. If you aren't bothered by it you can find some relatively cheap refurbished and used laptops on ebay. In the meantime I would definitely run malwarebytes both to confirm my diagnosis and to make your laptop usable until you can get the whole thing sorted out. (hint: you may want to download it on another computer and flash drive it over to save time). Good luck!
 
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