Please help - computer at a virtual standstill!

melbury

RussJK wrote: »

Oh so you answer when Penrhyn asks
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=46338511&postcount=7

BT will want you to try with a new router first before going the line fault route.

Oh, I am so sorry:o Head in a whirl, can't think straight today.

Router won't be here for about a week - OMG!!!

melbury

Just wanted to thank you all for your very helpful comments.

I intended uninstalling Kaspersky this morning just to see if it made any difference.

However, thought I would just try the internet to see if there is any improvement and amazingly it is back to normal:T So it must have been a problem with the telephone line or Orange that lasted two days.

I am going to take your good advice and upgrade to Kaspersky 2012 though.

I am also going to buy a replacement pc with hopefully 4gb RAM instead of my 504 and a nice flat screen instead of the old CRT.

Dinopc have a very good offer on at the moment - a complete package for £389 - which looks a bargain compared to other places and they offer a 3 year warranty.

Thank you all again.

RussJK

Haha, glad to see it sorted itself out in the end

melbury

Any opinions - good or bad - on Dinopc?

Reviews in general seem to be pretty mixed.

THIS POST IS NOW OBSOLETE DUE TO OH READING DELL MANUAL!

melbury

Doesn't look like I will be getting my new computer after all:(

My OH has decided to try upgrading memory - taking it from 2 x 256MB to 2 x 1GB of RAM.

I told him that it probably won't work because the computer is so old, but he says if it prolongs its life for another year or so it is worth it - so no new machine now:eek:

Can you buy flat screens at a resonable price that work with Dell computers?

spakkker

22" vga (old pc) type connection £86 del. - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/monitors/22inchmonitors/novatech/nov-nlcd22.html

18.5" £60 del. - http://www.ebuyer.com/259578-samsung-syncmaster-e1920n-lcd-tft-18-5-vga-monitor-ls19clysb-en
Maybe a tv with vga even.

Prob cheaper to buy 2 x 512MB ram from ebay.

SteveJH200

Yes, check on ebay for the memory. Should be around £15 per 1Gb stick. Look for PC3200 184 pin DDR Non EEC. 2Gb will make a lot of difference - do you have a 3.4Ghz processor in your machine?

closed

why not download and post that hijackthis log before the problem (or another one) returns. 2GB is probably OTT given your commit charge

RussJK

You can follow this guide to post a HijackThis log:
http://www.users.on.net/~russ/hjt

melbury

SteveJH200 wrote: »

Yes, check on ebay for the memory. Should be around £15 per 1Gb stick. Look for PC3200 184 pin DDR Non EEC. 2Gb will make a lot of difference - do you have a 3.4Ghz processor in your machine?

Have ordered this (on OH's say so!!), but on doing some checking I don't think it is going to work:eek:

"Kingston HyperX 1GB PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2-SDRAM Unbuffered Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM Memory"


On the Crucial site it says we should have this one:

1GB
DDR2 PC2-5300 • CL=5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-667 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64 • • Part #: CT907832

The Kingston one has already been despatched, so should I just try and send it back without opening, or do you think there is a chance it will work? I think it is the 800MHz that is the main difference.

The processor in my computer is a Pentium(R) 4CPU 2.80GHz.

Many thanks.