Laptop running slow

Have a computer in your home that is put to use often? Why not take the time to fully understand the terms, the components,and software used to make it work. To understand your PC is not hard and you’ll be rewarded greatly. How you ask? By upgrading your own system as well as repairing those [...]

Understanding System Memory and CPU speeds: A layman’s guide to the Front Side Bus (FSB) by Lee Penrod You are encouraged to make links to this article from your website and tell your friends The following article is based on years of experience. It is provided as a free service to our customers and visitors. [...]

I have a process running that uses SYSTEM as both its image name and user name, and it is using most of my CPU and it is slowing down my computer quite significantly. My CPU usage begins and remains at 100% all the time, and SYSTEM accounts for about 85 to 95% of that. This [...]

Clock Speed The clock speed of a CPU is defined as the frequency that a processor executes instructions or that data is processed. This clock speed is measured in millions of cycles per second or megahertz (MHz). The clock itself is actually a quartz crystal that vibrates at a certain frequency when electricity is passed [...]

Clock speed is a measure of how quickly a computer completes basic computations and operations. It is measured as a frequency in hertz, and most commonly refers to the speed of the computer’s CPU, or Central Processing Unit. Since the frequency most clock speed measures is very high, the terms megahertz and gigahertz are used. [...]

– In a computer, clock speed refers to the number of pulses per second generated by an oscillator that sets the tempo for the processor. Clock speed is usually measured in MHz (megahertz, or millions of pulses per second) or GHz (gigahertz, or billions of pulses per second). Today’s personal computers run at a clock [...]

22 Dec, 2004 Clock Speed: Tell Me When it Hertz Jargon explained: clock, megahertz/gigahertz, cycle Computer performance is a traffic problem, moving data and instructions from memory and around inside the chip. Most people think of “traffic” in terms of cars and highways. However, there is a more relevant traffic analogy that everyone experienced before [...]

Good question UM… Also, you have to be associated/log in to Facebook to use this (i see its temporary but I cant log in to FB at the office)? Are we sure this person isnt a spammer with applicable content? lol.. I removed my post as I wanted to check something my original post stated [...]

CPU speed is not a reliable indicator of CPU performance. Many factors inside and outside of the CPU exert a significant impact on CPU performance, and on overall system performance. The CPU CPU speed is measure in megahertz. A 1MHz CPU can accomplish one million CPU cycles in one second. Does this mean that a [...]

PC clock speeds are a bunch of baloney — at least as a method of determining which computer to buy. In this case, faster does not always mean better. Every computer processor includes an oscillator that operates at a certain number of pulses per second. These pulses set the tempo for the processor; in most [...]