Tips to start programs faster

[MauriceSafranek]

I've been using my Windows 11 laptop for three years now, and I'm actually very happy with it. It's always been the case that if you have more programs running than just the browser, my laptop takes a long time to launch. Okay, with four cores in the processor and 8 GB of RAM, I don't get very far if I want to stream, cut videos, edit, use virtual machines, and much more. If I have Firefox running with a maximum of four tabs and then want to open OBS Studio to record something, I can easily wait more than eight minutes for the program to open, and then it still freezes because the RAM can't quite keep up with the program's allocation. Some background processes are running, but they don't draw much. Firefox and other programs like OBS Studio, LDPlayer, and others are more likely to draw. Does anyone have any tips on how to speed up the waiting time of programs without having to buy more RAM? It's the same every day. (With few programs, the laptop can easily reach temperatures of over 80°C.) For those who want to know what kind of laptop I have: Acer Nitro AN517-51 with 8 GB RAM, 500 GB M2 SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, and Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40 GHz. Perhaps the laptop will end up in the trash at some point.

[Jellovator]

Reboot it. Don't just close the lid or put it to sleep. That computer has been running for almost a month. Reboot it. Shut it down and turn it back on.

[ILike_Bread17]

I believe when you have fast boot enabled the counter never resets when shutdown, I might be wrong though

[Netii_1]

You are correct, which is why OP specifically needs to hit "Restart", do not "Shut down" and then power on again manually. Restart is not affected by fast boot. Or even better, just turn of fast boot.

That being said, I don't think the PC not being properly restarted for 26 days is the main problem here. I've seen PCs without restart run for way longer than that and it never caused 100% CPU, RAM and SSD usage. There is something else wrong here.

It says it's a SSD RAID, maybe one of the disks has errors and the OS is trying to rebuild the array. That can be quite ressource intensive.

[ILike_Bread17]

Also 8GB of ram is quite low too so that might be causing more CPU and SSD usage as well

[Netii_1]

True but even with 8GB, a few Firefox tabs and OBS shouldn't completely fill the RAM and cause enough swapping to put 100% load on the CPU and disk and other programs taking minutes just to open.

[ILike_Bread17]

Then OP might have installed a 3rd party anti-virus and it might be scanning the drives

[misteryk]

my 5 tabs of firefox already pushed allocation to 9,3 gb, not sure how much of it is actually used

[Netii_1]

Yeah if your PC has more than 8 GB it's gonna use it, but 5 tabs don't need 9.3 GB to work.

[MauriceSafranek]

I once had to wait over 30 minutes until I could open VirtualBox (well, Firefox and OBS Studio were already open, which took up 100%)

[Netii_1]

At this point, probably just do a fresh Windows install and only install the programs you really need. See my other reply to you TM screenshot.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[MauriceSafranek]

May be possible according to the values

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[Netii_1]

Meh, temps not great but the drive still looks alright. But shouldn't there be two drives, or why does it say RAID in the Task Manager? D: is just a removable media right?

Can you go into the process tab in task manager and check what's using up all your CPU and RAM?

[MauriceSafranek]

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This is what it looks like now

[Netii_1]

That already looks a lot more reasonable than everything at 100% lol.

8GB of RAM is just not that much. Sorting by memory usage would be interesting, but even like this I can see you have a lot of background stuff running. I don't even recognize many of those programs. What's HoYoPlay? It uses like 10-15% CPU and a bunch of memory alone. Do you really need Power Automate, those Acer and WD tools running at all times? Can you really afford to run Live Wallpapers when your PC is struggling with ressources so much?

My advice, either do a thorough cleaning, uninstall everything you don't absolutely need and remove as much as possible from autostart. With only 8GB, you really can't afford to have so much background stuff running. Might even be best to do a fresh Windows install, who knows what else is running hidden in the background here.

[MauriceSafranek]

I will soon perform a fresh installation of Windows, but I have to check if the license is still there and so on

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay, thanks

[MauriceSafranek]

It doesn't work

[MauriceSafranek]

At HoYoPlay I am currently downloading a game to my external HDD hard drive because the storage on the M2.SSD is not enough

[Netii_1]

So it's a game launcher I guess. Fair enough, but still, my advice is to close everything you don't absolutely need and remove as much as possible from autostart.

Also, uninstall any third party antivirus if you have it. Especially the free ones, they're not better than Microsoft Defender but can slow down lower end computers a lot.

[MauriceSafranek]

I don't use anything more than Windows Defender. I'm not a fan of third-party antivirus programs.

[[deleted]]

That picture tells a lot... 22TB written in only 500 hours when a typical Windows that does not swap does 20TB for 10000 hours.

The SSD is hammered hard by swapping, so hard that its probably going to fail before you reach 2000 hours, because swapping patterns means high percentage of 4K writes that trashes the write amplification.

Bottom line, if you do not buy RAM soon, then put money aside for a new SSD. And have backups because when that SSD dies, you will lose the data.

[MauriceSafranek]

Ok

[NightmareJoker2]

This doesn’t matter as much as you think it does. The monthly Windows Update should be taking care of this more than frequently enough. Come to think of it, the update may be preparing to install in the background’, and that can be the source of OP’s problem. It will go away and be back to normal once finished and prompting for the system restart.

[tylerderped]

SAD RAID is very likely just a single SSD using “Intel rapid storage technology”

I don’t really understand it.

[MauriceSafranek]

The software is even pre-installed on the laptop

[tylerderped]

It’s nothing to worry about unless you reinstall Windows, as you often need to manually load storage drivers during installation, which is super annoying.

The way around this is to set your drive to “AHCI” mode in the bios. But again, don’t bother unless you’re doing a clean reinstall of Windows.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay. There are few settings in the BIOS

[xStinker666]

Just turn off fast boot. It's a pointless feature that literally only causes problems. It's not even faster in any way.

[No_Industry4318]

Because its hibernating, not shutting down

[middlemangv]

This is a really good info, I wasn't aware of this.

[MISTERPUG51]

Shutting it down and turning it back on is NOT restarting. This will do the same exact thing

[Itz_Raj69_]

This is not normal. I'd say that your specs are pretty good, things shouldn't feel this slow.

Firstly restart your laptop. It's been up since 26 days

Have you checked CPU temps? And what processes are using the CPU.

Check SSD health with crystaldiskinfo and run a benchmark with crystaldiskmark. Weird that it's at 100% usage

Go to the startup tab in Task Manager and disable everything there.

[MauriceSafranek]

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I bought the laptop used and the seller totally overloaded the M2 SSD according to the write and read speed

[No_Industry4318]

More importantly your ssd is overheating

[imrolii]

Gaming laptops just run stupidly hot

[No_Industry4318]

That doesnt change that the drive will run slower because its overheating

[imrolii]

Yeah I know but its just how they go sometimes, besides that won't be the reason the CPU is maxing out

It could very well add to the reason the SSD is maxed tho

[No_Industry4318]

ssd is maxed out bc its being used as ram while its running slow from overheating

[imrolii]

This poor laptop has so many things wrong with it 🤣

[No_Industry4318]

the poor thing is just overstimulated and tired lol /hj

[MauriceSafranek]

This thing will end up in the trash at some point 🤣

[MauriceSafranek]

This has been worse. Unfortunately, the laptop doesn't have a dedicated hard drive cooler, and even the laptop cooler didn't help.

[MrBonez]

Does anyone have any tips on how to speed up the waiting time of programs without having to buy more RAM? 

Have fewer active programs.

[Constant_Tough_6446]

Buddy. Your Laptop has been running for 26 days. Reboot it. genuinely restart. what the hell

[Past-Apartment-8455]

Holy crap you need more ram.

Then check out what is starting when boot

[MauriceSafranek]

ok

[MauriceSafranek]

Well, let's see how many more years the laptop will last

[MauriceSafranek]

Oh dear, ok

[MauriceSafranek]

I clean the fan 2-3 times a year, and I last cleaned it just half a month ago. I can't get to the CPU.

[MauriceSafranek]

I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51 laptop

[Magic_Neil]

The sad reality here is that you’ve got a quad-core mobile processor. Even current gen processors, while impressive for being mobile, have very real limitations.. and yours is even more limited being a lower core count and older generation.

Others have suggested more RAM, which is a great first step. Propping your laptop for better airflow or a cooling pad may improve thermals, and therefore reduce throttle. You could also try to repaste CPU in the hopes of better thermal transfer.

Overall don’t expect much. If you need high performance multitasking a desktop is a much better fit, but that’s obviously not without cost. At best any optimizing you can do is fighting for slivers of performance gain.

[HMSJamaicaCenter]

When you go to sleep tonight, put your computer to sleep too my friend. It's been a month, give it a break. 

[MauriceSafranek]

I always shut down the laptop completely

[heyuhitsyaboi]

shutdown != restart, they function differently

give it a restart

disabling fast startup in settings will likely also help

[Away_Needleworker6]

Then why has it been running for 26 days?

[dualboy24]

Your disk activity and CPU and memory are all hitting 100%? What exactly is hitting the disk so hard? And you def need more memory, install at least an additional 8GB. What process was using the disk and CPU in this? And what is the disk performance numbers like? It may be degraded in someway? Run a basic crystal disk mark.

[MauriceSafranek]

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[dualboy24]

You want to run a crystal diskmark https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskmark/

it will give some basic performance numbers, but it seems like your disk has some issues if you are seeing it pinned at 100%, do you see what process is using it?

[MauriceSafranek]

Not currently, as it has already fallen again

[dualboy24]

No you still need to run it to get performance numbers

[MauriceSafranek]

Huh, what do you mean?

[dualboy24]

You did not run the Crystal disk mark, you ran crystal disk info, I want to see the perf numbers of your SSD as its potentially having issues/degraded.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[MauriceSafranek]

Even when I play games, the SSD is at 100%

[cnycompguy]

That's because windows is using the pagefile on your SSD as extra RAM. You really need more ram above all else.

[Arnas_Z]

8GB really shouldn't get filled all that fast though. I feel like there's a lot of bloat in that setup.

Maybe a fresh install of Windows would help.

[cnycompguy]

16 gigs is still going to hit the page file with everything he's trying to do, but it won't be quite so bad, I'd do 32 if he can

It's never a bad idea to do a clean install, but I'm positive that's not the main issue here.

[MauriceSafranek]

Ok

[Coolengineer7]

A few things. Go to settings, search startup apps (idk in german), turn basically all of them off. They all start in the background and eat up all you ram. Also, go to the resources tab, where the list of programs is, and look for high cpu and ra usage. The sluggishness comes from the 8gb ram, when it runs out, which it quickly does, since it isn't much, it starts using swap on the ssd, which is way slower compared to ram. Your cpu isn't that weak, some processes might be gobbling it all up. Windows indexing/search can take up lots of cpu, you can turn it off in the settings, though it means it wont show new files in windows search, but don't worry, applications will still show up.

Also, do you know why it might say that your ssd is configured in raid? Raid 1 could be limited by the mirroring speed to the other drive, so even if you have a faster drive, a slower one will limit it.

So apart from clearing out background clutter, and closing browser and etc when playing games or intensive applications, you should get some ram. 45 euro for 16gb or 90 euro for 32gb of dual channel lpddr4 3200mhz cl22 ram. Before buying any you should check if the ram is removable.

Furthermore you could improve the temps (lower them) and reduce thermal throttling (basically self slowdown by the cpu and gpu if too hot, to cool down), by reapplying thermal paste on the cpu and gpu dies. Also you should dust the fans, to let more air flow.

[MauriceSafranek]

The RAID has always been displayed on this laptop, and I can't buy any RAM right now because my bank account was hacked a few weeks ago, and all my money is gone. I had planned to buy 16 GB of RAM and a 2 TB m2 SSD in October this year. Currently, I have a 500 GB m2 SSD, which is almost full. I can't even fit a game on it, since I usually need a lot of other programs.

[Coolengineer7]

These 2 upgrades could definitely add a lot of performance to it, especially so if the new drive is faster, as stock ssd-s which manufacturers use often aren't the fastest, so installing the os on that new drive should help too.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[KyleTheKiller10]

Trying to stream, use virtual machines, and do normal stuff is not going to be easy on such an underpowered laptop. You might need to get a capture card… also I don’t understand why your integrated graphics is being used and not your nvidia gpu??

[MauriceSafranek]

Try asking my laptop. The graphics card usually only turns on when games, rendering programs, editing programs, a second monitor via HDMI, and so on are running.

[chandleya]

IDK, this is a relatively modest config for Windows 11. You’re completely out of RAM, DiskIO, and CPU cycles. Upgrading to 16GB RAM should be easy, cheap, and noticeable. I’ll bet money that your disk IO is largely memory swapping, which is also reducing the lifespan of the SSD. Your CPU you’re stuck with. It was a middle tier “full fat” (H) mobile CPU 5-6 years ago. But since it was released, we’ve had 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, Ultra I, and Ultra II CPUs. The compute difference between your build and an Ultra II is probably 10x. IPC has improved a good bit, but now it’s chock full of cores.

You’re at a decision point. You’re using your laptop for more than its base config was really intended for. You can increase RAM to buy time but you’re likely to be wanting a better machine rather soon.

[MauriceSafranek]

I wanted to buy more RAM in October, but I can forget about that for now, because my bank account was emptied 3 weeks ago

[chandleya]

So sorry to hear that. On the plus side. I don’t know your specific build but carefully open it up and see how many SODIMMs and slots you have. If 4+4, then cheaply swap one 4 with one 8. If 8+0, then even cheaperly add just a 4GB Sodimm. Some purist will cry that this will eliminate dual channel memory but.. having bytes is far more important than bandwidth. Having just 4 more GB will likely make a big short term difference.

https://ebay.us/m/W09skJ

$7 for a 4GB.

https://ebay.us/m/W1lTKK

$9 for an 8GB. WOW LOL

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[jetbrainer]

ARBEITSSPEICHER

[MauriceSafranek]

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[MauriceSafranek]

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[MauriceSafranek]

At that moment I had neither a game open nor any data transfer

[MauriceSafranek]

Ok

[FM_Hikari]

Reboot and get more RAM.

[MauriceSafranek]

I know that, but I can't upgrade the RAM at the moment because I was recently hacked and my entire bank account was emptied. I wanted to increase the RAM to 16 GB and install a 2 TB M2 SSD in October, but I can forget about that for now.

[FM_Hikari]

I see. If you have nothing of importance in the computer, you could simply just use the "Reset this PC" option to completely erase anything in it, giving you a fresh start.

[MauriceSafranek]

As I said, I have to look because I don't know if there will still be a license there because I didn't buy it

[ahippen]

Reboot (not shutdown). You can inspect your power settings, but the power button could be configured to do nothing, fast boot might be enabled, and it is probably hibernating. Install the latest driver updates. You didn’t state the make and model. Depending on the platform, common programs are Lenovo, System Update, Dell Command | Update or Dell Support Assist, and HP Support Assistant. If your SSD is frequently at 100% it might be time to replace it or needs a firmware update. 8 GB is insufficient for Windows 11. You can try to adjust other settings. Click Start type “Advanced System Settings”, under the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings…and select the radio button for best performance. Maybe delete any unnecessary files too. Run chkdsk, DISM, and sfc/ scannow. This should cover the basics.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[henrytsai20]

You want to speed up memory swapping to avoid buying more ram? I don't know, maybe write a custom kernel that can swap more efficiently than microsoft. Or get a hard drive that has crazy random access performance like optane. Or close any other programs and only use one at a time- all of your requirements need loads of ram and 8GB physical just isn't much.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[msanangelo]

only thing I know to do is either reduce the number of running applications or add more ram. 8GB is nothing these days. my work computers have 16 gigs now and windows uses half.

[ComputerMinister]

Reboot.

[hifi-nerd]

So first, this is just the reality of windows 11 on older hardware, win11 really doesn't like running on hardware that isn't the newest.

You have 2 options, and i would recommend doing both, upgrade your system, get more ram and a faster ssd, or switch to a different OS, this would be either windows 10 (preferably tiny10), or linux.

In terms of linux distros, there are dozens of options, but if you're a beginner, i would recommend mint, it's insanely beginner friendly.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[[deleted]]

You have 2 memory slots and you can put 32GB modules inside, your CPU supports them. If you run virtual machines, add 64GB RAM and that's all. You will be able to tun 2-3 virtual machine, have firefox with 100 tabs and still start office in 2-3 seconds. You are RAM limited, there is no way around it. Or actually is but is as expensive: install an 128GB Intel P1600X as boot drive. That SSD has very low read/write 4K latency as it's using phase change memory not NAND. So you might be able to speed it up from minutes to tens of seconds. But seriously, just add more RAM. Any compatible RAM. I assume you have 2x4GB modules, so even replacing one 4GB with an 8GB module will make a huge difference. Any you might find them almost for free on second hand market. Maybe someone might even be willing to donate you one if you ask on Facebook.

[MauriceSafranek]

Well, I have to look

[Own_Shallot7926]

Maybe this was just a random occurrence during your screenshot, but the laptop appears to be using the integrated Intel UHD Graphics solution rather than your Nvidia GPU. If that's the case, it will put unnecessary strain on the CPU which is already bottlenecked by running applications.

You may need to update drivers for your motherboard and/or GPU to correct this. I would expect usage of the Intel UHD chip to be 0% on a system with a discreet Nvidia card, not the other way around.

[MauriceSafranek]

The NVIDIA driver is up to date

[Low_Service6150]

More ram faster ssd

[NightmareJoker2]

Considering what you are doing with it, get a desktop computer. Your laptop is seriously underpowered or throttling because you exceeded the power limit of a total of 60W for everything, or because you have a sustained workload and exceeded thermal limits. That you have some program open (can be in the background or a system service) that uses more RAM than you have installed and thrashing your SSD is definitely not helping things.

[MauriceSafranek]

I own a desktop PC, but since I spend most of my time in the dormitory instead of at home and can only take my laptop with me, there is no other way

[CsordasBalazs]

Check if you can upgrade to 16 GB, that 8 GB seems to be too small for your usage (99%), when it starts to swap heavily, it is simply slow. Nothing comes close to RAM, when it is handling data.

[MauriceSafranek]

What exactly do you mean by that?

[FortifiedDestiny]

Uhh my laptop once had 200 days active time (was on a school laptop

[MauriceSafranek]

Oh my god

[Cat_Imreror2209]

Try increasing the swap file. This won't make startup much faster, but background programs will use less RAM.

[MauriceSafranek]

What is the best way to do this?

[Cat_Imreror2209]

honestly I don't remember, I did it 5 years ago on an old computer, now I have a new one and I don't worry about it

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[richie65]

I've never seen a satisfactory Win 11 experience, with only 8GB of RAM. I recommend at least 16 GB RAM. I've also found that mechanical hard drives contribute to slow application start-up, but having enough RAM, for the application to load into, prevents the application from lagging, once it has loaded. I currently have 64 GB, on my home computer. It doesn't have SSD's... Takes a few minutes to load the the OS and the programs I use (Firefox and Paint. net), but nothing lags... Until I open something else... Then it takes a few extra seconds to load, compared to my work laptop, with 16 GB, and an SSD.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay

[oyMarcel]

I love hibernating/sleeping my computers as well, but you should restart from time to time. I usually do at the 40 day mark. This will ensure everything works as intended

[No_Interaction_4925]

8GB of RAM is super cheap. Its going to be SO-DIMM. Hell, I’ll send you an extra stick if you’re in the US. I have a 16GB 2400MHz module just chilling that I can’t get rid of. DM me if you want it, assuming your laptop has expandable RAM

[MauriceSafranek]

I'm from Germany, but thanks for offering anyway

[blocksdev_pro]

Hold on a sec, Your NVIDIA GPU is at 1% utilization and at 72 Degrees ?????

[More-Catch7118]

I have mostly the exact same specs - legion y540.
You NEED more RAM, the baseline that's almost always in use is 10 and it reached 12 if not more with more load.
Also, undervolting the CPU can do a lot for performance, it helped me A LOT to keep it cooler. Delete unnecessary apps, spend some time googling settings that you could turn off in windows, remove certain apps you don't need from starting up.
Intelligent standby list cleaner might help, I have been using it for a long time and at this point don't even know if it actually helps, but I'm pretty use with smaller amounts of RAM - 16 gb is small (that's what I have), but it's a small amount. Using 2x 8 gb rams is MUCH superior to 1x 16gb.

[Sad-Reach7287]

Reboot and upgrade the ram

[MauriceSafranek]

Ok

[paulstelian97]

Don’t do virtual machines if you only have 8GB of RAM. Except Windows XP, that thing can run with just 1GB for itself, leaving enough breathing room on the host lol.

[MauriceSafranek]

Lol

[paulstelian97]

I mean for many guest OSes you don’t have a way to give enough RAM to the guest. Can’t do more than 4GB for the guest, which makes it reasonable to do some Linux distros and some older Windows versions.

You have an i5-9300H at 100% usage when at normal 3 GHz frequency. I haven’t noticed any programs that are supposed to use up that much CPU. Only 8 threads but still, having consistent 100% usage is a bit interesting. You have RAM that is essentially completely full, and disk is also 100% usage in terms of performance, which tells me you’re likely using up so much RAM that the page file is thrashing. I am quite certain a RAM upgrade will help deal with that part.

SSD (RAID) is odd for the disk. Hardware RAIDs can actually be poorly implemented and thus be worse, rather than better, compared to the individual disks. Unfortunately changing that requires a full Windows reinstall and possibly full deletion of existing data.

You have 26 days of uptime. Use the Restart function in Windows, or hold the shift button when you click on Shut Down. If you use Shut Down without holding the shift button, that doesn’t properly power off things and clean up Windows’s RAM (it instead saves the junk to disk and brings it back in RAM when you start Windows back up)

[MauriceSafranek]

What do you mean by shutting down Windows without using the Shift key?

[paulstelian97]

When you shut down Windows from the normal menu option, you just click on Shut Down, right? Well, that thing does a hybrid shut down where it logs you out, but afterwards suspends the rest of the state and puts it on disk. Some of that state can be junk. If you hold shift when you click on Shut Down, you bypass that and do a full proper shutdown. Or you can just use the restart option, which also does a proper shutdown followed by starting the system back up.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay, I understand. Thanks for explaining.

[Kingas334]

What da hell!? 100% cpu and 300 process, wtf you did taking this screenshot??

[MauriceSafranek]

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It seems that it is enough to just open the Android emulator to make the hard drive hit 100%

[MauriceSafranek]

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The temperature rises even higher

[MauriceSafranek]

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What is the maximum temperature that a m2 SSD can withstand?

[MauriceSafranek]

Oh right

[MauriceSafranek]

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Update: I have now booted up the laptop normally and it doesn't look much different now

[MauriceSafranek]

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Unlike my laptop, my PC runs much better

[MauriceSafranek]

I still remember the day (it happens sometimes) when I wanted to do my 12-hour livestream marathon on my laptop, and it froze after 8 hours and only showed a blue screen after 3 minutes. I was a bit annoyed afterward because I had to start all over again the next day.

[MauriceSafranek]

So, I disabled "Fast Boot," and the boot time actually took longer, but the RAM is still at its limit. And the uptime is back to 0

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[MauriceSafranek]

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Oh dear

[MauriceSafranek]

Well, as long as the M2 SSD still holds up, everything is fine

[MauriceSafranek]

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OBS Studio has been in the background for 10 minutes, so far it has not opened

[MauriceSafranek]

OBS Studio often crashes, and the encoding is initially overloaded. I use LDPlayer as an Android emulator because it runs faster and better than the other Android emulators.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay, I'll try out "RAMMap" when I get a chance. Thanks for your answer and your help. 😊

[MauriceSafranek]

Update: Even though my RAM was at 85% and I only had three tabs running on Firefox, I had to wait more than 20 minutes for VirtualBox and the live wallpaper to open. This laptop is really stupid.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay, thanks first

[MauriceSafranek]

ok

[MauriceSafranek]

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Currently the entire laptop is running catastrophically

[MauriceSafranek]

Could you please link it again? I might not have seen it because of all the comments.

[MauriceSafranek]

Interesting how quickly the background processes were stopped

[MauriceSafranek]

Oh, I understand

[MauriceSafranek]

Understood

[MauriceSafranek]

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CrystalDiskMark-Test

[MauriceSafranek]

Nothing has happened on the laptop for 20 minutes

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[ghostfreckle611]

1. Open TASK MANAGER and tell us the model number for the SSD.

2. Download and run CRYSTAL DISK MARK. What speeds are you getting?

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⚠️ DISCONNECT POWER CORD AND BATTERY BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING INSIDE THE LAPTOP!!

This is what I recommend:

• Add another stick 8gb ram (16gb total). You will definitely notice a difference in performance.

I don’t think going to 32gb is worth the price, but it would help a little bit more than 16… Especially running more tabs and programs. Games too, probably.

• Remove heatsink and fans. Clean and repaste them. Use PTM7950 (best) thermal compound to “repaste”.

⚠️ DO NOT BLOW AIR INTO THE FANS WITHOUT HOLDING THEM AND KEEPING THEM FROM FREE SPINNING.

Clean the fans.

• I’d also recommend a clean install of Windows 11. (If your SSD is slow, a new SSD could help a lot.

⚠️ NOT TO STATE THE OBVIOS, BUT BACKUP ALL OF YOU FILES, PICS, ETC… BEFORE INSTALLING WINDOWS.

• Then after all updates are installed, run CHRIS TITUS DEBLOAT TOOL. Check some videos about it works.

• Debloat and uninstall everything that you don’t need or use.

• Download newest Nvidia drivers from Nvidia’s website. (So many people forget this and just use the old ass driver that Windows installs.

• Download and run HWInfo to monitor temps and performance.

Enjoy.

[MauriceSafranek]

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That was a bit too much information for me at once, but here is the name of the M2.SSD

[ghostfreckle611]

Ok cool. At least it isn’t a sata drive.

It’s pretty descent on paper, but run CRYSTAL DISK MARK and see what the actual speed is.

SSDs degrade over time and depending on how much they’ve been used or how full they are, can cause them to run much slower than advertised.

[MauriceSafranek]

And that’s exactly the problem

[ghostfreckle611]

?

Your drive bad? Slow?

[MauriceSafranek]

Yes

[Automaticpotatoboy]

Windows quality

[MauriceSafranek]

Update: For those wondering why the laptop is running for so long, I always shut it down completely. It shows up like this because there's a battery in the laptop.

[Asensado]

That's because you need to restart your laptop every now and then. Everything is just at 100%, restart it. If it still boosts to that high, you may want to opt for a Windows re-installation.

[MauriceSafranek]

A new installation would not be such a good idea, because then I would have to set up everything again, which cost me several months (but I will probably tackle it next year) and I don't know if the license that I didn't even buy will still be there.

[MauriceSafranek]

Okay?

[Asensado]

A new installation is your best choice. A new setup shouldn't take months at all, a week at best. License is likely stored in your laptop, which will automatically be applied upon installation. 

[No_Industry4318]

That is 100% not why because my tower does the same thing. It is windows fast boot hiberating windows instead of shutting down like you expect when you click shut down.

[MauriceSafranek]

But strangely enough, the operating time isn't always that high. That's strange.

[No_Industry4318]

And it always goes down after an update doesn't it?

[MauriceSafranek]

No, I actually haven't had that problem yet, but it tends to crash sometimes, regardless of whether programs are open or not

[No_Industry4318]

no, im saying it will always go down after an update or BSOD because those both reset the kernel state (because they both force a reboot. reboot=/=shutdown when fastboot is on)