The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    DELL STUDIO 1555 Sudden Slowdown

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jawedib, Jul 13, 2010.

  1. jawedib

    jawedib Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hey guys.. So I own a Dell Studio 1555 since this time last year and things have been going great with it, until today.. So I played a few games this morning like I usually do, turned it off and took it to school. Now I must admit i pack my charger rather poorly and pretty much just stuff it in my bag.

    When I came back home, I realized my games aren't working properly, as if I was playing on my battery or on "Power Saver" mode, which was not the case. I tried different games, and its true for all of them.

    Now, I have reasons to believe my charger is messed up. The light on it went off permanently a couple of months ago though it kept on working like usual, so I wasn't bothered about it. Now how do I find out if something's wrong with the voltage the charger's providing at the moment?

    I ran HWMonitor and it gave me this: 12.54 to 12.57 V. Is this normal? If yes, what could be the problem?!?! :(

    Thanks.
     
    jawedib, Jul 13, 2010
    #1
  2. jawedib

    jawedib Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Mystery solved:
    On further investigation, my power settings for the graphics card was set to "Maximize Battery Life" even under "Plugged in". I never changed it! HOW DID H*** DID THAT HAPPEN!?
     
    jawedib, Jul 13, 2010
    #2