Z565 slowness problem

[JessC]

Since mid-December my laptop has been running very slow when dealing with any sort of game, the laptop is about 3.5 months old now. I know it's probably not a gaming laptop but I'm having lag and choppiness issues even in simple flash games. Since then, I have used the One Key Recovery, from initial point, to start over twice (because I thought I messed up the updates the first time). I don't think it has to do with my internet connection because my brother plays the new Star Wars game perfectly fine, it runs very smoothly and with no lag. I also don't have any issues when opening up new pages, though after the recovery, loading has gotten just SLIGHTLY slower. I don't run many programs at once and I don't think I have any unused programs running in the background. I only have Panda Cloud Antivirus running. Every now and then I run CCleaner and Combofix (as told by a friend) in case of problems. I have fully updated all the Windows updates after recovery and updated the driver from the AMD site. The lag and choppiness is the same as before the recovery. I don't know what the problem may be and I don't know where to look. I am still under warranty but I'd like to see if there's a fix before having to deal with that.

Any advice?

[Serge1410]

hey JessC

welcome to the forums.

if you have access to a spare and higher capacity RAM card, install it. check in your add/remove program list, is there any software installed that you don't use at all ? remove those.

Defrag your drive as well. Head to >> http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=911767

crosscheck the drivers here with your unit. anything outdated ? update it then.

[JessC]

No spare card and I already removed all software that I don't use. Haven't tried a defrag yet, I will try that tonight! How many drivers are there? I don't know what that means exactly (don't know that much about computers), I have only updated the AMD part, I think.

Thanks for the reply Serge1410!

[JessC]

Did a defrag last night, unfortunately, everything is still running the same as before. Any other solutions?

[Serge1410]

hmm.

interesting.

do you have the recovery disc to reset your unit to factory setting? If yes, use it and see if it makes any difference.

[JessC]

I don't remember if the laptop came with that, is that disc different from the One Key Recovery system?

[Serge1410]

nope it is not, it is the disc that you make from the One Key Recovery .

[JessC]

If it is the same as the One Key Recovery then I don't need the disc, right? I used the One Key Recovery that was already installed in the laptop twice already (in my first post). Both times I reset to initial point which I am guessing is factory setting. Do you think I should try it again?

[mmaaddict78]

Sounds like it could be an issue with your router. Have you tried connecting your internet with an ethernet cable instead of using wireless?

[JessC]

No, I haven't, I'll try that tonight. My brother also connects using wireless and it runs fine on his end. Also, I don't have problems with watching streams live so I don't think it's the internet connection, but I will try the cable.