i'm using an almost 3 year old toshiba portege m500 laptop (intel core 2 CPU, T5600 @ 1.83 GHz, 987 MHz, 0.99GB RAM) and recently after installing programs like adobe photoshop, illustrator, freehand etc, it keep on hanging! like today it hung 3 times already and each time i had to just reboot it.
anyone has any idea what's wrong? should i upgrade my HDD and stuff?
i'm super tech-noob haha. thx!
Maybe u need to upgrade ur ram. 1gb may not be enough to run the program u mention smoothly.
Wat OS u r using, XP?
submit the specifications of ur lappie here and i see how i can help you. but first, u have to upgrade your ram. also i nid to see how fast ur ram is running, like 533MHz etc.
sirAdrian- i think i need to upgrade that too, my friends said the same microsoft XP.
nenepokey- the only specs i know are that it's a intel core 2 CPU, T5600 @ 1.83 GHz, 987 MHz, 0.99GB RAM). i have no idea how to check how fast my ram runs. tech noob sorry
I don't think there any problem with the ram, although I do admit 1GB ram these days is not enough.
But first I have to ask, do your laptop hang when you run those programs you have mentioned or do your laptop just hang out of nowhere?
If you do think its those programs that are causing the problem, have you tried removing those programs to see if your laptop still hang?
If the problem still persist after removing those programs, have you tried doing a system restore back to an earlier date (a date before you installed those programs)?
Tell me the truth, is those programs pirated? If so, please do a virus scan to ensure your computer is clean just to be safe and to be sure its not any hidden malwares that is causing the problem.
Well, try the above and see if it fixes the problem.
furb- i havent tried reinstalling them...but so far the laptop has served me well up till last week after the installations of the programs. yeah it hangs when i use photoshop or illustrator....ok maybe i'll run a system scan