Computer extremelly slow

[Stephen Monteith]

Victor Mendonça wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I had a problem with my computer becoming extremely slow about a month ago. After playing around with it I found that it seemed to be a problem with flash on Firefox, so I installed flash-block which made things a lot better. 
>
> However I'm still getting a huge lag on my system with many other programs. Firefox is still slow, even opening a high resolution picture takes over 5 seconds. I'm not sure what the problem is, and was wondering if anyone is having a similar problem.
>
> Here are my specs:
> Computer - Dell Inspiron 1300 - 9.04
> More system info - http://wazem.org/temp/forums/ubuntu/slow-pc/sysinfo
>
> Output of top when opening firefox and a high rez pic:
> http://wazem.org/temp/forums/ubuntu/slow-pc/
>
> Cheers!
>
> Victor Mendonça
> http://wazem.org/
>
>
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Could be that your CPU is running too hot and throttling back to run 
cooler.   Make sure that the cooling vents are clear, canned air does 
well for this.  Could also be a defective fan.