Satellite L730 / L735 very slow..buffering online content, startup etc

I have only owned this since 26th May this year, and I have found the performance really slow.
I can't watch online content.. it takes ages buffering and has gotten worse over the past few weeks even though we have got a strong connection.
Also it is taking about 10 minutes on startup!!
Any ideas, seems a bit poor to be having such serious problems so early on? We have checked and defragmented the hard disk drive and that hasn't helped at all. There is very little stored on the HD.. less than 10% used.

> I can't watch online content.. it takes ages buffering and has gotten worse over the past few weeks even though we have got a strong connection.
The video streaming depends on the server where the video is hosted too!
If the server is overloaded, the performance can go down and this affects the streaming performance.
Did you notice the slow performance using other software too?
Please also note that background processes which are running in background of the operating system can slow down the system performance.
Usually you can disable not necessary background processes using msconfig.
But be careful with that. This can affect the notebook functionality too. If you dont know the single process, google for that to get more details.
I use the CCLeaner (freeware tool) to improve my notebook performance. Maybe it could be useful for you too.

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WARNING:
To avoid the risk of electrical shock, turn the computer off and remove the AC adapter from the electrical outlet.
Because the battery in the computer is left charged, the risk of electrical shock remains even after the AC adapter is removed from the electrical outlet. To avoid the risk of electrical shock, be sure to remove any metal jewelry or accessories such as necklaces, bracelets, and rings before starting work. Never work with damp or wet hands.
Instructions: http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/CRU2203970000R01.htm

Hi Rob
It is pretty complicated to explain how to remove optical disc drive. Before you do this you must remove top cover. The optical disc drive is fixed with two screws. When you remove both of them you can pull the ODD out of its bay.
Sorry but without exact maintenance manuals is not easy to explain this. Disassembling procedure for this notebook model is pretty complicated. Have you already disassembled your Satellite Pro?

Satellite Pro U300 very slow at opening programmes

Dear all,
I bought a Satellite Pro U300 in Feb 2008 and I have only used it 3-4 times since then... It is very slow at opening programmes (I have only a statistical programme installed) and webpages , and creates problems when I try to download other programmes that have a different version than Windows Vista.
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Hi
The preinstalled OS could run slowly because many different applications are running in the background.
My notebook was slow too until some background applications have been disabled.
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Type in RUN window msconfig and check the tab called startup.
There you can find the software which could slow down the OS.
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Satellite P300-156 very slow

Hi people,
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The hidden partition is created by Vista and its contains the data and files which are necessary to repair the OS.
You can pres F8 when powering the unit.
Then a menu should appear.
Here you could choose first option: Repair my Computer.
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Try it if you want

Macbook Pro very slow, won't play vids etc. Please help

Have run the etrecheck diagnostic software, results below:
Problem description:
Internet browsing very slow, particularly when scrolling on large pages.
DVD will only play sound, video is just a black screen.
Youtube would originally only play small screen, now won’t play at all.
Generally slow all round - lots of “egg timer”
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 17 November 2014 22:20:16 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 212 days 22:8:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9160314ASG disk0 : (149.05 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.70 GB (77.07 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N disk1 : (6.93 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Business Everywhere.app
[not loaded] WebToGo.Driver.Sierra (1) Support
[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionGTEdge (1.0.5) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMM (1.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.1.16) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Business Everywhere Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Mac_SwapperDemon ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Birdstep/Mac_SwapperDemon.app)
3Connect Updater Application (/Applications/3Connect/3Connect.app/Contents/Resources/3Connect Updater.app)
Firefox UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Rapport Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      6% rapportd
      4% WindowServer
      3% WebProcess
      2% PluginProcess
      0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
365 MB WebProcess
245 MB rapportd
112 MB Safari
69 MB WindowServer
41 MB PluginProcess
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
13 MB Free RAM
888 MB Active RAM
442 MB Inactive RAM
534 MB Wired RAM
97.51 GB Page-ins
41.90 GB Page-outs
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Internet browsing very slow, particularly when scrolling on large pages.
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Youtube would originally only play small screen, now won’t play at all.
Generally slow all round - lots of “egg timer”
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 17 November 2014 22:20:16 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
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Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9160314ASG disk0 : (149.05 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.70 GB (77.07 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N disk1 : (6.93 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
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Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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/Applications/Business Everywhere.app
[not loaded] WebToGo.Driver.Sierra (1) Support
[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.1.2) Support
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[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMM (1.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.1.16) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Business Everywhere Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Mac_SwapperDemon ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Birdstep/Mac_SwapperDemon.app)
3Connect Updater Application (/Applications/3Connect/3Connect.app/Contents/Resources/3Connect Updater.app)
Firefox UNKNOWN (missing value)
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DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Rapport Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
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      3% WebProcess
      2% PluginProcess
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442 MB Inactive RAM
534 MB Wired RAM
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Hello,
For the screen resloution problem:
I don't know if you have solved your problem yet but i had the same exact problem this morning and was able to find the solution and fix it.
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My Satellite P20 is very slow

My P20 3ghz 512 ram is unbelievably slow. My old notebook with just 1 ghz laptop is 100x faster! Opening applications, switching between them, running more than one all make it crawl and crash. I've tried everything I can. Any suggestions please as I'm about to sell it!
Mike
[Edited by: admin on 23-Nov-05 11:13]

Hello Mike
Since almost two years I am owner of Satellite P20 (red one) and I am very satisfied. It is a great machine. My unit has a little bit more RAM as yours, SP2 is installed too but it runs perfectly. The start up could be a little faster but have no problems like you.
You have mentioned that you have tried everything but did you also try to reinstall the unit with recovery CD?
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Satellite A200-1BP: very slow performance

I am not fully satisfied for the performance of my notebook Satellite A200-1BP.
It is so slow than i expected even if it has 2GB ram.
What could be the problem?
Is this due to Norton Antivirus of what?
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Full performance is pretty general term. I hope you know very well that Vista needs much more resources as WXP and, generally speaking, it runs maybe a little bit slower. Of course the performance depends on all running background processes.
To be honest first thing I have done is to remove preinstalled Norton. I am pretty sure without Norton the system will run better. Please check also all tools and utilities that start with OS (START > RUN > MSCONFIG) and disable all stuff you do not need.
What you also can do is to disable all hardware components you do not need like modem or PCMCIA slot. As you can see there are several ways to optimize OS and make it running faster.
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She asked me to take a look at it for her, and she is quite right, this laptop is appalling unresponsive for even the most basic of tasks like opening Windows Explorer, which takes over a minute to open.
It's a similar story for pretty much any button press on this machine, sometimes longer depending on what has been clicked. Even getting the thing booted up from power button press to desktop being visible (let alone usable) takes a staggering 15 minutes plus.
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Hi
In the past we have discussed many times about similar issues and some people were not satisfied about performance of brand new notebooks preinstalled with original recovery image.
As small example you can check this thread. Generally speaking there is described what you should do with this machine. You must, I like to use word optimize, preinstalled operating system. It will definitely run better and faster.
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Hello,
about a month ago this whole problem started and i've tried almost about everything i could find on the internet to fix it, trying different versions of flash.. java different web browsers reinstalling my OS and buying a new BT Hub, but nothing has fixed it.
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Toshiba Satellite A300- 1PH.
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My windows load very slowly. When I start my Laptop, after the logo of Windows appear, it takes almost 4-5 minutes to load the Destop and the Secreen shows the message "Please Wait".
Before recovery it never took such a long time. It's been onliy 1 month I have bought it.
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I am very happy you are satisfied now. Many times on this forum I wrote about right OS configuration.
Anyway, Tempro is nice application and useful for people with low level of notebook knowledge who need some help with updates and notebook monitoring. In my opinion this can just confuse notebook owners with different messages and upgrade notifications.
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My TS p15 S479 needs nearly 2 minutes to boot. It's frustrating. It also takes like 2 minutes to shut down. I tested my comp for viruses and ****, deleted all programs that didn't came with the computer.I do a lot of dvd backing up, and sometimes the computer just freezes in the middle of backing up. Once it even wouldn't shut down and the screen said "shutting down... " entire night. I'm confused.
What's wrong? What can i do? Thx

Hello
In just short words: I think that your notebook needs to be ?clean? preinstalled. I don?t know what are you doing with your notebook but after long period of ?intensive usage? the notebook loose the performance.
I recommend you to back up all your important data and preinstall unit with delivered recovery media. Create two partitions, configure the unit to run with all applications and settings you need and after that you can create your own recovery image. Save it on second partition and on this time you can reinstall the image every time you need. After just 20 minutes you will have your favorite configuration any time you need.
Bye

Has a solution been discovered to the suddenly super slow buffering on Netflix, Hulu, etc?

Netflix and Hulu have been awesome until about a week ago. I can't watch movies unless I plan 30 minutes or more ahead and even then it just doesn't work at all most of the time. I've seen others experiencing this issue, but no solution as of yet. Please help.
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.netflix.com

if you use wifi then
1. maybe many other wifi networks close by use the same wifi channel that will cause interruptions and interference
2. if it's using old 2.4Ghz wifi then it's a very busy network dect landline wireless phones use it, microwave ovens emmit it bluetooth...... chaning to 5Ghz if the router supports it could mean less interference
3. for troubleshooting purpos one can try to connect it by ethernet cable to see if it fix it

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Heres another Problem I have:
When Filesystem check is run on startup its incredibly slow. It takes like 20 or more minutes, depending on which HD/Partition is checked.
I have a 320GB SATA-II HD, so I thought it might be a bit faster. I have one 80GB data partition(ext3), which takes the most time if checked. There is also an 50GB FAT Partition which I use under Windows and Arch, that also takes quite long.

Since ext3 is a journaled file system you really don't need the fs checks.
To cancel automatic fs checks, first boot with a live cd (Arch install cd should work). Then assuming the ext3 partition is /dev/sda1, you can cancel the automatic fs checks this way:
tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/sda1
Check out the man page of tune2fs for more info.
Last edited by raymano (2007-03-17 13:45:28)

Satellite L730 / L735 very slow..buffering online content, startup etc

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