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<blockquote data-quote="Aercor" data-source="post: 244181" data-attributes="member: 7567">Hello Community,Today I've come to seek help with an older laptop of mine. Earlier this week I stumbled upon my old laptop and thought maybe I could make some use out of it. However, it's only proven me wrong so far. The CPU when first started is on average of about 3% with little memory usage, but after a few minutes of even just browsing the internet, it's at a constant 50%+. I've tried closing everything and letting it sit, also restarting the laptop hoping it was just acting up that once. Well, I found out, it's not the case. After a few minutes without running a thing, the CPU still rockets up. I've tried Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Premium, and Linux - Ubuntu 13.0.4 and I'm currently trying Xbuntu 12.0.4.Here's the specifications I can remember (Dell Studio 1555):- Intel Centrino Dual Core @ 2.10 GHz- 4 GBs RAM- 500 GB hard drive- AMD graphics card (I'll specify later when I can look)Lastly, it seems to be getting very hot. I've had experience working with laptops so I opened it up to make sure it was clean inside do to it sitting around for ages. However, I am by no means an expert with them, you probably know more about them than I. Inside seems rather clean. It gets hot enough to the point it'd start melting my plastic table. I moved it onto a glass table, on a cooling rack.Overall, maybe I'm expecting to much of this laptop? I'm not sure, which is why I seek your support.Thanks in advance,- Frec</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aercor, post: 244181, member: 7567"] Hello Community, Today I've come to seek help with an older laptop of mine. Earlier this week I stumbled upon my old laptop and thought maybe I could make some use out of it. However, it's only proven me wrong so far. The CPU when first started is on average of about 3% with little memory usage, but after a few minutes of even just browsing the internet, it's at a constant 50%+. I've tried closing everything and letting it sit, also restarting the laptop hoping it was just acting up that once. Well, I found out, it's not the case. After a few minutes without running a thing, the CPU still rockets up. I've tried Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Premium, and Linux - Ubuntu 13.0.4 and I'm currently trying Xbuntu 12.0.4. Here's the specifications I can remember (Dell Studio 1555): - Intel Centrino Dual Core @ 2.10 GHz - 4 GBs RAM - 500 GB hard drive - AMD graphics card (I'll specify later when I can look) Lastly, it seems to be getting very hot. I've had experience working with laptops so I opened it up to make sure it was clean inside do to it sitting around for ages. However, I am by no means an expert with them, you probably know more about them than I. Inside seems rather clean. It gets hot enough to the point it'd start melting my plastic table. I moved it onto a glass table, on a cooling rack. Overall, maybe I'm expecting to much of this laptop? I'm not sure, which is why I seek your support. Thanks in advance, - Frec [/QUOTE]

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