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#1 2015-03-16 17:08:09
- Darkhunter
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Laptop went bad(freezing, lagging) after a year of use.
Hello, I am using for about a year ArchLinux on ASUS Zenbook UX32LN.
At the beginning everything was fine. Battery was fine for about 8 hours of use.
Now after year and thousands of updates I have man issues with Arch:
Battery works for about 3-4 hours. Battery ewar level is 12%, so it should work for 7 hours.
Firefox is freezing a lot.
Whole system is freezing a lot.
Firefox is lagging on some websites.
And many more issues (I will add them there after they happen or I will remember them.)
Thanks for help!
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#2 2015-03-16 17:15:27
- Alad
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Re: Laptop went bad(freezing, lagging) after a year of use.
Hard to tell with only vague indicators.
- Check if your CPU isn't downthrottling due to excessive heat (lscpu), and if so, remove dust and reapply thermal grease.
- Run a memtest86, check memory, swap and CPU use (with top or htop).
- See if you've done a recent kernel upgrade.
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#3 2015-03-16 17:52:04
- karol
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Re: Laptop went bad(freezing, lagging) after a year of use.
Anything interesting in the logs, systemd's journal, in the terminal when you start e.g. firefox from the terminal?
What websites are causing problems? Have you tried using a new firefox probile, disabling all add-ons etc.
What have you tried so far wrt finding out what's wrong?
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#4 2015-03-16 19:43:53
- jasonwryan
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Re: Laptop went bad(freezing, lagging) after a year of use.
As karol says, without diagnostics, this is impossible to progress. Please see How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Moving to NC...
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#5 2015-03-17 07:36:48
- frank604
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Re: Laptop went bad(freezing, lagging) after a year of use.
Hello, I am using for about a year ArchLinux on ASUS Zenbook UX32LN.
At the beginning everything was fine. Battery was fine for about 8 hours of use.
Now after year and thousands of updates I have man issues with Arch:
Battery works for about 3-4 hours. Battery ewar level is 12%, so it should work for 7 hours.
Firefox is freezing a lot.
Whole system is freezing a lot.
Firefox is lagging on some websites.
And many more issues (I will add them there after they happen or I will remember them.)
Thanks for help!
A few things to try while you get more info on the situation:
- Delete firefox profile/disable extensions & addons/ try chromium
- Check htop for runaway process when system freezes
- Check cpu governor and frequencies (c0 - c7 states)
- Try testing with the LTS kernel, it is currently on 3.14
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