2010-06-14, 10:53 PM
So, I checked Gateway's driver support page for my computer, tried updating the motherboard drivers, broadcom's drivers, and read some more, no luck, the motherboard driver install stopped at 15% for well over an hour with no progress, and the broadcom driver change did nothing noticeable except after restart made my computer even less responsive
I ended up doing a system restore to about a week ago, so essentially undid anything i did do.
The problems I've encountered prior to trying to "fix" this stuff: USB ports all stopped working several months back, computer overheats if not overly ventilated (its a laptop that approaches overheat temps if left running sitting flat on a hard surface, i've take apart and vaccuumed it out several times to try and fix, no dice), computer is slow to react anytime a program is opened/reopened and hesitates sometimes for several seconds when doing normal things like switching tabs in FF, numerous other irrritants...
I'm usually able to fix these types of things on my own but as I plan to retire this 5yr old laptop once i go shopping for a new one (other priorities at the moment) but I'd still like it to be usable as a maple mule/ general use computer.
I ended up doing a system restore to about a week ago, so essentially undid anything i did do.
The problems I've encountered prior to trying to "fix" this stuff: USB ports all stopped working several months back, computer overheats if not overly ventilated (its a laptop that approaches overheat temps if left running sitting flat on a hard surface, i've take apart and vaccuumed it out several times to try and fix, no dice), computer is slow to react anytime a program is opened/reopened and hesitates sometimes for several seconds when doing normal things like switching tabs in FF, numerous other irrritants...
I'm usually able to fix these types of things on my own but as I plan to retire this 5yr old laptop once i go shopping for a new one (other priorities at the moment) but I'd still like it to be usable as a maple mule/ general use computer.