Help me speed up Dell Inspiron 1300

Deerhunter0210 · 2013-02-14 05:50:57

Hi guys, I'm needing help with my laptop, its not really slow but i have one issue, i really only use Chromium and i like YouTube and downloading movies, but all videos played on my laptop seem to lag.
It has 2GB of RAM and 30GB HD
Heres my spec:

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 13
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
stepping	: 8
microcode	: 0x20
cpu MHz		: 1733.000
cache size	: 2048 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 2
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx bts est tm2
bogomips	: 1001.22
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]
	Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at dfec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at dff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
	Memory at dfebc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
	Memory behind bridge: 80000000-801fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080200000-00000000803fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: dfc00000-dfdfffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000d01fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at bf60 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
	Memory behind bridge: dfb00000-dfbfffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 01c9
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	Memory at dfbfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: b44

02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
	Memory at dfbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

Hope someone can help me out..

Thanks

Last edited by Deerhunter0210 (2013-02-14 05:54:46)

moetunes · 2013-02-14 06:18:04

I find most .mp4 and .mkv vids use a hell of alot of resources, is that what you're watching? If so there's not alot you can do about it afaik. I reencode them to xvid/mp3 and they use 1/10th the resources.

moetunes · 2013-02-14 06:45:04

I've made an interactive bash script to do a two pass encoding of a vid file to xvid/mp3. Change to the directory the vid is in and run it. You'll have to grab the shell-colors script from my github bin repo too and save it as ~/.shell-colors or edit the dubb-ffmeg to point to where you saved it.

dubb-ffmpeg

HTH

snowpine · 2013-02-14 16:08:37

Full-screen video is known to be choppy with Intel 915GM. (Google "Intel 915GM choppy video linux" if you don't believe me.)

Here is a chart comparing performance of 915GM to typical hardware:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.p … ss&id=2310

I recommend to upgrade your hardware if this is to be your primary multimedia/video/movie computer. In the meantime, moetunes has an excellent suggestion to convert the videos to a less demanding format.

Last edited by snowpine (2013-02-14 16:21:52)

VDP76 · 2013-02-14 16:44:46

for youtube videos you can try using html5 instead of flash, it should spare some resources...subscribe here....

Deerhunter0210 · 2013-02-14 18:06:41

Its mainly youtube videos im watching, i oped in to html5 and it did'nt seem to make a difference. The strange thing is my CPU is maxing out when watching but my RAM is only hitting at most 300mb out of the 2gb of RAM. I do have 1.18gb in swap but its never been used, its been at 0% since the start.

tatlisub · 2013-02-14 18:26:23

interesting i am using old dell gx260- p4 2,00,512ddrram, 40gb hdd, geforcefx5200 its working like a charm.

Last edited by tatlisub (2013-02-14 18:27:07)

Deerhunter0210 · 2013-02-14 18:56:23

lol, so what did you do that im missing. lol

snowpine · 2013-02-14 20:05:49

^ tatlisub has a much better video card; that is the difference.

As I mentioned in your other thread, RAM usage is irrelevant in this case; the bottleneck is your lack of video card, which is maxing out your CPU. Adding more RAM will not solve this problem.

Here are the minimum hardware specs for Adobe Flash Player: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplay … specs.html

If you upgrade to a system that exceeds these minimums, then you will have much smoother Adobe Flash playback.

moetunes · 2013-02-14 20:44:41

I never watch youtube vids in the browser. I use movgrab to download them and watch them locally, which might be solution to your lacking hardware problem.

Deerhunter0210 · 2013-02-15 01:59:46

Ok, is there any way to lower resolution or graphics driver updates or anything like that, that could help this situation...

schwim · 2013-02-15 02:16:37

I have an even cheaper version of the laptop you have and can tell you that flash performance is world's better in XP than in linux. If all you do is watch videos and browse the web, then grab a serial off of one of the computers laying around and install XP. Your stated needs don't really require linux.

You don't need to ask for a fix to your video card repetitively. It's been stated in the thread more than once that it's the device and not the driver. It's the world's cheapest and worst video device made for it's time. There is no magic update that removes the craptacular from it and pulls performance from thin air, installing it in the hidden "extra fancy driver" pocket that the intel card sports.

I have long ago come to accept that when you buy a discount computer, you get a discount computer. Embrace all that it entails.

CrunchBang Linux

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