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| HP Mini 201-1109TU |
On this weekend , i got an order from Mr. Yul Alfian, which was he asked me to fixed some problems on his netbook, the HP Mini 201-1109TU . He was concerned about the sluggish performance and also the boot time is too slow.
OK, when i turned on this netbook for the first time impression, it does a very slow boot time ( almost 4+ minutes ), and the performance is very disresponsive and too much lag.
This netbook has an Intel Atom N470@1.83GHz processor (hyper-thread) , 1 GB of RAM , 250 GB on HDD and OS Windows 7 Starter. I know, the specifications is less powerfull , but hey .. This is a netbook right? Don't expect too much on it.
As usual , I always avoiding re-install the OS in every troubleshoot i did. In my opinion, that way is less smart . I believe i can boost up this netbook's performance into acceptable speed.
I take the following steps to overcome the problem on the netbook :
1 . First , I immediately uninstalled the
Norton Internet Security and
Adobe Reader. No offense, but for all this time I am personally more happy with
Avira Free Antivirus (download
here) and
Foxit Reader (download
here) as a PDF file's reader . Both of the them are much lighter, especially on low-specs computers. Doing a full virus scan with Avira right after install it is also a good idea .
2 . Perform download and install updates from
Windows Update. Also make sure that all the drivers have been installed properly and up to date. Get the HP Mini 210 drivers
here
3 . Third , turn off all the effects that have an impact on performance. Go to
Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings , on the
Advanced tab select the
Performance panel and press the
Settings button . Determine the appropriate custom settings in the image below :
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| Win 7 Performance Options |
4 . Next we have to change the
Power Plan . Go to
Control Panel > Power Options , select the
High Performance power plan .
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| Win 7 Power Plans |
5 . Go to
Control Panel > Intel ( R ) GMA Driver for Mobile > Display Settings , then press the
Power Settings . In the dialog that appears , drag the slider on the option
Disable Power Savings.
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| Intel GMA Driver |
6 . Turn On
ClearType text. Go to
Control Panel > Display > Adjust ClearType text . You can check the checkbox to Turn on the
ClearType . You will do some calibrations here :
7 . The HP Mini 210 features HP QuickWeb. So for the user does not have to wait for long boot time , set the computer to boot into the Windows OS if inactive for 5 seconds . Go to
Control Panel > HP QuickWeb Configuration Tool , do set it there .
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| HP QuickWeb |
8 . Install
HijackThis from TrendSecure (
link) . Oh how I love HijackThis . With this tool we can remove the startup entry, malware, backdoors, trojans, etc . Well, I'm not going to explain more about HijackThis , you gotta explore it yourself. :-)
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| HijackThis |
9 . Dispose of unnecessary applications running on your computer and waste services that are not necessary. I know, this steps can be a painful step, such as MsConfig, Registry Editor , blah .. blah ... But my recommendation, just go install
Baidu PC Faster (download
here). This application is very useful and well smart in diagnosing problems on your computer, while it also offering a solution or fixes. A very very recommended tool.
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| Baidu PC Faster |
10 . Last but not least, defragment the hard drive! . I use
Deffragler (
link)
And now let's see the result after reboot. It was shocking !
Boot time decreased from 4+ minutes to just 55 seconds !
And the overall performance also feels much more responsive . Although sometimes there is still a little lag especially when we do multitasking tasks.
My advice? I strongly suggest to upgrade this netbook onto 2 GB of RAM for a smooth performance.
And here the following comparison of Task Manager , before tuning and after tuning ( idle condition ) :
Hopefully this post can help you whom with same performance issues on HP Mini 210-1109TU . Basically the above tricks can also be implemented on other notebook's brands .
At least we do not have to reinstall the OS, right ? :-)
