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[SOLVED] System very slow

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Hello,
This is a system belonging to my relatives and is extremely slow. Booting takes 15 minutes, even all the other operations like typing are slow. The characters appear on the screen after a delay of a few seconds. The cpu is core 2 duo, I tested the same live usb on a system with dual core intel cpu. That system was 10 times faster than this core 2 duo system.memtest runs all right. What else could I test and tune for it to get a better performance?

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: uma-HP Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 4510s v: F.03 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3072 v: KBC Version 24.0B serial: N/A
           BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68PZI Ver. F.03 date: 04/03/2009
Battery    BAT0: charge: 2.9 Wh 5.6% condition: 52.0/63.4 Wh (82%)
           model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Charging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T6570 (-MCP-) 
           arch: Penryn rev.10 cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8378
           clock speeds: max: 2101 MHz 1: 1196 MHz 2: 1196 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@59.97hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express
           version: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-36-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
           driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wls1 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Marvell 88E8072 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 2000 bus-ID: 85:00.0
           IF: ens5 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (4.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BEVT size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 282G used: 15G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0C mobo: 16.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 179 Uptime: 49 min Memory: 652.6/3845.7MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56 
uma@uma-HP:~$ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           3845         631        2313          60         901        2932
Swap:          2047           0        2047
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Re: System very slow

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deepakdeshp wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:04 am

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BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68PZI Ver. F.03 date: 04/03/2009
That will likely be the problem. It's old, and LM 19 + old don't go together too well.
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Re: System very slow

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What tells command top ?
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Re: System very slow

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catweazel wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:16 am
deepakdeshp wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:04 am

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BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68PZI Ver. F.03 date: 04/03/2009
That will likely be the problem. It's old, and LM 19 + old don't go together too well.
It's not a dual boot system. I think Mint can't update the BIOS..
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Re: System very slow

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On HP's website, there is an update to the BIOS that is FreeDOS bootable:

ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS (68PZI) – FreeDOS Bootable Media, version F.18 Jan 11, 2011
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Re: System very slow

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catweazel wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:16 am
deepakdeshp wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:04 am

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BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68PZI Ver. F.03 date: 04/03/2009
That will likely be the problem. It's old, and LM 19 + old don't go together too well.
Thats a good suggestion , the solution has been very unlikely yet it works
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Re: [SOLVED] System very slow

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The laptop power adapter was changed and the problem disappeared !
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Re: System very slow

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JerryF wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:47 pm On HP's website, there is an update to the BIOS that is FreeDOS bootable:

ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS (68PZI) – FreeDOS Bootable Media, version F.18 Jan 11, 2011
Thanks for the suggestion. As the original problem is solved , I dont want to experiment something which may brick the machine.
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Re: System very slow

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administrollaattori wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:43 am What tells command top ?
Its a newly installed system.

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top - 21:43:33 up 28 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.76, 0.89, 0.80
Tasks: 196 total,   2 running, 148 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  7.8 us,  3.3 sy,  0.0 ni, 88.0 id,  0.8 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
KiB Mem :  3937832 total,   947336 free,  1059808 used,  1930688 buff/cache
KiB Swap:  2097148 total,  2097148 free,        0 used.  2518300 avail Mem 

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND     
 4003 uma       20   0 1806116 152352  97396 S   6.6  3.9   1:14.08 chromium-b+ 
 1425 uma       20   0 3006908 171668  62176 S   4.0  4.4   1:01.56 cinnamon    
 1909 uma       20   0 1223744 132824  54000 R   4.0  3.4   0:50.93 chromium-b+ 
 1866 uma       20   0 2053424 195420 116756 S   3.0  5.0   1:00.92 chromium-b+ 
  914 root      20   0  397376  67320  34376 S   2.0  1.7   0:39.77 Xorg        
  780 root      20   0  269696   5988   5240 S   1.0  0.2   0:11.55 iio-sensor+ 
 4243 uma       20   0   44076   4032   3404 R   0.7  0.1   0:00.05 top         
 1444 uma       20   0 1081556  53164  33948 S   0.3  1.4   0:01.62 nemo-deskt+ 
 3248 uma       20   0 1587640 151744  87860 S   0.3  3.9   0:33.98 chromium-b+ 
 4056 uma       20   0  685396  47236  34372 S   0.3  1.2   0:00.20 skypeforli+ 
 4180 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   0.3  0.0   0:00.30 kworker/u8+ 
    1 root      20   0  159856   9224   6820 S   0.0  0.2   0:03.12 systemd     
    2 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kthreadd    
    3 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0  0.0   0:00.00 rcu_gp      
    4 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0  0.0   0:00.00 rcu_par_gp  
    6 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kworker/0:+ 
    8 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0  0.0   0:00.00 mm_percpu_+
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