Very poor performance with abrupt reduction in speed.
Very poor performance with abrupt reduction in speed.
Hey there. I’m generally good at solving my own problems, but this one’s really puzzling me. My girlfriend uses an Acer gaming laptop with a 12th gen i7 and RX 4060, and it’s past warranty. When I power it on, everything seems broken—icons don’t load, apps load slowly, the mouse moves slowly, and even searching takes ages after clicking. It’s an Acer Nitro V. Is it completely dead? After installing Battlefield 6 recently, the issues started and have gotten worse. Any advice would be super helpful.
This seems to be an operating system issue, possibly requiring a fresh installation. While I’m unsure exactly what’s causing it, I suspect the Battlefield 6 antivirus might be interfering. It shouldn’t run unless BF6 is active, which makes the OS problem more likely. Edit: Before starting a clean OS setup, consider removing all BF6 and antivirus files. You might need third-party tools to fully clear them out, as seen with games like Valorant.
The amount of space remaining on the disk after installing BF6 depends on your specific setup and usage, but typically it will be around 10-20% of the original partition size.
The operating system could be compromised, possibly due to a nuclear incident, requiring a clean install before diagnosing hardware issues. From your description, a general Windows corruption seems most likely. My boot USB would likely fail very quickly under such conditions.
Sure, I'll set up a new operating system and keep you updated.