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hero no .1
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hero no .1 asked in Computers & InternetHardwareDesktops · 5 years ago

What to do with my old desktop? It keeps crashing after every 5 mins or during heavy work.?

I live in India. So I am very limited in my options.

Option 1: Show it to a computer repair specialist:

They will take my money and tell me a diagnosis for my computer's issues. But will it be worth putting in money to repair it?

Option 2: I open it up and troubleshoot.

I have opened the cpu and am not able to diagnose it myself. I was thinking may be buying new components and replacing the old ones turn by turn may help. However this is a money intensive task.

Option 3: Sell the old desktop.

Problem with this option is that the desktop is not in working condition. So no one will purchase it or give me good money.

So, what do you suggest. In India, what all options do I have?

Update:

Compoenents in the desktop :-

Gigabyte MoBo

Intel Core2Duo processor

4 GB RAM

500 GB HDD

That's all. Also the desktop is 8 years old. About 3-4 years ago I had changed the MoBo to GigaByte as the previous one had become faulty.

Update 2:

Circumstances of crashing :-

Heavy work is a bit misleading I think. It just crashes if I open two or three tabs in Chrome or if I open multiple applications at the same time.

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  • Max
    5 years ago

    I don't live in India, but that doesn't mean I can't try to help :) What do you mean by heavy work? What is the computer doing exactly, is it under graphical stress, or is it stress from rendering/fast calculations?

    It could very well be your powersupply since it also crashes with no stress on it? Let me know what parts you have for your computer and in which situation it crashes such as when performing which tasks and I can offer my best solution to you.

  • All that glitters ain't Gold!
    5 years ago

    Have you restored it to factory settings yet? If not, you should give it a shot. I was forced to factory reset my computer like 5 days ago because I had no idea what was wrong with it now it's back to normal.

  • jerry t
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Since it looks like you biggest limitation is finances I would suggest that you learn to diagnose and fix the computer yourself.

    Hopefully you have access to another computer and can do the research. these sites are good to start with:

    http://www.wikihow.com/Diagnose-a-Computer-Problem

    http://lifehacker.com/5551188/best-computer-diagno...

    Google for how to diagnose computer problems.

    computer repair utilities

    how to replace power supply

    how to test ram

    Google for any specific problem you see.

    Good luck

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Since you obviously know nothing about computers or electronics take it to the shop.

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