is my computer breaking down because its old?

ceecookie SG

hi all, today when i started the computer which is window xp, several problem surfaced, first when the logo of the computer (acer) appeared with the ctrl-alt-delete= boot setup and F12 for maintance setup or something called that,
the computer seems to freeze and then finally it dissapeared and a page appeared saying that my primary hard disk is missing and if i continue there might be a problem, i restarted the computer and it happened again but the hard disk was found, but a sign saying that there was an error with it abd asked me to proceed or restart, i proceeded, and again another stupid problem came out, the boot disk failed and i must put in a download or somthing disk, i was angry and restarted the computer, then, at the 3rd time, when it was loading, no problem came out and now im using it fine, whats the problem with my computer?

The computer was brought around 2000 or so and now its 4 or 5 yrs old, is the problem related to ageness? note: the motherboard is still stock and we have not even opened it.

Help guys, im afrafd that in future, 100% everytime i on the computer, errors will come out leh Sad

DevilAngel77 SG

time to change your harddisk. 4 years old, warrenty already over. its time problem arise from your harddisk..

problem was sometimes your PC is unable to detect your primary harddisk (the one with the Operating System - ur Win XP). thus all the errors..

ceecookie SG

so when sometime it cannot detect the hardisk , is there a problem with it or what, give me alot of details or so then i canc onclude which one is bo liao then i tell my dad go buy new one liao,

ditzy SG

Your laser mouse wear out liao gimme hor. Laughing

Twincat SG

you got to narrow the problem to the specific item...

Problem desc: Hard disc cannot detect during bootup at times....

possible cause listed from most to least probable...
1. Hard disc aging.
2. Cable fault.
3. mobo giving problem
4. grounding fault.

Analysizing portion...
1. listen to your computer during bootup...listen for ticking or clicking
(etc tick ka tick ka or click click click). if you can heard this most likely fault number 1. hard disc failure...change hard disc.

2. Requires to open the casing, with power off plug out the data cable (NOT the red yellow black cable) and plug backin again on the hard disc side and mobo...do few time to remove oxides buildups...power on test again...if not improve goto other steps

3. Check ur system date and time...if out by a lot or totally reset, you need a new cmos batt ...if your mobo have another plug for hard disc, plug your current hard disc to that...and update/auto detect IDE in your mobo cmos.

run a few time to observe any improvement ....

4. touch your metal casing with computer switch on... if it 'bites' means that either your power supply in computer is leaking or proper grounding is missing.
off power and shift your computer power plug to other socket if not direct to the wall socket. if problem still exist change the supply cable else change power supply...this step may or may not improve the situation...

CyanSupra SG

The same problem as me last time........
time to get a new hdd

ctstalin SG

i bought a win 98 celeron 553 mhz 64mb ram sh|tty graphics card com 6 yrs ago it’s still ok leh

[email protected] SG

wa twin cat pro xia pei fu pei fu my harddrive also spoilt le...i jus bought from sim lim. Very Happy

kohanson SG

i feel that computers can only last the most for 4 years .. after that you will be lagging man. Unless your virtual memory got around 5 – 10gb. that might be ok.