[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Mohit Pandey

Just two days ago, my computer failed to start. After trying for some time, it finally started. If my proc. is not working properly, then how it is working right now while I am writing.
I wonder how can it be so. It should not work at all.
Why it is failing to start some time?

I had the same thing happen about 3 years ago and it went on for months...slowly getting worse. One day it did not start at all and when I took it apart for diagnostics, I found the motherboard to be bad. Depending on your mother board, you should have an on-board system of diagnostics such as POST beep codes and LED lights. It might be worth checking into that.

[alexander]

ooh, ooh, open up your system and check the capacitors on your mobo (look like little barrles on your mobo)
Make sure none of them are popped (i.e. bulging out).... sometimes a good way to see if your mobo is dying.... and it can cause those kinds of random issues.... oh and another thing, if it failed to start cold, then chances are it's not the proc, if it shut down and then didnt want to start, then it could be the thermal sensor....

[Mohit Pandey]

Freeztar--I had the same thing happen about 3 years ago and it went on for months...slowly getting worse. One day it did not start at all and when I took it apart for diagnostics, I found the motherboard to be bad. Depending on your mother board, you should have an on-board system of diagnostics such as POST beep codes and LED lights. It might be worth checking into that.

What did you do with your motherboard? Do you suggest buying a new one?

Now ,speed of my computer is increasingly becoming slow. It is becoming the home of problems. Does defragmentation help in it? I have some video files loaded on it but I have enough space on my harddisk. Do I need to delete it?

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Mohit Pandey

What did you do with your motherboard? Do you suggest buying a new one?

I tossed mine. A motherboard is a big expense, so I'd make sure that's your problem first before buying a new one.

Now ,speed of my computer is increasingly becoming slow. It is becoming the home of problems. Does defragmentation help in it? I have some video files loaded on it but I have enough space on my harddisk. Do I need to delete it?

It doesn't seem like your harddrive is the problem. But in general, it is good to defragment every few months at least and you should maintain at least 10% of your disk space free (15% is better). So if you have a 80GB drive, you should leave about 8-12GB free.

[GAHD]

you might also just not have enough cooling in your system. I hope your Central Processing UNIT has it's own personal fan, and also that you aren't just relying on your power supply's fan to move all the hot air in your cabinet/box/chassis out. I highly recommend adding a few extras to the back of the chassis blowing out if it doesn't already have them.

Unfortunately I predict bad things for your computer, as once those type of cascading failures start and aren't fixed right away you have likely started to damage the system. It still works (a bit) because "all" transistor logic circuits work with a 1/5 (20%, or +/-10%) error tolerance built into them, but excessive heat fatigue can start pushing the components to start behaving at the extremes of those tolerances, when they exceed them you start getting a bunch of small errors that slow you down (must reload file checksum invalid) or just straight freeze you out(fatal error).

I suggest you start saving for a new PC (or at least a new mobo-/proc/ram & video if on board isn't good enough for you), cause fixing this one might just amount to the same thing. Add some cheap $5 "muffin" fans to the back of the box to keep it alive while you save and prepare it to keep the next beast from suffering the same problems.

[Mohit Pandey]

My computer now starts after pressing the on button at least 3 times. Is it safe to continue using it as I believe GAHD is correct or it would aggravate the problem?

P.S- Who is the owner of this wonderful Hypography website?

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Mohit Pandey

My computer now starts after pressing the on button at least 3 times. Is it safe to continue using it as I believe GAHD is correct or it would aggravate the problem?

If heat is indeed the issue, then yes, the problem will be aggravated.

P.S- Who is the owner of this wonderful Hypography website?

That would be Tormod.

[GAHD]

I'd bet the computer will stop working completely at some point, keep important data backups (as should be standard practice). Again, look into new innards and keeping those innards nice&cool.

Best of luck my distant friend, I'm in the same boat as you. Hopefully I an get a new machine soon enough

[Mohit Pandey]

Originally Posted by GAHD

I'd bet the computer will stop working completely at some point, keep important data backups (as should be standard practice). Again, look into new innards and keeping those innards nice&cool.

Best of luck my distant friend, I'm in the same boat as you. Hopefully I an get a new machine soon enough

I have kept important files in another drive in the same harddisk. Would it be safe ?
Moreover, were you busy when I was trying to chat with you some days ago?

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Mohit Pandey

I have kept important files in another drive in the same harddisk. Would it be safe ?

No. Backups need to be on another physical drive, not merely a different partition.