4 SIGNS THAT WILL TELL YOU YOUR COMPUTER IS ABOUT TO DIE

You have been partners with your good ol’ reliable computer for the past 5 to 6 years, but recently, you have noticed deterioration in your computer’s performance – and you now wonder if your computer is dying.

Alas, no piece of equipment, especially when used a lot, will ever last forever. Even humans eventually die – which makes it all the more logical that your computer, no matter how much you take of it – will eventually have to bid adieu.

So how can you tell if and when your computer is at its last run? Here are some signs.

Sluggish Performance

Your computer takes several minutes to boot up, and once the computer desktop finally loads, your computer responds sluggishly, with functions like file access slowing significantly from when you first bought your computer. While this sort of problem may be an indication that you should clear your browser cache, eliminate some programs from your computer startup process or defragment your hard drive, it could also indicate that your computer hard drive is failing.

Strange noises and error messages

If you hear strange noises, like beeping, whirling, or grinding, during startup or when computing, this may be a sign of hardware failure. Or when you see error messages as pop ups or in the device manager pointing out hardware of software failure or conflicts.

Freezing and Crashing

If your computer displays the dreaded “blue screen of death” once, you have a problem. If your computer crashes repeatedly, reboots itself unexpectedly or simply freezes up without warning, your computer may be infected with spyware, its cooling fan may be clogged with dust or your computer’s power supply may be faulty. If the RAM displayed on the boot-up screen is considerably less than your installed RAM, your computer’s memory module may be faulty. Computer freezes before the operating system begins to load may indicate problems with your computer’s motherboard.

Individual parts start malfunctioning

The touch pad on your laptop has stopped working. You suddenly notice several dead pixels on your desktop display. One or more of the USB ports on the tower of your desktop computer does not recognise any device that you plug into it. Worse, when your turn the computer on, the power indicator lights up, but your monitor screen remains black, indicating possible problems with your computer’s video card. When individual parts of your computer start to fail, it is possible that your entire system may be in imminent danger of failure as well.