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Computer dieing D:
5 years ago
I've been having issues for almost a year now they started slow but keep getting worse. From what I've been able to find it sounds like my motherboard is dieing or some sort of hardware problem.
It started out I had to reset my clock everytime I turned on the pc since it was wrong. Didn't matter if I turned it to automatic or manual the time would be wrong on boot. Later this progressed to the computer clock being wrong just constantly every hour or more the time would just change sometimes being a few hours off or even being days off the mark. This is corrected by just turning the clock to manual then back to automatic but only for a few hours at most. I tried going into the bios, changing settings and following about every single guide I could find to fix this before giving up on it being a software issue, and accepting it may be hardware.
The latest issue is windows 10 updates. They have never been kind to this computer and upgrading was a massive mistake that I don't recommend to anyone. But, lately I get stuck on the update screen for hours with it simply saying update failed, update failed, update failed, just over and over again till FINALLY it gives up and tells me it couldn't update and it will try again. Of course windows 10 updates are forced so this is something that just happens once a week now. The only way I can get an update to install is if I do a complete reinstall of windows which takes hours.
Today my computer was stuck in an update at 90% for 12 hours before I gave up on it figured it froze and forced it to shutdown. But, another issue that scares me is sometimes when I turn it on all my monitor screens are just blank and I can see my mouse and nothing else can't login can't open task manager just a blank screen with a mouse that is usually fixed by hard resetting. I'm looking into buying a new pc and honestly I really should have done so sooner but its been a bad year for me financially.
It feels weird complaining here but, I've been sitting around starting at loading screens all day... so I'm sort of getting desperate for something to do.
Edit: I forgot to mention, as this only seems to happen after failed updates but everything is currently extremely slow and borked, due to 99% CPU and memory being sporatically taken by runtime broken and system interrupts.
It started out I had to reset my clock everytime I turned on the pc since it was wrong. Didn't matter if I turned it to automatic or manual the time would be wrong on boot. Later this progressed to the computer clock being wrong just constantly every hour or more the time would just change sometimes being a few hours off or even being days off the mark. This is corrected by just turning the clock to manual then back to automatic but only for a few hours at most. I tried going into the bios, changing settings and following about every single guide I could find to fix this before giving up on it being a software issue, and accepting it may be hardware.
The latest issue is windows 10 updates. They have never been kind to this computer and upgrading was a massive mistake that I don't recommend to anyone. But, lately I get stuck on the update screen for hours with it simply saying update failed, update failed, update failed, just over and over again till FINALLY it gives up and tells me it couldn't update and it will try again. Of course windows 10 updates are forced so this is something that just happens once a week now. The only way I can get an update to install is if I do a complete reinstall of windows which takes hours.
Today my computer was stuck in an update at 90% for 12 hours before I gave up on it figured it froze and forced it to shutdown. But, another issue that scares me is sometimes when I turn it on all my monitor screens are just blank and I can see my mouse and nothing else can't login can't open task manager just a blank screen with a mouse that is usually fixed by hard resetting. I'm looking into buying a new pc and honestly I really should have done so sooner but its been a bad year for me financially.
It feels weird complaining here but, I've been sitting around starting at loading screens all day... so I'm sort of getting desperate for something to do.
Edit: I forgot to mention, as this only seems to happen after failed updates but everything is currently extremely slow and borked, due to 99% CPU and memory being sporatically taken by runtime broken and system interrupts.
The most common type used in motherboards is a "coin cell" about the size of a quarter, and most grocery or department stores carry them.
Check your board to be sure first, but you should be after a battery marked 2032 or CR2032.
Still, a battery should be less than $10, and is an easy thing to try before removing or replacing the whole motherboard/machine.
Or heck, maybe Windows itself messed up. That happened to me recently so I just started over with a fresh install.
One more thing to try would be checking your hard drive's health.
I advise Hard Disk Sentinel for that if you're able to download it; It's available as a free trial.
It sounds as if it could also be a BIOS issue. You may want to look up the latest version for your motherboard and flash it. Do make sure to research the process, as doing it incorrectly has the potential to brick the computer -- but it's not dangerous when done correctly, and it's not all that complicated.
The only hardware component with this kind of influence is the motherboard. Unfortunately, if you have an older computer, you may have difficulty finding a replacement motherboard which is compatible with your current CPU and RAM.
Could also try a boot to safe mode to see if the shenanigans continue.
Did issues immediately arise on fresh W10 installs?