Why does an old computer slow down?

Question

ubuntu

I have an old computer from 2007. Previously, he worked well and coped with his tasks. Now it has started to hang and work badly. I don't understand why this is happening? The operating system has changed many times. It has the same XP.
And even lubuntu freezes. I do not understand. Is this some kind of planned obsolescence? What would I go and buy myself a new computer?

Answer 1

My old man, 2006 release, died a year ago. First, the hard drive began to die - i / o became very slow, so any program that works with the disk almost hung the system. Then the disk finally died (the zero track was demagnetized, and SMART considered it generally dead in every sense). I changed it to a new terabyte - the first month everything was fine, but then the processor began to die - any mediocre program loaded its 2 old nucleoli by 100%, the bare axis by 30-40% (I am silent about the launch of chrome), and at one fine moment the PC stopped altogether turn on (deaf at startup).
In general, look for a problem in these two components, it is unlikely that the mother or the RAM is dying, since they usually break immediately, without preludes.

Answer 2

To get back the performance do 2 things:
1. Replace the thermal paste on the processor, lubricate or replace the fans.
2. Replace the hard drive with a new one.
The recipe has been tested on 200 old Celeron 1.8 GHz PCs - XP with antivirus starts to move acceptable for office tasks.
* if there are swollen capacitors on the motherboard, they must be replaced (carry the motherboard for repair).

Answer 3

What? How? Where? When it freezes.
More details, please.
And check temperatures, electrolytes, power supply, presence of dust, mice, cockroaches in the case, etc.

Answer 4

There is no planned obsolescence, just any hardware has a limited resource, this is not space technology, but for home use. Careful care can stretch this resource for a very long time (this is constant cleaning of the case, blowing off dust, replacing thermal paste on coolers from time to time). + some components can live even less than the whole system, usually hard drives, which can start to crumble very soon. In general, you have nothing to complain about, 8 years of life is more than good for a computer. Today, it is rare for any iron to live for more than 5 years and become obsolete, at least morally)

Answer 5

I also hung a lot, an old computer. You can clean it yourself, everything is clearly explained here -
computerologia.ru/neskolko-sposobov-kak-zastavit-k... You
can do disk defragmentation, it describes how. Remove unnecessary files, disable unnecessary services, etc., nothing complicated really. Should work better after that, helped me. Good luck!

Answer 6

programs are eating more and more operatives, so it's not surprising that the computer is dying

Answer 7

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