Everything was working fine until last week. I turned it on to copy some files, Windows gave a garbled blue screen and after hitting the reset button it wouldn't even get to the BIOS POST. Turned it off, waited some time, then tried again and it booted, but some minutes later the same thing happened.
I'm guessing one or more of the components could be failing, but I wouldn't know where to start.
- processor - they're supposed to last 10 years in average, this one will turn 13 next month; temperature never goes above 50°C so it's not overheating
- RAM - three sticks the same age as the processor; haven't been able to run a memtest to find defects
- power supply - its wattage far exceeds the computer's maximum load, but it's 7 years old and had to be repaired 2 years ago
- video card - replaced it with a new one 7 years ago, haven't done any 3D gaming or heavy graphics work for years, I even underclocked it by around 50% to reduce power consumption and make it last longer
- hard disks - managed to run a quick SMART tests on both and they came out OK, but who knows?
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