Is there any hope

emerald21

Hello .Is there any hope for my E Machines 5260 pc. It was my very first pc and must be about 10 years old now. It works but is so slowwwwwww. I ve been reading on here and some have suggested backing up and restore to factory settings. Is it worth me doing that ( that's if i can ) or buying a new pc ? Thank you:)

McKneff

Buy a new PC, go on, treat yourself.

emerald21

McKneff wrote: »

Buy a new PC, go on, treat yourself.

I ve already got a laptop , netbook and an iPad so it's not that I don't treat myself was just wondering if it was worth saving .

NiftyDigits

Depends on your needs. A clean install with some more RAM would make a significant difference. It would no longer be slow.
But don't expect it to play HD video.
How much RAM is currently installed? Press and hold the Flying Windows key and whilst holding it down, press the Pause Break key.

closed

it wasn't always slow was it, the thing that makes it slow is things that have been installed or run at startup since it was bought, factory restore or posting a hijackthis log and disabling things cures that.

emerald21

Yes I would be happy to spend that of course but its knowing what to do with it lol

emerald21

closed wrote: »

it wasn't always slow was it, the thing that makes it slow is things that have been installed or run at startup since it was bought, factory restore or posting a hijackthis log and disabling things cures that.

No it was n t always slow. I don't use it much because of this but it is handy now and again. I don't know how to post hijack this log on here but is factory restore easy to do ?:o

closed

re hijackthis - see the speedup sticky, step 1, takes 2 minutes, post commit charge from task manager, performance too

Topher81

Sorry just checking what do you use the computer for because you could always install a free linux operating system onto your computer which could breathe some fresh air into your old system and extend it's life, depending on what you still wanted the system to do.

Topher81

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Two screws undone to remove the side of the tower. You'll see the Motherboard below. Where the two long black slots stand there will be two RAM modules. Remove one by pressing the white tabs at each end and slot in and press down gently to fit the new. They only fit one way, so note the little slot on the RAM module.


Two minutes to remove the side, two minutes to fit the RAM, two minutes to replace the side. Two minutes to remove the unit from the electricity before beginning and to replace it again when you've done. Two minutes leeway. A ten minute job.

As the Motherboard has a Dual Channel mode(It has four slots for RAM modules), my recommendation is to buy instead.
So you can leave the existing RAM where it is, as there are two more slots where you can place the new RAM.
If you are feeling adventurous, you can swap the old for the new and then put the old in the remaining slots.

So, you'll have a total of 1.5GB RAM. Together with a clean install or at least a clean up with closed's help, the performance will be totally unlike the sluggish performance you suffered beforehand.

I'll place a link to your machine's recovery disc in your private message inbox, in the case that you decide to copy your data elsewhere and to run a clean install of Windows XP.

which is fine and will speed up your system slightly but technology moves on as most software nowadays will no longer work on for instance windows xp so you can spend money on more memory but thats not a guarantee for better performance if you start upgrading memory next you will be advised to get a new graphics card then maybe to upgrade the operating system which all cost my advice is read up on some of the free linux operating systems which may give your pc a few more years or buy a new PC.

NiftyDigits

emerald21 wrote: »

Yes I would be happy to spend that of course but its knowing what to do with it lol

Two screws undone to remove the side of the tower. You'll see the Motherboard below. Where the two long black slots stand there will be two RAM modules. Remove one by pressing the white tabs at each end and slot in and press down gently to fit the new. They only fit one way, so note the little slot on the RAM module.



Two minutes to remove the side, two minutes to fit the RAM, two minutes to replace the side. Two minutes to remove the unit from the electricity before beginning and to replace it again when you've done. Two minutes leeway. A ten minute job.

As the Motherboard has a Dual Channel mode(It has four slots for RAM modules), my recommendation is to buy 2 x 512MB RAM modules for a total of £6.50 instead.
So you can leave the existing RAM where it is, as there are two more slots where you can place the new RAM.
If you are feeling adventurous, you can swap the old for the new and then put the old in the remaining slots.
That particular generation of PC are sensitive to the type of memory is will accept. 32M x 8-bit chips on 512MB DDR RAM modules are necessary. Not easy to find.

So, you'll have a total of 1.5GB RAM. Together with a clean install or at least a clean up with closed's help, the performance will be totally unlike the sluggish performance you suffered beforehand.

I'll place a link to your machine's recovery disc in your private message inbox, in the case that you decide to copy your data elsewhere and to run a clean install of Windows XP.