Are my pc problems fixable?

[UnstableAdrian]

Skype - UnstablAdrian

 

    So my pc is doing some weird stuff. It has always done this. When ever i turn on my pc it will take a good 2-5 minutes to start up. once it does, it will have a black screen for 30 seconds or so. then it finally shows the desktop. 

I think okay well i have good hardware why does it do this as i click an application it freezes then sits there until it abruptly shuts off with no warning. And I mind you that i have a 750 watt PSU.

 

 PS.     If you Skype me I can show you exactly whats wrong.

[Johannes_Lazor]

We need to know what OS you are using, What specs you have and if you are overclocking.

[Cyrus49]

Sounds like a really old hdd. Is it an ide one?

[dom1310df]

@UnstableAdrian can you post your PC specs? (e.g. amount of ram, cpu, motherboard, hard drive, OS)

Don't forget to follow the topic to make sure you don't miss replies 

[UnstableAdrian]

@UnstableAdrian can you post your PC specs? (e.g. amount of ram, cpu, motherboard, hard drive, OS)

Don't forget to follow the topic to make sure you don't miss replies 

Mother Board: Gigabyte b85m-d3h (micro atx)

CPU: intel core i7 4770

GPU: Galaxy GT 640

PSU: Antec Edge 750 watt

HDD: Unknown

RAM: 8gb vengance ram and a 4gb ram card my pc came with

OS: Windows 7 ultimate (pirated only so i can upgrade to windows 10 hoping i wouldn't have these problems)

[UnstableAdrian]

Sounds like a really old hdd. Is it an ide one?

I have no idea how to tell.. 

[UnstableAdrian]

We need to know what OS you are using, What specs you have and if you are overclocking.

i put my specs in a quote

[Cyrus49]

I have no idea how to tell..

when did you build your computer?

[Benjals]

Mother Board: Gigabyte b85m-d3h (micro atx)

CPU: intel core i7 4770

GPU: Galaxy GT 640

PSU: Antec Edge 750 watt

HDD: Unknown

RAM: 8gb vengance ram and a 4gb ram card my pc came with

OS: Windows 7 ultimate (pirated only so i can upgrade to windows 10 hoping i wouldn't have these problems)

Are you able to remove the 4 gb of ram and see if the problems still occur?

[UnstableAdrian]

when did you build your computer?

10/24/13

[UnstableAdrian]

Are you able to remove the 4 gb of ram and see if the problems still occur?

i sure can. i'll let you know what happens sir.

[Cyrus49]

10/24/13

would you be able to do a reload on your computer and see if that fixes the problems?

[UnstableAdrian]

would you be able to do a reload on your computer and see if that fixes the problems?

it started up a bit better this time

edit- it just froze, now its going to shut off

[Cyrus49]

it started up a bit better this time

i mean a factory reload, where you delete everything and reinstall windows.

[UnstableAdrian]

i mean a factory reload, where you delete everything and reinstall windows.

Ive only had windows on it for less than a 5 days as a fresh install. and its done that before.

[Cyrus49]

Ive only had windows on it for less than a 5 days as a fresh install. and its done that before.

then you might want to invest in an ssd.

[UnstableAdrian]

then you might want to invest in an ssd.

Ive heard linus say stuff about installing windows on the ssd what does it really do though?

[Cyrus49]

Ive heard linus say stuff about installing windows on the ssd what does it really do though?

make everything MUCH, MUCH faster.

[Benjals]

it started up a bit better this time

edit- it just froze, now its going to shut off

It seems like that isn't really the problem.

Is the hardware in the computer old? Mainly the hard drive, I suspect this is the issue if it's an aged hard drive.

Also, have you installed all the correct drivers for you motherboard yet? Something people may tend to skip over after fresh installs.

[UnstableAdrian]

All drivers are installed

my hard drive is barely used honestly

[Johannes_Lazor]

Rollback the GPU drivers.

Dont pirate your OS, If the OS has All your data in its hands, A smallmidufication to it and the data can be transfered to a server.

You wont get win10 for free. You have to be in their database for that.

Get win10 technical preview instead, It will be free.