I purchased a new Studio XPS 8100, Intel core i7-860 processor, 6GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz-2X2G B/2x1 GBa about 5 years years ago.
In the past couple of months, I have noticed increasing symptoms of something.
- Pages hanging - "Not Responding"
- Slow startup
- At startup, the screen is black, but a dashed line starts from the left side of the screen, and proceeds to the right side, and if you don't press random keys during that progression, the computer must be hard reset, so that you can try again. The key is pressing some random keys
- HD is quiet now, but usually chatters often
Are these signs of the need for a new computer, a new video card, more RAM, new drivers. I would appreciate an honest assessment of the problems. Is 5 years old that old these days?