My boss just moved from a suburban apartment to a house in the country, and noticed that his computer is running much slower. He asked me if I thought his house's old wiring might be the culprit (he drove the computer up himself, so he knows it didn't get damaged en route), and while I thought it sounded reasonable I wanted to get some more folks' input. Thoughts?
2007-06-18 04:00:48 · 8 answers · asked by travis_926 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
(Sorry everyone, I meant electric wiring.)
2007-06-18 04:16:35 · update #1
If the wiring is at a lower current rating, yes it can. It can cause "dirty electricity", which is plagued by Radio Interference, or the wiring is not shielded well. If the wiring is only two conductors, it can effect it. He should invest in an Uninterruptable Power Supply, which will clean up the power, and keep it at a steady voltage.
Also if the wiring is a two conductor system, it may pay him to upgrade the wiring, to a three conductor
2007-06-18 04:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually when people talk about their computer running slow, they are referring to the Internet. Ancient wiring is bad for DSL, and I think I read somewhere that electrical wiring can cause problems with DSL if those wires are too close to the phone wires. It might be worth a call to the phone company. Oh yeah, I forgot about wireless Internet . . . that is subject to interference from a variety of sources. I suppose your boss should know about that though if he has wireless Internet. Have a nice day!
2007-06-18 04:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What kind of wiring?
Power wiring? No.
Network wiring? Possibly if there is something with them.
Phone lines (for dialup/dsl)? Yup older lines were pretty bad
2007-06-18 04:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer is "NO". A pc requires certain volts to run...if it's operational, it's getting the volts. To clarify what I mean.... "can a light globe run slower due to old wiring?"
2007-06-18 04:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
determine you have the latest drivers, you sparkling out your computing gadget of any extra courses, especially ones that motor vehicle initiate and sparkling out your browser's cache archives and quickly information superhighway storage folders. Defrag your harddisk and determine you have adequate ram besides as problematic rigidity area.
2016-10-17 21:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by kelcey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean by wiring? Electrical wiring or network cabling?
2007-06-18 04:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by bannie_boy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It might be the internet wiring, or dialup internet. Other than that, it should run like it has been
2007-06-18 04:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i really dont think so. maybe if he has wireless, he has a weak signal. if that is not the case he should call the geek squad at best buy and they could give you some advise.
2007-06-18 04:05:45 · answer #8 · answered by dywillacker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋