Renshaw Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Identify typical faults with systems and peripherals e.g. electro mechanical, replaceable units, corrupt software, firmware Im really stuck people help will be good :) thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paratrupr Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Can you give any detail about what you're experiencing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 don't put speakers or magnets near your pc/monitor? like that :blink: ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted October 12, 2004 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) Identify typical faults with systems and peripherals "its broken". "it doesnt work". yes i know im not being v helpful but people arnt when there describing faults :p Edited October 12, 2004 by Colin-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazX_Napalm Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 doing Comptia A+? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUZLA+ Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 ? Dont stick anything into holes on the pc where there could be fans :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 firmware: One accident p*ssing about with any sort of Firmware, and your screwed :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renshaw Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 yeah its for college, if you can give me some examples or idea would help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paratrupr Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) Ok, well here's a few I have run into: -HDD not detected (Secondary IDE not enabled, disk is dead, controller is dead, pins are bent, jumpers not configured right) -External HDD (not plugged into USB/no power, USB controller busted on pc, drivers for Windows 98SE) -PC turns on, beeps but no boot (bad memory, bad system board, in RDRAM case the Continuity RIMM was not replaced on an upgrade) -PC boots up, OS starting, immediate shutdown (CPU overheated, need some thermal tape between cpu and heatsink) -Horizontal "ghost" effect for all windows and apps (bad video card/system board - turned out to be a flaw with the onboard chipset from Dell) -Power supply (quick power on/off followed by sparks and smoke = bad power supply :pinch: that was interesting to watch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxcydal Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) - Power off after 1sec (Due to damaged core of CPU, Leaking PSU,Faulty UPS) - Artifacts on screen (Damaged GPU pipelines, Damaged GPU, too high Oc'ed) - Printer won't print (Out of ink, paper feeder broke, power is switched off, bad drivers) - UPS drains power fast (too much(power needy) stuff connected to it, dead battery) - Date changes to default at every boot (empty BIOS-battery) :p Edited October 12, 2004 by Paradoxcydal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renshaw Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 thanks for that guys big help :) My pc no had to many problems so, i could not really think of any :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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