PC Hardware A Beginner’s Guide

(^620) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide The PC record can also come in handy when dealing with warranty issues. Your memory and r ...

BIOS and CMOS  CPU  Floppy drive  Hard drives  Memory  Modems  Monitor and video cards  Power supply  Sound card and s ...

is not compatible with your system and you will need to reinstall the BIOS. Check your system documentation for instructions on ...

 Check to see if the motherboard is getting power. Use the motherboard’s documentation to locate the Power LED connector and ve ...

(^624) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Unless the system has taken a strong electrical hit, this problem should only show up if ...

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting PC Hardware^625  I/O card failure This error indicates an expansion card has failed or has a parity ...

Troubleshooting the CPU If a PC’s processor fails, it can only be replaced. However, most problems that appear to be processor p ...

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting PC Hardware^627 If the processor is Pentium-class and does not have a heat sink or a cooling fan, it ...

Problems When Booting from the A: Drive Ifyouencounterproblemswithattemptingtobootfromafloppydisk,checkthefollowing:
Diskette ...

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting PC Hardware^629 disk controller. However, devices that work on the floppy drive interface and with t ...

(^630) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Troubleshooting Hard Disk Drives When a hard disk error occurs, it is usually a cause for ...

contain no or minimal device driver support. This allows the system to boot with what is called a clean boot. Here are some thin ...

 The hard drive may be defective It can and does happen. Every disk drive makes some noise and users get accustomed to it. Howe ...

to make because the SCSI is usually a higher performance disk drive. If the PC’s BIOS doesn’t allow a SCSI drive to be the boot ...

The part number of a memory module or chip is used to match up memory on a PC. If the memory’s part number ends with a dash and ...

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting PC Hardware^635 checking code (ECC) memory, or SDRAM in a PC that supports only EDO (Extended Data O ...

Troubleshooting the Video System The PC’s video system consists of the monitor and the video card. Most video system problems ar ...

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting PC Hardware^637 To troubleshoot a PC’s power supply, test each of the power connectors for their pro ...

(^638) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Figure 24-4. The Windows System Information window can be used to display information on ...

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A AC (alternating current) power, 33, 315, 319 Access point (AP), 534-535 Active backplane, 73 Active matrix LCD display ...