Messer Chapter 4.1 - troubleshooting common hardware problems

What are the three things you should check for unexpected shutdowns?
- 1. Check all the fans and heat sinks (Heat related issue)
- 2. Check device manager for failing hardware
- 3. Check event viewer for any details and eliminate whats working
What are the 3 things you can do when you have a lockup?
- 1. Check for activity lights, updated drivers and software
- 2. Revert to a restore point
- 3. Try hardware diagnostics
What 3 things can lead to a blank screen on boot?
- 1. Boot order
- 2. Bad video card
- 3. Bios config
What can you do when your computer keeps rebooting itself?

Boot up in safe mode or use OS recovery options
What 3 things can you check when you have no power?
- 1. Check AC outlet
- 2. If fans are only spinning, check power supply output
- 3. Run hardware diagnostics
What 3 things can you check for overheating?
- 1. Cooling fans
- 2. heat sinks
- 3. Verify temperatures with monitoring software
What 4 things can you check for noise?
- 1. Loose components rattling
- 2. HDD scraping and rattling noise
- 3. fans being blocked
- 4. blown capacitor
What can you do for intermittent device failure?

Bad hardware or needs reseat
What has indicator lights?

Network devices and power
What is the spinning ball of death?

The mac os x spinning wait cursor
What 3 things cause the spinning ball of death?
- 1. Bad hardware
- 2. App bug
- 3. Slow paging to disk

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Messer Chapter 4.1 - troubleshooting common hardware problems

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Troubleshooting

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2017-05-06T18:04:20Z