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Basic Computer Troubleshooting

by admin @ 12:03 am. Filed under Computer Troubleshooting

Computer is a very important tool nowadays. We can do so many things with this powerful machine. From simple Word Processing to Digital Imaging, listening favorite music, watching movies, chatting with your friends and relatives on the Internet, doing business online and so many more. So it is important that we should know how to take care of it by learning some simple Computer Maintenance steps to prolong it’s life and prevent it from crashing. It is also important to learn some Basic Computer Troubleshooting technique so we can easily Fix minor Computer Problems that may occur while Computing.

So if you feel that your Computer System is getting Slow or you started to experience Computer Crashes, Computer Hangs, Computer Freezez or your Computer won’t start, just take a little time to browse some of my Tutorials here, the answers for those Computer Problems might just be here.

Here are my simple and step by step tutorial on how to troubleshoot a Computer. This is the normal procedure used by Computer technicians in Diagnosing a Problematic Pc. With this procedure, you will be able to trace what part of your PC is causing the problem, they call it Computer Diagnostics.

How to Troubleshoot a Dead PC or Computer

Although the PC that I used here is an old Pentium 3 Computer, this Computer Troubleshooting tutorial is also applicable to any Pentium 4 Computers or any Desktop Computers.

Here are the steps to be made.

Check if the power switch is turned on.
Try to plug a lamp into the wall socket to make sure power is available
Check if the power cord properly connected to the wall outlet and the computer power socket.
Check if the cord looks OK and undamaged? If it looks damaged, replace it.
Open the system unit and push down on all the chips, Video Card, Sound Card, Modem or LAN cards, Memory and the CPU to make sure they are seated properly.

Ground Yourself for Static Electric Charges

But before going through with this process, you should turn your Computer off and disconnect the power cord. It is also important to ground yourself by touching the frame of the case before going through the troubleshooting process. All of your PC’s components are sensitive to static electric charges.

Check the power connector from the power supply to the motherboard…
Pull out and reinsert all the cards; try placing them in different slots.

Take out all non-essential parts so that only the basic part such as the motherboard, power supply, display card, controller and drive are left. You can pull-out the cards by removing the screw as shown in the screen shot below.

Replace each part one at a time, until the problem reoccurs.
When you replace a part and the computer stops working, You know that part is the reason for the problem, It can then be replaced.
If the computer still doesn’t operate.
Remove all the remaining cards including the display card and floppy controller.
Turn on the power and check if the power supply is running. If it runs, one of the cards you just removed is bad.

Bringing your Computer to a Computer Repair Service Shops is very costly nowadays. They will charge you unreasonable cost even for very minor Computer Problems. Have you watched the Computer Repair Fraud Video in You Tube?. A lot of Computer Service Shops are employing that kind of malpractice not only in the US but all over the world.

There is only one solution to stop this Computer Repair Fraud, Learn the Basic Computer Repair and Troubleshooting Technique and FIX your own PC. That’s it.