A few tips on solving general hardware problems.
By redbull_zico
@redbull_zico (120)
India
January 2, 2007 6:29am CST
here are a few tips for those who panic very easily seeing some hardware malfunction of their computer..
if ur machine restarts very often check ur ram....most probably it is the culprit else check for any shorts in mother board which can be made by any insect etc... next if ur machine hangs often be sure to see the motherboard and CPU temperatue. if cpu temperature is high then open the cabinet and the spu heat sink check if it is dirty then eash it in soap water and then clean with brush any kind of brush toothbrush whatever......then there is 99% ur problem will be solved.....if motherboard temperature is high then contact vendor....... to watch the temperature go to bios screen and see the hardware monitor...
always keep good quality IDE connectors and power cables or else data transfer is obstructed....at times ur hardware can be detected if the 5 volt line from the SMPS is working but the hardware would not work if 12 volt is faulty...so the main thing is check ur machine regularly and try to keep it dirtfree and always check for loose connections ...etc...it will help u cut down on the amount u pay to the service persons for nothing...
1 response
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
2 Jan 07
Thanks for your advice anyway what do you mean by short in the mother board , can we check it by using multimeter ??? And will the hard disk spoil keep causing a restart of com also ??? if that the case can we actually repair the hard disk ourseleves with a bit soldering skills ???
@redbull_zico (120)
• India
2 Jan 07
my friend actually a short in the motherboard is nothin but the short circuiting of the solder points which u can see on the backside of ur motherboard.yes u can check a short by multimeter. No hard disk fault will not cause ur machine to retart... if u have hardisk damage the machine will boot and after that it will not detect the hard disk and therefore the OS will not boot.. u can see if the machine is detecting hard disk by going to the bios..... No sir it is not at all easy to mend a hard idsk....coz hard disk malfunction means either a problem in the mettalic disk that is inside the hard disk or some kind of damage in the circuit. and it can be mended only in static free labs and i don't think u have one and the spare parts are also not available in open market