WRITTEN WORK #1
PROBLEM
PROBABLE CAUSE
DIAGNOSIS
SOLUTION
AFTER INSTALLING
AN EXPANSION
CARD (NETWORK
CARD) THE
SYSTEM NO
LONGER WORKS
PROPERLY.
INCOMPATIBILITY
ISSUES WITH
MOTHERBOARD AND
NETWORK CARD
INSPECT BOTH
NETWORK CARD AND
PCI OR PCI EXPRESS
SLOT
RESEAT THE
NETWORK CARD
PROPERLY OR TRY
THE CARD IN A
DIFFERENT SLOT IF
POSSIBLE, REPLACE
IF NEEDED
MONITOR IS TURNED OFF,
DISPLAY CABLES ARE
DISCONNECTED OR
FAULTY, CORRUPTED
OPERATING SYSTEM OR
DRIVERS, RECENT SYSTEM
UPDATES OR
INSTALLATIONS, FAULTY
MOTHERBOARD OR
POWER SUPPLY OR
GRAPHICS CARD
CHECK DISPLAY CABLES
THEN REINSERT OR
REPLACE THEM IF
NEEDED, CHECK RAM
MODULE AND BOTH GPU
AND PCI OR PCI EXPRESS
SLOT
RESEAT GRAPHICS CARD
PROPERLY, REMOVE THE
CMOS BATTERY AND PRESS
POWER BUTTON FOR 10-15
SECONDS THEN REINSERT,
RESETTING THE JUMPER,
REPLACE MOTHERBOARD OR
POWER SUPPLY OR
GRAPHICS CARD IF NEEDED
ERROR READING
DRIVE A
UNFORMATTED DISK,
INVALID MBR
CONFIGURATION DUE
TO WRITE ERRORS,
VIRUS ATTACKS OR
POWER OUTAGES,
MISCONFIGURED
PARTITION TABLE
INSPECT HARD DRIVE
OR FLOPPY DISK AND
ITS CABLES THEN
REINSERT OR
REPLACE THEM IF
NEEDED, INSPECT
RAM
BOOT OS FROM HARD DRIVE, TRY
USING THE SATA/IDE CABLES IN A
DIFFERENT PORT, REINSERT RAM
MODULES IN A DIFFERENT SLOT
OR LEAVE A RAM MODULE ON
SLOT #1, REMOVE THE CMOS
BATTERY AND PRESS POWER
BUTTON FOR 10-15 SECONDS THEN
REINSERT, RESETTING THE
JUMPER, RUN CHKDSK, REPLACE
MOTHERBOARD OR RAM OR BOOT
DRIVE IF NEEDED
SYSTEM DOES NOT
BOOT FROM HARD
DISK DRIVE BUT
CAN BE BOOTED
FROM FLOPPY
DISK DRIVE
WRONG BOOT
DEVICE PRIORITY OR
BOOT ORDER
CHECK DEVICE BOOT
PRIORITY OR BOOT
ORDER
POWER ISSUES,
WATER DAMAGE,
PHYSICAL DAMAGE,
FIRMWARE
CORRUPTION,
HARDWARE FAILURE,
HEAT
INSPECT HARD DRIVE
OR FLOPPY DISK AND
ITS CABLES THEN
REINSERT OR
REPLACE THEM IF
NEEDED
SCREEN IS
BLANK
WINDOWS SYSTEM
DRIVE FAILURE
CHANGE BOOT
DEVICE PRIORITY
INTO FROM FLOPPY
DISK DRIVE INTO
HARD DISK DRIVE
TRY USING THE SATA/IDE CABLES
IN A DIFFERENT PORT, REINSERT
RAM MODULES IN A DIFFERENT
SLOT OR LEAVE A RAM MODULE
ON SLOT #1, REMOVE THE CMOS
BATTERY AND PRESS POWER
BUTTON FOR 10-15 SECONDS
THEN REINSERT, RESETTING THE
JUMPER, RUN CHKDSK,
REFORMAT BOOT DRIVE IF
NEEDED, REPLACE
MOTHERBOARD OR RAM OR BOOT
DRIVE IF NEEDED