Troubleshooting Flashcards

1
Q

System Doesn’t boot

A

Check the monitor power and video connections
Ensure the video card is seated properly
Check video card if bad replace

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2
Q

Program or system lockup, system crashes, slow video performance

A

Update the video card drivers.

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3
Q

HDD - Slow performance

A

Maintain a healthy amount of free disk space on the drive.
Keep the disk fragmented
Check disk rotational speed

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4
Q

SSD - Slow performance

A

Update the SSD firmware
Run SSD specific utilities
If ssd is full try using TRIM

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5
Q

If the screen is black and it wont change what could be the problem?

A

Device driver issues
Boot order is wrong (Possible MBR corruption)
You just did something, just undo and see what happens

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6
Q

Windows boots up but is incredibly slow

A

Aplication issues
RAM issues
corrupted profile

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