ITEM

PROBLEM

ACTION TO BE TAKEN

 

 

 

1. FDD

1. NOT READING

1. TRY WITH ANOTHER GOOD FOLPPY.

 

 

2. CLEAN DRIVE WITH A CLEANING DISK.

 

 

3. CHECK FOR VIRUS.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT GETTING DETECTED(ERROR 40)

1. CHECK IN BIOS SETUP WHETHER IT IS  ENABLED

(IF NOT, ENABLE)

 

 

2.CHECK FOR VIRUS.

 

 

 

 

3. NOT WRINTIG

1. TRY WITH ANOTHER GOOD FOLPPY.

 

 

2. FORMAT THE MEDIA IN SAME DRIVE &  USE.

 

 

3. CHECK FOR VIRUS.

 

 

 

2. HDD

1. NOT GETTING DETECTED

1. CHECK IN BIOS SETUP WHETHER IT IS GETTING

 

 

 DETECTED,IF IT IS THEN USE ANTIVIRUS

 

 

 FOR VIRUS IN MBR OF DISK.

 

 

 

 

2. DISK READ/WRITE ERROR.

1. TRY USING SCANDISK , CHKDSK,FSCK .

 

 

VERIFY MEDIA  VIA SCSI UTILITY.

 

 

 

 

3.BAD SECTORS OR MAKING SOUND.

1. RUN SCANDISK & TRY FIXING BAD SECTORS.

 

 

VERIFY MEDIA VIA SCSI  UTILITY.

 

 

 

3.CDROM

1.NOT GETTING DETECTED.

1. CHECK IN BIOS SETUP WHETHER GETTING

 

 

DETECTED OR NOT.

 

 

 

 

2.NOT READING OR  READING SLOW

TRY CLEANING CDROM DRIVE USING  CLEANING CD.

 

 

 

4.POWER.

1.SYSTEM NOT POWERING ON.

CHECK  WHETHER THE  SWITCH ON BACK SIDE OF SMPS IN CPU IS ON .

 

 

CHECK FOR OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF 220V ON UPS.

 

 

TRY CHANGING  POWER CORD COMING TO COMPUTER. 

 

 

CHANGE  SOCKET ON WHICH THE CORD IS CONNECTED TO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.NO LED GLOW ON MONITOR / NO DISPLAY

CHECK WHETHER MONITOR SWITCHIS IS ON.

 

 

TRY WITH ANOTHER  WORKING POWER CORD AND POWER SOURCE.

 

 

TRY CHANGING MONITOR WITH ANOTHER WORKING MONITOR

 

 

IF MONITOR IS WORKING ITHEN CPU IS O.K  PROBEM IS WITH  THE

 

 

MONITOR .

 

 

IF  MONITOR IS NOT WORKING   THEN CPU DISPLAY CARD IS  HAVING

 

 

PROBLEM.

 

 

 

5.MOUSE.

1.NOT WORKING / NOT GETTING DETECTED.

CHECK WHETHER THE MOUSE IS PROPERLY CONNECTED TO THE 

 

 

MOUSE PORT. 

 

 

CHECK WHETHER PINS OF MOUSE ARE BROKEN  OR BENDED.

 

 

CHECK WHETHER THE MOUSE CABLE IS INTACT(CUT OR DAMAGED).

 

 

 

 

2.NOT WORKING SMOOTHLY.

USE A GOOD MOUSE PAD.

 

 

OPEN THE MOUSE  FORM BOTTOM ,TAKE OUT THE BALL AND

 

 

CLEAN THE BALL AND PLACE IT  INSIDE.

 

 

 

6.SYSTEM NOT BOOTING

1.SHOWING INVALID SYSTEM DISK.

CHECK FOR FLOPPY  IN THE FLOPPY DRIVE.

 

 

CHECK FOR VIRUS, BOOTING THROUGH A FLOPPY DISK

 

 

 

 

2.MISSING OOPERATING SYSTEM / INSERT

CHECK WHTHER HARD DISK IS GETTING DETECTED OR NOT.

 

A BOOTABLE MEDIA IN APPROPRIATE DRIVE

IF THE HARD DISK IS NEW YOU WILL GET THIS MESSAGE,UNLESS

 

 

YOU LOAD THE OS.FURTHER SEE FOR ANY HARD DISK PROBLEM

 

 

IN HARD DISK MENU  CHECK FOR VIRUS, BOOTING THROUGH A

 

 

FLOPPY DISK.

 

 

 

 

3.BEEP SOUND ARE COMING

 

 

A) CONTINOUS BEEP

1. MEMORY PROBLEM-SEE WHETHER SHOWING FULL MEMORY OR

 

 

NOT WHILE BOOTING.

 

B) ONE LONG AND TWO SHORT BEEP

1. DISPLAY CARD PROBLEM OR MAIN BOARD PROBLEM.

 

 

 

 

4. SY. POWERING ON BUT NO DISPLAY IS  NOT

1. CHECK WHETHER THE INTERFACE CABLE IN BETWEEN THE CPU AND

 

COMING ON MONITOR.

MONITOR  IS CONNECTED PROPERLY OR ANY BEEP SOUND IS COMING.

 

 

2. ALSO SEE POWER SECTION.

 

 

 

 

5. SHOWING CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR

1. ENTER INTO BIOS SETUP & LOAD THE FACTORY DEFAULT

 

AND PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE

VALUES.IF THIS DOESN'T WORK THEN CMOS BATTERY NEEDS TO BE

 

 

 REPLACED.

 

 

 

7. DMP

1. NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK WHETHER THE POWER CORD IS PLUGGED IN

 

 

& SWITCH IS ON. ALSO CHECK THE SOCKET TO WHICH

 

 

CORD IS CONNECTED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. NOT PRINTING AT ALL

1. CHECK WHETHER PRINTER IS ON/OFF;CHECK WHETHER INTERFACE

 

3. PRINTING BUT STACKING.

CABLE IS CONNECTED BETWEEN PRINTER AND CPU.

 

4. MAKING SOUND WHILE PRINTING.

 2. CHECK WHETHER THE PRINTER IS ONLINE ?

 

 

3. WHETHER PRINTER DRIVER IS LOADED OR NOT.

 

 

4.  CHECKWHETHER IN BIOS SETUP ,THE PRINTER  PORT

 

 

(PARALLELPORT)IS ENABLED.

 

 

5. ATTACH PRINTER TO ANOTHER M/C TO CONFIRM WHETHER

 

 

PRINTER PORT IS OK OR NOT .

 

 

6. CHECK FOR DUST ON THE ROLLERS,CLEAN ROLLERS VIA ALCOHEL

 

 

OR OIL.

 

 

7. CHECK WITH ANOTHER INTERFACE CABLE(SYSTEM TO PRINTER).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. PRINTING JUNK CHARACTERS.

1. CHANGE THE INTERFACE CABLE WHICH CONNECT PRINTER AND CPU.

 

 

 

 

6 CHARACTERS COMING HALF CUT.

1. CHECK THE HEAD WHETHER THE PINS ARE INTACT OR NOT.

 

 

 

8.LAN HUB

1.NOT POWERING ON.

1. CHECK WHETHER THE POWER CABLE CABLE IS PLUGGED INTO HUB

 

 

AND IS CONNECTED TO POWER SOCKET IS ON.TURN ON HUB ALSO.

 

 

 

 

2.LED IS NOT GLOWING

1.CHECK FOR NOT POWERING ON AND WHETHER ALL THE LAN CABLE

 

 

 ARE TERMINATED ONTO HUB LAN PORT FOR SHOWING LED ACTIVITY.

 

 

 

 

3. PORT ARE BAD / DEFECTIVE

1. IF DOUBTFUL ABOUT A PORT TRY  A WORKING LAN CABLE INTO  IT  &

 

 

 CHECK WHETHER IT IS WORKING OR NOT. IF WORKING THEN PORT IS OK

 

 

THE LAN CABLE IS FAULTY OTHERWISE PORT IS DEFECTIVE.

 

 

 

9. KEYBOARD

1. NOT WORKING/NOT GETTING DECTED

1. CHECK WHETHER THE KBD IS CONNECTED AT THE END OF

 

 

THE CPU & THE CABLE IS INTACT IS NOT GETTING SUPPORTED BY

 

 

  MONITOR OR CPU.

 

 

2. ALSO CHECK WHETHER THE PINS OF THE  KEYBOARD ARE

 

 

STRAIGHT OR NOT.  IF BEND TRY STRAIGHTENING THEM.

 

 

 

10.MODEM

1.NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK FOR THE UPS OUTPUT OF 220V.

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER THE MODEM ADAPTER IS CONNECTED TO MODEM & POWER SOCKET &BOTH SOCKET &MODEM ARE ON.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT WORKING NOT ABLE TO BROWSE THE NET

1. CHECK WHETHER MODEM IS CONFIGURED

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER MODEM IS OK OR NOT FOR THIS GO TO CONTROL PANEL CLICK ON MODEMS AND CHOOSE YOUR MODEM CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE PORT, THEN SELECT DIAGNOSTICS ON TO IT. YOU SHOULD SEE SOME CHARACTERS APPEARING .

 

 

 

11. CD WRITER

1. NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK FOR UPS OUTPUT OF 220V.

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER CD WRITER  ADAPTER IS CONNECTED TO CD WRITER AND POWER SUPPLY &  POWER SOCKET AND BOTH THE SAME ARE ON.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT WORKING/NOT ABLE TO CUT CDs

1. CHECK WHETHER THE CD WRITER AND CONFIGURED AND DRIVER IS LOADED.

 

 

2. ALSO SEE WHETHER CD WRITER SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED OR NOT .

 

 

3. ALSO TRY CHANGING CD MEDIA RECORDABLE OR CD-RW.

 

 

 

12. VIDEO / WEB    CAMERA

1. NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK FOR UPS OUTPUT OF 220V.

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER WEB CAMERA ADAPTER IS CONNECTED TO WEB CAMERA SOCKET AND CAMERA ARE ON.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT WORKING

1. CHECK WHETHER WEB CAMERA DRIVER IS  LAODAD & IT IS CONFIGURED AND ALSO WEB CAMERA  S/W IS INSTALLED OR NOT.

 

 

 

 

3. PICTURES ARE DULL

1. CHECK WHETHER WEB CAMERA SETTING IS OK OR NOT.

 

 

 2. ALSO CHENGE THE DISPLAY SETTING OF DESKTOP BY RIGHT CLICK ON DESKTOP THEN CHOOSE SETTING & INCREASE RESOLUTION TO 800*600 OR CHOOSE1024*728. ALSO INCREASE THE COLOR BIT TO HIGH COLOR 24 OR 32 BIT.

 

 

 

13. LASER PRINTER

1. NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK FOR UPS OUTPUT OF 220 VOLT

 

 

& WHETHER THE POWER CORD IS CONNECTED TO PRINTER &SOCKET AND BOTH ARE ON.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT PRINTING

1. SAME AS DMP.

 

 

 

 

3. BLACK SPOTS WHILE PRINTING

1. OPEN THE FRONT COVER, TAKE THE TONER  CARTRIDGE SEE

 

 

WHETHER IT IS HAVING  SPOTS OR SCRATCHES ON IT.

 

 

 

 

4. PAPER JAM COMING.

1. OPEN THE PRINTER FRONT AND BACK COVER AND SEE WHETHER PAPER IS IN FRONT OR BACK ROLLERS.  REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY .PULL THE PAPER IF PAPER JAM IS FREQUIENTLY JUST CLEAN THE PAPER

 

 

PICKUP ROLLERS USING WATER SOAP

 

 

SOLUTIONS.

 

 

 

14. MBD FAILURE SUSPECT

1. HANGING FREQUINTELY

1. CHECK FOR PROPER EARTHING

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER HANGING IN OS SAY

 

 

WIN 98/2000 OR IN PLAIN DOS OR EVEN WHEN JUST SWITCHED ON CPU

 

 

 

 

2 NOT BOOTING

1. CONSIDER ALL THE ASPECTS OF SYSTEM NOT BOOTING NOW.

 

 

 

 

3. MOUSE/KBD PORT NOT WORKING

 1. CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF KBD & MOUSE.

 

 

 

 

4.AUTOMATICALLY REBOOTING

1. CHECK FOR PROPER OUTPUT AT SITE.  AND

 

 

GETTING REBOOTED AFTER POWERING ON THE  SYSTEM OR IN OS

 

 

SAY 98/ 200 OR DOS.

 

 

 

 

5.NOT PRNTING(IF PARALLEL PORTS ON BOARD)

 1. CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF NOT PRINTING

 

 

IN DMP/LASER PRINTER.

 

 

 

 

6. COM PORT NOT WORKING(IF ONBOARD)

1. CHECK WHETHER IN BIOS THE COM/SERIAL PORT IS ENABLED

 

 

OR NOT . ALSO SEE WHETHER THE ITEM CONNECTED  TO COMPORT IS

 

 

 GETTING SENSED/DETCTED IN OTHER SYSTEM'S COM/SERIAL PORT.

 

 

 

15. DRIVER PROBLEM

 

1. IF A PERTICULAR H/W ITEM AS ABOVE SHOWING OK AND IT IS

 

 

NOT WORKING  THEN IT MUST BE A PROBLEM OF DRIVER. TRY

 

 

LOADING AGAIN.

 

 

FOR THAT H/W ITEM ESPECIALLY IN

 

 

CASE OF PRINTERS,MODEMS, CDWRITERS,WEB CAMERA AND

 

 

PC ITEMS (SAY N/W CARD SOUND CARD AND DISPLAY CARD).

 

 

 

16. UPS

1. NOT POWERING ON

1. CHECK WHETHER THE UPS IS CONNECTED

 

 

PROPERLY TO MAIN SWITCH AND TURNED ON.

 

 

 

 

2. NOT WORKING

1. CHECK THE LED ON FRONT PANEL OF

 

 

UPS IS SHOWING OUTPUT OF 220 VOLT OT NOT.

 

 

2. CHECK WHETHER UPS IS TURNED ON OR NOT.