Major Components
Common Failures
Solutions
Laptop
Safety
100
This component has the responsibility of powering up all major components directly

What is the Motherboard?

100

My documents and files take forever to load.

What is hard drive failure?

100

I see everything but for some reason my screen looks greenish.

What is incorrectly plugged display cable/reseat display cable

100
I Can't remember my password

Reinstall windows

100

Before Reinstalling windows what should you ask the customer or client?

What is do you have any information that you need on the drive?
200

This Component takes electricity from the wall and pushes to the rest of the pc.


What is Power Supply?

200
My PC shuts down within a couple minutes of me doing anything strenuous.

What is CPU overheating

200

My PC doesn't allow me to boot into the Operating System and says it cant load something necessary couldn't load.

What is Reinstall Windows

200

i can hear the Laptop is on but i can't see anything, im not sure what to look for

What is Damaged screen, incorrectly seated ram and faulty display cable.

200
Before Removing components from a pc what should always always be done?


What is Make sure the PC is off.

300

On what component are my videos stored?

What is Hard drive/ Solid State Drive
300

I press the power button but nothing happens and i see no sign of life.

What is power supply failure?
300

I usually am able to open 15 chrome tabs, today for some reason my pc is slow and i can only hold 7 or so

What is reseat RAM/Memory.

300

This Component is Usually not upgradeable on laptops.

What is CPU

300

On older Power Supplies this must always be checked before plugging in

The power supply switch which changes input voltage from 110 to 220 or vice versa.

400

This Component fails regularly and can cause a multitude of Side Effects.

What is RAM?(Random Access Memory)

400

My Operating System will not load

What is corrupted hard drive.

400

I've noticed that my pc is kinda slow and i looked and saw that my ram sticks are in the slots next to each other

What is install Ram in the Correct slots for the Motherboard.

400

Is a laptop more or less upgradeable than a Desktop?

LESS!

400

in the case of a laptop , even after shutting down what else can you do to ensure that components are not damaged when replacing parts

What is Remove the Battery.

500

This Component CAN turn a regular PC into a gaming PC.

What is a Graphics Card?

500

The time on my PC keeps resetting! it's so annoying!

What is CMOS Battery failure.

500

My PC keeps overheating but i don't get a CPU fan error

What is Reinstall thermal paste and then Clean and dust the machine.

500

On older laptops these two upgrades are usually recommended to increase speed.

Ram upgrade and SSD install.

500

this is used to ensure that static doesnt go onto the components when building a PC.

What is an Anti-Static wrist or ankle band.