Objectives
- Learn how to identify computer problems
- Be able to identify components causing problems
- Basic problems associated with computer hardware
Materials/Resources
- Computer with internet connection for research
Competencies
- 35 - Identify basic problems associated with computer hardware, operating system, and application software.
Procedure
Using the word bank below, provide the cause of the problems below in the following situations.
- A. Faulty power supply
- B. Faulty GPU
- C. Faulty RAM >
- D. Faulty hard drive
- E. Faulty network card
- _____ The computer gets the Blue Screen of Death frequently, overall performance is sluggish.
- _____ The computer starts up, but then says it cannot find an Operating System.
- _____ The computer suddenly cannot connect to the internet or network.
- _____ The computer boots up normally, but the screen resolution and color depth are much lower than normal.
- _____ The computer lags a lot more than usual when using a 3-D editing program.
- _____ The computer is unable to start up at all.
- _____ The computer starts up, but the fan is not running at all.
- _____ The computer crashes when more than 3 windows of Internet Explorer are running at the same time.
- _____ My high speed modem is running like usual, but my download speeds have been significantly slower all day.
- _____ When I turn on my computer, all my files are gone and it acts as if I turned on my computer for the first time.
Extensions
A. Describe why it is important to keep a computer well ventilated.
or
B. Explain how to identify a faulty stick of RAM.
Evaluation
| Objectives | Score |
| Answer questions correctly and to the best of his/her abiltiy | /7 |
| Completed extension (if necessary) | /3 |
| Total | /10 |