Identifying Computer Problems

  1. Objectives
  2. Materials/Resources
  3. Procedure
  4. Extensions
  5. Evaluation

Objectives

Materials/Resources

Competencies

Procedure

Using the word bank below, provide the cause of the problems below in the following situations.

  1. _____ The computer gets the Blue Screen of Death frequently, overall performance is sluggish.
  2. _____ The computer starts up, but then says it cannot find an Operating System.
  3. _____ The computer suddenly cannot connect to the internet or network.
  4. _____ The computer boots up normally, but the screen resolution and color depth are much lower than normal.
  5. _____ The computer lags a lot more than usual when using a 3-D editing program.
  6. _____ The computer is unable to start up at all.
  7. _____ The computer starts up, but the fan is not running at all.
  8. _____ The computer crashes when more than 3 windows of Internet Explorer are running at the same time.
  9. _____ My high speed modem is running like usual, but my download speeds have been significantly slower all day.
  10. _____ 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

ObjectivesScore
Answer questions correctly and to the best of his/her abiltiy      /7
Completed extension (if necessary)      /3
Total      /10