13 Fault Diagnostics Flashcards
Fault diagnostics is made up of…
Fault detection- identifying that a problem has occurred
Fault diagnosis- identify the hardware or software at fault
Post sands for
Power on self test
Post appears
Before the operating system begins to load
It will display any problems with the hardware that
Make the computer unable to boot
The post is one of..
The four functions of the bios
The post is found on the
Rom chip
Original post used beeps..
To give information about an error
Post process
1 when the first part of the bios is loaded the post process begins
2 if any fatal problems prevent the pc operation goes beep codes will sound
3 if the fault is found after the bios is loaded and error message displays and the boot process will stop
Device manager
Allows thou to see all of your hardware and spot if there is an error with it.
An error will be marked with a yellow triangle.
Task manager
Tells you the processes happening on your computer, you can force a programme to end.
It shows you what resources are being used by each programme.
Update manager
Tells you if you need to update a programme.
The purpose of diagnostic tools is
to identify hardware and software issues.
