Before messing things up by dismantling the whole laptop, follow the sequence below and you will notice that, by going through the sequence, your problem might be solved in much simpler way. Practice, and you will see the difference in time taken for laptop troubleshooting.
1. Investigate.
Before messing up the laptop, and wasting your time doing all the repair, there are a few questions that you need to ask.
1. What is the behavior before, and after the problem occurred?
2. Where is the laptop being used?
3. How long the laptop has been used?
2. Check the external parts.
Sometimes, like the problem of no display, laptop cannot start up, could just due to a minor fault in the external parts. For example, spoilt adaptor, short circuited power outlet, or spoilt switch might give us a wrong perception that our laptop computer already spoilt.
3. Check the contacts
A minor miss in contact, for example, the RAM onto the RAM slot might fail the laptop to start up properly. It’s always good to check all the contact points before going deeper to investigate other area.
4. Check the software.
Sometimes, a laptop problem might just because of an incompatible driver, or software. An accidentally deleted system file will stop a window system to function properly. Therefore, this is a very crucial part while troubleshooting a laptop.
5. Clean before repair.
From experience, most of the laptop faults start from dirt, or dust especially after a long use or bad conditioned environment. These types of faults can be easily solved by simple cleaning.
6. Check the power module.
Power module is the heart of a laptop. Without a proper power distribution to other modules, laptop will behave weirdly. You may stop checking other modules as it will not functioning properly. Check the external adaptor on the output voltage and current, a spoilt adaptor can cause a lot of problems to the laptop.
7. Common issues first.
There are a lot of common issues on certain model of laptop. By knowing them, you will find it easier to troubleshoot on the root cause of the laptop problem. Hence, it helps to shorten the time of troubleshooting. A proper guide might help in this.
8. Start from Simplest.
The difficulty on dismantling a laptop can be quite different from one model to another, as such, always start from the simplest during the troubleshooting phase. Check the parts or slots that are easier to dismantle and isolate the problem.
Last but not least, experience and practice makes perfect.
Before messing up the laptop, and wasting your time doing all the repair, there are a few questions that you need to ask.
1. What is the behavior before, and after the problem occurred?
2. Where is the laptop being used?
3. How long the laptop has been used?
2. Check the external parts.
Sometimes, like the problem of no display, laptop cannot start up, could just due to a minor fault in the external parts. For example, spoilt adaptor, short circuited power outlet, or spoilt switch might give us a wrong perception that our laptop computer already spoilt.
3. Check the contacts
A minor miss in contact, for example, the RAM onto the RAM slot might fail the laptop to start up properly. It’s always good to check all the contact points before going deeper to investigate other area.
4. Check the software.
Sometimes, a laptop problem might just because of an incompatible driver, or software. An accidentally deleted system file will stop a window system to function properly. Therefore, this is a very crucial part while troubleshooting a laptop.
5. Clean before repair.
From experience, most of the laptop faults start from dirt, or dust especially after a long use or bad conditioned environment. These types of faults can be easily solved by simple cleaning.
6. Check the power module.
Power module is the heart of a laptop. Without a proper power distribution to other modules, laptop will behave weirdly. You may stop checking other modules as it will not functioning properly. Check the external adaptor on the output voltage and current, a spoilt adaptor can cause a lot of problems to the laptop.
7. Common issues first.
There are a lot of common issues on certain model of laptop. By knowing them, you will find it easier to troubleshoot on the root cause of the laptop problem. Hence, it helps to shorten the time of troubleshooting. A proper guide might help in this.
8. Start from Simplest.
The difficulty on dismantling a laptop can be quite different from one model to another, as such, always start from the simplest during the troubleshooting phase. Check the parts or slots that are easier to dismantle and isolate the problem.
Last but not least, experience and practice makes perfect.
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