Exercises — Lesson 10: Hardware Troubleshooting
1 hands-on tasks. Do them in order; each one feeds the Canvas item it names.
30 min · written
1. Hardware Failure Scenario Analysis
- For each scenario, identify the most likely cause: (a) PC powers on, fans spin, no display and one long beep; (b) PC randomly shuts off under load; (c) System boots slowly, event viewer shows disk errors.
- Describe the first step you would take to diagnose each.
Turn in / bring: Cause identification and first diagnostic step for all three.