Tips For How To Diagnose Your Frustrating Computer Problems

One of the biggest sources of frustration in today's society seems to be when technology fails, and with good reason. One moment your computer can be working without any problems at all, and the next moment it is running slow, crashing or worse, refusing to turn itself back on.

And this is not helped by the fact that a broken computer could be caused by what seems like hundreds of different problems. Fortunately, once you know where to start, diagnosing computer problems does get easier. And this is what this article will cover.

There are two main sources of computer problems: software related issues, and hardware related issues.

Software related problems tend to include things such as programs which are installed on your computer, along with your operating system (such as Windows 7 or Apple Mac OSx) and its essential files.

Hardware related issues - on the other hand - relate to physical problems with the electrical components inside your computer.

Problems due to faulty hardware are the most problematic since - unless you build computers yourself - it's likely that you won't be able to open up your computer and determine exactly which piece of hardware is causing your computer problems. And even if you do find the problem, it's relatively common that the only fix is to buy a replacement for the faulty hardware part.

Hence hardware related issues are the most problematic, although there is no easy solution when this is the case. You can only hope that the computer problem is in fact a software problem.

On the software note: if the problem is simply that a particular piece of software is slow, try reinstalling it via the 'Add/remove programs' feature in the Control Panel. If your computer as a whole is slow, try running Disk Defragment and Disk Cleanup along with uninstalling any programs which you no longer use.

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Troubleshooting Computer Problems

Troubleshooting computer problems can be time consuming if you don't follow a plan. You need to have some idea of what you are troubleshooting for if you have any hope of discovering what the problem is!

Computer failure comes in many shapes and sizes. There are the fairly easy ones and there are the very difficult ones. Learning to know which type it is likely to be will save you time and make troubleshooting problems a whole lot easier.

The most serious of problems are probably those concerning hardware. When you hear the ominous repeating click sound of a hard disk in the throes of death, it's too late to panic; the damage has already been done.

Power supply units can often be the cause of problems in computers. You don't need a lot of experience to conclude that your power supply is no longer supplying power. Even if it is still supplying power, it may be underpowered and causing problems because of that.

Computers create heat. That's why they have a cooling fan as part of the assembly. Should the fan fail, or if it is inadequate because the manufacturer doesn't care, or if the under ventilation is inadequately provided for, you will experience all kinds of problems.

When a computer overheats it will often suddenly shut down. It does this to protect itself from over heating any more. However, it doesn't tell you that there is a problem beforehand, and that it has to shut down. It just does it. If your computer is doing this regularly, it could be an overheating problem.

Troubleshooting these kind of computer problems will require you to make an educated guess at what kind of problem it is likely to be. Pursuing that line of thinking will lead you on to other related components, and eventually you should be able to track down the real problem. For example, a problem with the sound card will exhibit itself through a sound problem and a video card problem will make itself obvious through the monitor.

Don't forget to check all the cabling and plugs first! Many a technician has been embarrassed after spending time checking everything only to finally notice a loose connection. Check the most obvious first when troubleshooting computer problems, if only to eliminate them as the source of the problem.

Sometimes troubleshooting your computer problems will lead you to a software cause. Perhaps there is a software conflict. This would likely show up soon after you installed a new program. In fact, if your problem is noticed immediately after installing a program, then that is the likely cause.

Try uninstalling the program. If that fixes the problem then you need to find out why before re-installing the program. Make sure all the software drivers are up to date before trying any more software installs.

Troubleshooting computer problems is usually never easy. It takes time and the simple plan of doing one thing at a time and checking to see what the effect is. If you do several things and suddenly everything is fine again, you'll never know what the cause was.

Always make one change, check, and if it doesn't work to improve matters, make another change, and so on. Being methodical will make troubleshooting computer problems a lot easier.

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