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Niggles & Glitches
Here are a few examples of common PC faults.
Floppy cable wrong way round
Hard Disc cable wrong way round
BIOS settings: Hard Disc settings
Screws trapped under motherboard
Non-boot disc left in floppy drive
Brightness/contrast maladjusted
Bent pin on VDU data cable
Loose Connections
Wrong jumper settings on Hard Disc – detects in BIOS but won’t boot
PSU to motherboard connection wrong – possible permanent damage
Mouse ball/internal rollers dirty – causes poor movement of pointer
No ink in printer – blank pages printed
Paper out
Bent paper causing jams
Modem - not connected to PC, to telephone socket, not turned on
Date wrong on internal clock – notice on letters and e-mails
Caps Lock left on – try Shift F3 in Word
Files saved to wrong locations
Mouse and keyboard in wrong ports
Stuck key on keyboard – check for 1st if PC beeping
No sound – speaker plugged in right hole? Speaker tuned on?
PC left connected to Internet by mistake – check auto-disconnect settings in modem settings
E-mails not arriving – check spelling!