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  2. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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    Identifying Symptoms or Common Signs of a Slow Computer. ... such as a faulty motherboard, power supply unit (PSU) or peripheral device (e.g., mouse ... After you try the solutions in this article ...

  3. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    Gradual hard-drive failure can be harder to diagnose, because its symptoms, such as corrupted data and slowing down of the PC (caused by gradually failing areas of the hard drive requiring repeated read attempts before successful access), can be caused by many other computer issues, such as malware.

  4. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    Power supply, system board problem, disconnected CPU, or disconnected speaker Continuous beep: Power supply, system board, RAM or keyboard problem Repeating short beeps: Power supply, system board or keyboard problem 1 long, 1 short beep: System board problem 1 long, 2 short beeps: Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA) 1 long, 3 short beeps

  5. Troubleshooting - Wikipedia

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    Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process operational again. Troubleshooting is needed to identify the symptoms.

  6. Failure of electronic components - Wikipedia

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    Non-stick coatings, reduction of contact area, and increased awareness mitigate the problem in contemporary systems. [9] Particles migrating in the system and blocking their movements. Conductive particles may short out circuits like electrostatic actuators. Wear damages the surfaces and releases debris that can be a source of particle ...

  7. Southbridge (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Motherboard diagram, created in 2007, which supports many on-board peripheral functions as well as several expansion slots. The functionality found in a contemporary southbridge includes: [8] [2] PCI bus. A south bridge may also include support for PCI-X. Low speed PCI Express (PCIe) interfaces usually for Ethernet and NVMe. ISA bus or LPC ...

  8. Capacitor plague - Wikipedia

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    Failed aluminium electrolytic capacitors with open vents in the top of the can, and visible dried electrolyte residue (reddish-brown color) The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007, especially those from some Taiwanese manufacturers, [1] [2] due to faulty electrolyte composition that ...

  9. Pentium FDIV bug - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Nicely, a professor of mathematics at Lynchburg College, had written code to enumerate primes, twin primes, prime triplets, and prime quadruplets.Nicely noticed some inconsistencies in the calculations on June 13, 1994, shortly after adding a Pentium system to his group of computers, but was unable to eliminate other factors (such as programming errors, motherboard chipsets, etc.) until ...