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Failing motherboard. Failing processor. Failing memory. Failing I/O controllers, on either the motherboard or separate cards. Failing I/O devices. Inadequate or failing power supply. Cooling problems are usually obvious upon inspection. A failing motherboard or processor can be identified by swapping them with functioning parts.
Checks the list of pending sectors that may have read errors, and it usually takes under two minutes. Long/extended A longer and more thorough version of the short self-test, scanning the entire disk surface with no time limit. This test usually takes several hours, depending on the read/write speed of the drive and its size.
WHEA "builds on the PCI Express Advanced Reporting to provide more detailed information about system errors and a common reporting structure." [ 4 ] WHEA allows third-party software to interact with the operating system and react to certain hardware events.
Blue screen errors have existed since the first beta release of Windows 1.0; if Windows found a newer DOS version than it expected, the boot screen would have the text "Incorrect DOS version" alongside other messages detailing what check failed to pass appended into it before starting normally. [4]
During the POST, the BIOS must integrate multiple competing, changing, and even mutually exclusive standards and initiatives for the matrix of hardware and operating systems the PC is expected to support, although at most only simple memory tests and the setup screen are displayed.
A typical card for desktop computers has a different bus interface on each edge; a card for laptop computers may have both a miniPCI and a parallel port connector (plus USB to supply power). Modern motherboards often do not broadcast POST codes to their PCI Express slots (PCIe switches only pass on transactions after having been configured to ...
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