How to Diagnose a Pre-Operating System Load or Hardware Issue
How Can I Find out If My Problem Is Hardware Based? If It Is, How Can I Figure out What Component Is to Blame How Can I Fix Other Pre-Operating System Issues?...
- How can I find out if my problem is hardware based?
- If it is, how can I figure out what component is to blame
- How can I fix other pre-operating system issues?
As an aside, what are all of these components responsible for, and if they break, what can go wrong?
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How can I tell if my problem is because of my hardware?
- Does the problem happen before your operating system loads?
- Does the problem happen on different operating systems on the same machine?
- Do the errors seem like they have no cause (i.e. random crashes every few days/hours, not linked to any particular program running or time spent with the PC on?
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