Thread: Preventive maintenance

Many of the problems that arise in the systems of computation can be avoided or prevented if you perform a maintenance daily from each of its components. It will explain step by step how to perform preventive maintenance for each of the components of the system of including computer peripherals common. It also explains the precautions and care must be taken with each type. In computers we will refer to the generic.

Remember that for any maintenance work is to use the right tool. As preventive maintenance, we can mention the following A set of screwdrivers A wrist strap a small soft brush swabs cotton A blower or blower pieces of cloth dry cleaning a floppy Alcohol Isopropyl contacts Clean spray lubricant or silicone grease A white eraser.

External cleaning elements Set of tools for preventive maintenance
There are several processes that must be done before starting a preventive maintenance to determine the proper functioning of the components. These are
Test the floppy drive. A practical way to perform this process is to have a disk antivirus as current as possible and run the program.

This determines the proper functioning of the unit and is verified that there is no virus in the system. Check the hard disk with the DOS CHKDSK command.
If you have media installed, tested with a CD of music this determines that the speakers and the unit are good. Perform a test to any installed peripherals.

It is better take a while to determine the correct operation of the computer and its peripherals before you start dismantling equipment. We must be cautious with the handling of system screws when disassembling. The screws are designed for all points. It is very important to differentiate are those who are short of medium and long. For example if you use a long screw to mount the hard disk you run the risk of damaging the internal card of the same.