Bill Diamond
ITSC 1325 Personal
Computer Hardware
Bill a student in our Computer hardware course discovered a solution to a problem that involved dual processors on his motherboard. One processor was active and the second was a dummy. When bill began experiencing problems:
- the file that controls the logon window in the system 32 folder disappeared
- The system locked him out by changing the system password
- Several system 32 files disappeared
- The monitor screen went out
While discussing potential solutions Bill obtained a news pc system and was in the process of removing all of the hardware from his un-working system he noted that the second new system also had a dual processor slot and both were filled – one with the actual processor and the other slot with a dummy processor. This discovery gave him insight to the problem on his original system – he had removed the second dummy processor. Once he restored the dummy processor to his original system along with a newly purchased processor chip, his system worked just fine. The moral to this type of problem is to make sure you have a good inventory of mandatory required hardware to keep your system running well.