Mr. Ronald C. Tantiado

Hi Guys! I was called by a Law Firm to check on their PC. They told me if that their PC is not working properly and they can't install their newly bought printer. When I went there to check it out, I found out that they are using an old desktop PC, with the logo of BOW Enterprise. The following are the specification of the PC: OS: Windows 98 Processor: Pentium 133 Memory: 64 MB of EDO DRAM HDD: 8GB IDE CDROM Drive Floppy Drive Motherboard Slots: 3 PCI/ 2 ISA 56kbps Modem Card USB 1.1 PCI Card Just want to insert what I thought when I first saw the logo. I just remembered when I was in 2nd year in college when I first have my PC hardware experience and training. I was supposed to apply as a computer laboratory student assistant when the laboratory head asked me if I had knowledge on PC hardware. It was 1997 that time and I have used PCs and Apple II during my high school but just an exposure with WordStar and Turbo Pascal Language. So, when I told the head about my PC exposure, he s...

Hello Guys! Here’s another problem on PC and Laptop Repair. This time, a cellphone technician was referred to me by a friend check his Sharp PC-MC30F Mebius for a power problem. He is complaining on an unpredictable power failure on his laptop. When I checked and turned on the laptop, It doesn’t turn on with the battery on it. So I tried to plug it in without the battery, and it powered up. I tried to enter the BIOS setup and see some specification of the laptop. I was also to enter the Windows XP system and run dxdiag and device manager. After a short while the laptop shut down. I also notice that if I put some pressure on the keyboard or the palm rest the same thing happens. The laptop specification is shown below. DXDIAG Results: System Model: PC-CL/MC Processor: Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 2000+, 1.7 GHz Memory: 1 GB DDR400 RAM Video: S3 Graphics Pro Savage DDR, 32MB Audio: C-Media Wave Device The symptoms, i guess, maybe a shorted power circuit. So I decided my first action to disassem...

I was asked by a friend to check on an IBM Thinkpad T40. The laptop is owned by an NBI Agent whos complaining about its display problem. Sometimes, it starts well and then the screen “blackens”. When I checked the laptop and perform several test, I encountered beep codes, one long beep and two short beeps. These beep codes means a display error according to Phoenix BIOS codes. My action then was to dis assemble the laptop and try tohave a visual inspection inside. Since the problem is more on the hardware component. I tried to press the IC’s inside it for a possible “chip creep”, specifically the one that concerned the display problem. As I assemble it back again, I also make sure that it is properly done (i.e. I took my time). When I turned on the laptop, it works fine. In order to make sure that the problem was solved, I perform several test. The next day returned the laptop for free of service believing on the concept of reciprocation. Anyway, I have an add on on my experience. reag...