A modern motherboard has four small status LEDs labelled CPU, DRAM, VGA and BOOT. At power-on the DRAM LED stays lit and the PC never displays anything. Where should the technician look first?
Une carte mère récente possède quatre petits voyants d'état marqués CPU, DRAM, VGA et BOOT. À l'allumage, le voyant DRAM reste allumé et le PC n'affiche jamais rien. Où le technicien doit-il chercher en premier ?
Answers
AThe keyboard and mouse connectionsLes branchements du clavier et de la souris
BThe memory modules: reseat, try one at a time, or testLes barrettes mémoire : les remettre en place, les essayer une par une ou les tester
CThe network cableLe câble réseau
DThe Windows boot configuration data on the system driveLes données de configuration de démarrage de Windows sur le lecteur système
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