RAM – If your RAM gets insufficient, it may be time to consider a new RAM. If you have been having problems with your computer recently going faster than expected, you may want to consider installing another RAM stick.

PC Shut Down Sound – Just like with your system temperature, loud noise can be an indication that your system is about to crash, and you want to be able to hear the Seek operation and shut down properly. If the noise is intermittent or off, consider installing another sound card to see if that fixes the problem.

Hard Drive Failure – Sometimes a hard drive will fail. If you are experiencing drive errors, meaning your computer is rejecting information from your hard drive, do not worry. Generally speaking, your hard drive will be able to read what you have stored on that hard drive. If you are worried about the loss of information you have stored, you can install a tool called Reapered to test your hard drive for information to start with.

System Light – Sometimes, this scenario is the one that is making you want to throw your PC out the window, charging it with the force of a million suns! That light you see is actually a light bulb on a motherboard inside the computer that is on low power. Low power means it’s not doing as much as it can.

Voltage levels – In order to troubleshoot a voltage issue, you need to identify what the problem is. The light you see might be the one for the power supply. If the light is a stable light, that indicates that the voltages are not causing the problem. Otherwise, the light might be the one for the Video Card.

Hard Drive Space – Hard drives have space so they can help them store and send information to other devices. When you take your hard drive out of the box, you are probably experiencing some issues with your hard drive. Use diagnostics utility to test your hard drive and see if the problems are isolated to the hard drive.

Check devices – The two devices you most commonly need to diagnose are the keyboard and mouse. When you have both working, reproduce with them the same test instructions to the computer. Once you have your test results, compare them to your diagnosed error to see if they match. You can also do this from a switch-on to see if the diagnostic mode will cause any additional errors.

Windows – There are many instances of this error occurring due to incorrect installation of Windows. Download the files from a windows website or search Windows error index for the specific code of the error.

Errors in processes and other programs – Clean your system software, there are many instances of this error that is preventing the programs from loading properly. You can do this from safe mode to clean the conflicts between programs.

Click this button if the error description fits your needs.

• Click Startup.
• Press F8 to enter Safe Mode.
• Press F10 to change the computer to an administrator or read the details of “Startup Repair” on your computer.