Week 7 Post - System Trouble
Computers are amazing machines. They can crunch thousands and millions of data points in a few seconds. Government officials can share vast amounts of intelligence and gamers are able to play complex and visually stunning video games. Unfortunately, computer systems occasionally run into errors that cause problems and bring the system to a halt. Those issues can be caused by malfunctioning hardware and software. Hardware malfunctions occur while installing new hardware, improper re-installation after maintenance, and over-working hardware (overclocking). Fixing a hardware malfunction may be as simple as removing the hardware, cleaning it, and reinstalling. Other times, the hardware must be replaced to resolve an issue. Conversely, the software or driver might be faulty if the hardware was replaced and it still does not function. software errors can be caused by erroneous code, a bad device driver, or missing device driver. Software and driver errors may occur at any point. They can o