How do you troubleshoot?

[Timopomer]

when you have an issue:

No logs

A clear pattern but no repeatability

What would you do first? Remember im talking hardware

[Tedster]

Is there a specific problem you're trying to tackle?

 

I'd live with it until I found repeatability and then try to figure out what caused it by process of elimination?

[TheKDub]

It depends on what the issue is.

[Laputacake]

Hit it with a hammer or whack it against a solid object or is it not a phone.

[Senzelian]

1. Rage

Make everything worse

Rage even more

Cry on forums for help

Don't get any answers

Buy new overpriced stuff

[minibois]

Google it Or when it is hardware related I try to find out what the problem could be.

Like today I heard a grinding noise, so I checked what fan it was. It was my back fan case.

I checked if it was loose, it wasn't. I checked if there were cables stuck in it, there weren't.

It turned it was some solid dust ( ) that caused it.

[minibois]

• Rage
• Make everything worse
• Rage even more
• Cry on forums for help
• Don't get any answers
• Buy new overpriced stuff

Speaking from personal experience? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[SamNeedham123]

It really depends on what the problem is, but the use of a hammer normally deals with issues very well!

 

[Senzelian]

Speaking from personal experience? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

No, but I heard from someone that I know that... 

Okay, yeah...  <_<

[flibberdipper]

I start touching and clicking things until it breaks more, because then I know what the problem was.

[Sharif]

Eat kittens alive,

then mess around with things to recreate it or forget about it,until it happens again 

[airdeano]

all depends on what the actual hardware issue or problem is. there is no real

flow chart on hardware troubleshooting other than installation/power checks.

 

most would ask the community in this forum: http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/46-troubleshooting/

and read the guidelines for posting to troubleshooting. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/40334-read-before-asking-for-help/?p=521527

[LancerBG]

depends on what is wrong. generally to figure out what is not working I figure out what is working which is an easy process of elimination. easy solutions first before you go into more complicated diagnosis steps. a very general answer for a question with out any real specifics. 

[elecxonica]

Try the vague things I think it may be, if worse comes to worse ask on here.

[Timopomer]

Im asking because i had many issues in the past and i usually fix them software side,but if it a hardware thing it's difficult to diagnose because i dont have a few sticks of ram lying around or whatever. And due to the lack of repeatability i cannot do something so the problem accurs. Its sometimes happens out of nowhere but when doing a trivial task like tilting the case

[Prastupok]

when you have an issue:

No logs

A clear pattern but no repeatability

What would you do first? Remember im talking hardware

First... check all the connections.

 

Then, I go into device manager to see if it's software incompatibilities/inconsistencies/failures. (Happens more than you think)

After that, I manually test every component that I'm worried about.