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9 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

TVL – ICT – CSS

Quarter 4 – Module 1-4:
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING
COMPUTER SYSTEM (ICCS)
(Conduct Testing and Documentation)
TLE- ICT – CSS - Grade 11
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Quarter 4 – Module 1-4: Conduct Testing and Documentation
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TLE – ICT – CSS

Quarter 4 – Module 1-4:

INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING

COMPUTER SYSTEM (ICCS)
(Conduct Testing and Documentation)
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you master Conduct Testing and Documentation. The scope of this
module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are
now using.

The module contains only one module:

• Lesson 1 – Conduct Testing and Documentation

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Test devices/ systems and/or installation to determine whether it

conforms to requirements.
2. Conduct stress test to ensure reliability of equipment in accordance
with manufacturer’s instructions and system requirements

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 What I Know

Direction: Identify the word or phrase being described in the sentence. Write your
answers in your notebook.

___________ 1. It is a device that can take many types of measurements.

___________ 2. It clears space on a hard drive by searching for files that can be
safely deleted.

___________ 3. It is the physical parts or components of a computer.

___________ 4. A command-line tool that scans the operating system critical files
and replaces files that are corrupted.

___________ 5. It is connected to a cable at one end using specific adapters, such

as an RJ-45, coaxial, or metal clips.
___________ 6. Software tools help diagnose computer and network problems and
determine which computer device is not functioning correctly.
___________ 7. Optimizes space on a hard drive to allow faster access to programs
and data.

__________ 8. A permanent software programmed into a read-only memory.

__________ 9. It prepares a hard drive to store information.

__________ 10. It is a set of instructions that tell a computer what to do.

Note: If you get 100% correct in this pre- assessment, skip the lesson but if
not and only get 50% to 99% correct, then proceed with the lesson.

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 Lesson
Conduct Test and
1 Documentation

What’s In

You were introduced with all the required knowledge and skills on the
installation of computer devices and OS. Now, after executing the proper procedures
I am sure that installation may be a very easy task for you. Those skills are going to
be very essential for the following lesson. In this lesson you will learn conduct test
and documentation.

What’s New

Direction: Use the clues below to fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct words.
Write your answers in your notebooks.

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 What is It

TESTING INSTALLED EQUIPMENT / DEVICES (COMPONENTS)

As a computer technician, you may need a decent understanding of the health

and safety regulations from ahead of time in your career, in order that you
understand the great practices demanded by law. Specifically, you need to:

✓ report any accidents

✓ take charge of your own health and safety when moving heavy components

✓ not cause any electrical hazards

✓ ensure that workstations meet safety requirements.

You need to stick to health and safety regulations as they're going to help to
protect you and others and can avoid any unnecessary proceeding for reckless and
unsafe working practices. If you identify any health and safety problems, you ought
to tell your line manager or the health and safety representative immediately.

Diagnostic tools are used to test and diagnose equipment.

Diagnostic tools include the following:

Digital multimeter is a device that can take many types of

measurements. It tests the integrity of circuits and the quality
of electricity in computer components. A digital multimeter
displays the information on an LCD or LED.

A loopback adapter, also called a loopback plug, tests the basic

functionality of computer ports. The adapter is specific to the
port that you want to test.

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 A toner probe is a two-part tool. The toner part is connected to a
cable at one end using specific adapters, such as an RJ-45, coaxial,
or metal clips. The toner generates a tone that travels the length of
the cable. The probe part traces the cable. When the probe is in
near proximity to the cable to which the toner is attached, the tone
can be heard through a speaker in the probe.

Software Tools

Like hardware tools, there are a variety of software tools that can be used to
help technicians pinpoint and troubleshoot problems. Many of these tools are free
and several come with the Windows operating system.

Disk Management Tools

Software tools help diagnose computer and network problems and determine
which computer device is not functioning correctly. A technician must be able to use
a range of software tools to diagnose problems, maintain hardware, and protect the
data stored on a computer.

You must be able to identify which software to use in different situations. Disk
management tools help detect and correct disk errors, prepare a disk for data
storage, and remove unwanted files.

Format: Prepares a hard drive to store information.

ScanDisk or CHKDSK: Checks the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by
scanning the file system. These tools might also check the disk surface for physical
errors.
Defragmentation: Optimizes space on a hard drive to allow faster access to
programs and data.

Disk Cleanup: Clears space on a hard drive by searching for files that can be safely
deleted.

System File Checker (SFC): A command-line tool that scans the operating system
critical files and replaces files that are corrupted.

Testing Computer System

The best way to find out what's wrong is to take a proactive approach: Check
under your PC's hood with the following mostly free diagnostic tools, and see if
anything is amiss--before disaster strikes.

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Three Major Components of Computer System:

• Hardware- physical parts or components of a computer.

• Software- instructions that tell a computer what to do.
Software comprises the entire set of programs, procedures, and routines
associated with the operation of a computer system,
• Firmware- permanent software programmed into a read-only memory.

Test Your Hardware

Checking your computer hardware and its peripherals

1. Computer Monitor and its peripherals

How to run a Monitor Self-Test.

1. Power off both your computer and the monitor.
2. Disconnect the signal cable from the back of the computer.
3. Power on the monitor.
Note:
Depending on your monitor, While in the Self-Test mode, the monitor's LED power
indicator remains on and the Check Signal Cable figure moves around on the
screen.

If your monitor alternate between 2 boxes Analog and Digital that is normal, as
some monitors supports both Digital and analog signal.

Test Results:

a) If you see any of the above check cable signals, that mean the problem is not
related to your monitor, please check your graphics card.

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b) If you see the first figure with one of the colors missing, that means your
monitor requires service.
c) If you are unable to see any of the figures. But the light of the monitor is on, it
means your monitor requires service.

2. Keyboard and Mouse

How to Test a Laptop Keyboard

Testing your computer's keyboard involves more than simply seeing if the keys
work. Opening a word processor and typing a few lines won't really tell you anything;
if all the keys work correctly, there could still be an issue with your keyboard's device
driver that isn't obvious. To successfully test your computer's keyboard, you need to
do so in the Microsoft Windows Device Manager hardware management utility.

Step 1

Click "Start."
Step 2

Click "Control Panel."

Step 3
Click "System."

Step 4

Click "Open Device Manager."

Step 5

Right-click on the listing for your computer's keyboard. Select the "Scan for Hardware
Changes" option from the menu. The Device Manager will now test your computer's
keyboard. If an "error" icon appears next to the listing, there is a problem with your
computer's keyboard. Right-click the listing for the device again and select
"Properties" for more information about the specifics of the error.

3. Check the RAM

RAM or Random Access Memory is one of the most important hardware

component of every computer. It is the small piece of hardware that experts would
really recommend for an upgrade to boost your computer’s performance. While you
can check the memory size of your RAM from the System Properties section of
the Control Panel, testing it is a little bit complicated.

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 Problems in the RAM can cause “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) and can even
prevent your machine from booting up. If you want to test your RAM, you can
use Memtest86+ and again, the test itself isn’t that simple. In order to perform it,
you will need to create a bootable USB or CD with the software loaded into it since
the test itself works upon boot up and it will take over 30 minutes to complete. If you
want to really test the RAM of your computer or the one that you want to purchase,
you can simply head to the Memtest86+ website to read the instructions.

4. Check for Hard Disk Drive Or Solid State Drive Health

The Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid State Drive (SSD) contains the operating
system that is installed on your computer and once it gets some problems, you whole
machine may hang and freeze often or even fail in the long run. It is therefore
important to make your HDD/SSD in 100% health always.
Checking for HDD/SSD health is important especially if you are planning to
purchase a used computer since you don’t really know the current condition of the
drive itself. You can find plenty of tools that can be used to test the Hard Disk
Drive or Solid State Drive in your computer and if you have an SSD installed, you
can use SSDLife to check your Solid State Drive’s health.

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 For HDD, you will need to use a separate tool called HDSentinel. This tool is
designed for Hard Disk Drives and helps to identify problems, diagnoses troubles
and repairs disk drive problems before they get worst. To download this software,
you can simply visit the official Hard Disk Sentinel website.

5. Test CPU and GPU

The CPU and GPU are two very important hardware components in every
computer that is involved in the main processing of data, commands and everything
else in between. It is because of these two hardware components that you are able
to use Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel and even open your favorite browser. You
are also able to play games because of them so it is therefore necessary to make sure
that both of these hardware components are in perfect condition. To test them, you
can use Furmark.

If you are trying to test a low-end PC that has no dedicated GPU to support
high definition resolutions, you will need to select 1280 x 720 and if you are testing
a medium to high-end PC with a GPU/graphics card, choose the resolutions 1280 x
720 to 1920 x 1080 full HD graphics resolution. If your screen flickers or is distorted
while the test is running, it is a sign that there is a problem in the GPU.

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 To test your machine’s CPU, all you need to do is open “CPU Burner” the hit
the “Start” button to initiate the test. If your computer hangs or freezes during the
test, it means that there is problem in hardware or there is not enough cooling system
for the CPU to work smoothly.

Test Hardware to Prevent Serious Problems

As you can see, there are both online and offline ways in testing your computer’s
hardware and both methods help ensure that your machine is in good condition.
These tests will also help you decide if a pre-loved computer is worthy to be
purchased on not

6. I/O port and devices

• Connection between the I/O port and the peripheral device

• A faulty cable between the I/O port and the peripheral device
• A faulty peripheral device
• Incorrect settings in the System Setup program
• Incorrect settings in the system's configuration files
• Faulty I/O port logic on the system board

7. Power supply Test

USE CAUTION HERE (Though you’d only be shocked with a max of 24 volts)

Plug the power supply into the wall.

Find the big 24-ish pin connector that connects to the motherboard.
Connect the GREEN wire with the adjacent BLACK wire.

The power supply’s fan should start up. If it doesn’t then it’s dead.

If the fan starts up, then it could be the motherboard that’s dead. You can use a
multimeter to check if there is power output from the power supply

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Testing Your Software
Check the different software installed in the computer.

1. Operating system
Run live updates for your operating systems to get the latest patches and
protection for your OS.

Run registry scanners to check the OS registry configuration

2. Application Software

Check for live updates

3. Anti-virus software
Run anti-virus program

Check for virus signature updates

Check for spyware updates

Firmware Testing

Firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device that

provides control, monitoring and data manipulation of engineered products and
systems. The firmware contained devices provides the low-level control program for
the device. Examples of devices containing firmware are embedded systems,
computers, computer peripherals, mobile phones, etc.

Importance of Firmware testing is the certification of firmware system meets

its requirements with respect to functional correctness as well as performance,
operational, and implementational properties. Then to reduce the risk and improve
the performance.

To test the firmware

Check for the correct configuration can accomplish this by configuring the
BIOS in the computer

Error Beep codes

When a PC is first switched on or reset it performs a special diagnostic test
called a POST (Power-On Self Test), to check all components in the PC, the POST
program sends out a signal to each device initializing each device's built-in self test
procedure. 67

The POST test is a two stage process:

1. First, it will check all the basic components including among other things the
system clock, the processor, RAM, the keyboard controller and the Video

2. After the video has been tested the BIOS will then indicate any errors encountered
by displaying either a numeric code or a text message on the screen.

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 When a device fails the first part of the POST, the BIOS will send a series of
beeps from the PC's speaker (internal) to inform the PC user that there is a problem
these beeps are coded allowing the user to diagnose the troublesome component.
When the POST has been completed successfully, the PC will make a short beep to
let the user know everything is as it should be.
Brands of BIOS chip

1. AMI BIOS
2. AWARD BIOS
3. Dell BIOS
4. IBM BIOS
5. Phoenix BIOS
Each type of BIOS chip has it own error code

AMI BIOS beep codes

Below are the AMI BIOS beep codes. However, because of the wide variety of
different computer manufacturers with this BIOS, the beep codes may vary.

Beep Code Descriptions

1 short DRAM refresh failure.
2 short Parity circuit failure.
3 short Base 64 K RAM failure.
4 short System timer failure.
5 short Process failure.
6 short Keyboard controller Gate A20 error.
7 short Virtual mode exception error.
8 short Display memory Read/Write test failure.
9 short ROM BIOS checksum failure.
10 short How to replace the CMOS battery.
11 short Cache memory error.
1 long, 3 short Conventional/Extended memory failure.
1 long, 8 short Display/Retrace test failed.
Two-tone siren Low CPU fan speed, voltage level issue.

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Award BIOS beep codes

Below are Award BIOS beep codes. However, because of the wide variety of different
computer manufacturers with this BIOS, the beep codes may vary.

Beep Code Description

1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS
cannot initialize the video screen to display any
additional information.
1 long, 3 short Video card not detected (reseat video card) or bad video
card.
Beeps repeating endlessly. RAM problem.
Repeated high frequency Overheating processor (CPU).
beeps while PC is running.

Repeated beeps Issue with the processor (CPU), possibly damaged.

alternating high & low
frequency.

If any other correctable hardware issues are found, the BIOS displays a message.

Dell beep codes

Beep Code Description

1 beep BIOS ROM corruption or failure.
2 beeps Memory (RAM) not detected.
3 beeps Motherboard failure.
4 beeps Memory (RAM) failure.
5 beeps CMOS battery failure.
6 beeps Video card failure.
7 beeps Bad processor (CPU).

For other Dell beep codes, please refer to Dell's beep codes and PSA diagnostics
chart page.

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IBM BIOS beep codes
Below are general IBM BIOS beep codes. However, because of the wide variety of
models shipping with this BIOS, the beep codes may vary.

Beep Code Description

No beeps Why won't my computer turn on?
1 short beep Normal POST, computer is ok.
2 short beep POST error, review screen for error code.
Continuous beep No power, loose card, or short.
Repeating short beep No power, loose card, or short.

1 long and 1 short beep Motherboard issue.

1 long and 2 short beeps Video (Mono/CGA display circuitry) issue.
1 long and 3 short beeps. Video (EGA) display circuitry.
3 long beeps Keyboard or keyboard card error.
1 beep, blank or incorrect Video display circuitry.
display.

Phoenix BIOS beep codes

Below are the beep codes for Phoenix BIOS Q3.07 or 4.x.

Beep Codes Description

1-1-4-1 Cache Error

1-2-2-3 Bios ROM Checksum

DRAM test rate
1-3-1-3 RAM failure

1-3-4-1 RAM Failure data bits of low memory bus

1-3-4-3 RAM Failure data bits of high memory bus
1-4-1-1 ROM copyright notice
2-1-2-3 Test for unexpected interrupt

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 What I Have Learned

I have learned that ____________________________________________

I have realized that ____________________________________________
I will apply ___________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Direction: Enumerate the steps on how to conduct test and documentation in

computer system. Write your answer in your notebook.

1.Testing the power supply

2. Testing a Monitor

3. Keyboard and mouse

Assessment

A. Direction: Identify the BIOS beep codes of the following BIOS chips. Write your
answers in your notebook.

AMI BIOS
Base 64 K RAM failure. 1.
DRAM refresh failure. 2.
Low CPU fan speed, voltage level issue. 3.
Cache memory error. 4.
ROM BIOS checksum failure. 5.

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 Phoenix BIOS
RAM Failure data bits of low memory 6.
bus
Cache Error 7.

RAM failure 8.
RAM Failure data bits of high memory 9.
bus
Bios ROM Checksum 10
DRAM test rate

IBM BIOS
Normal POST, computer is ok. 11.

Keyboard or keyboard card error. 12.

Motherboard issue. 13.

POST error, review screen for error code. 14.

No power, loose card, or short. 15

Additional Activities

In preparation for the next lesson, research or watch a video about installing
network cable.

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Assessment What I Know
A.
1. Digital multimeter
1) 3 short 2. Disk Cleanup
2) 1 short 3. Hardware
3) Two-tone siren 4. System File Checker
4) 11 short 5. toner probe
5) 9 short 6. Disk Management Tools
6) 1-3-4-1 7. Defragmentation
7) 1-1-4-1 8. Firmware
8) 1-3-1-3
9. Format
9) 1-3-4-3
10)1-2-2-3 10. Software
11)1 short beep
What’s New
12) 3 long beeps
13) 1 long and 1 short beep
14) 2 short beep
15) Repeating short beep
What’s More
Answers may vary
What Have I Learned
Answers may vary
What I Can Do
Answers may vary
Answer Key
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