I believe I got this off a work colleague once upon a time. Kudos to the one who wrote it down, even though I have no idea who that person was.
System restore / remaster
- Booted to safe mode
- Ran system restore
- Started destructive recovery
- Started non destructive recovery
- Warned of data loss
Modem
- Checked cables
- Checked connected to correct port
- Checked no Sky Digital or BT1571 (answerphone service)
- Checked no other devices on line
- Thunderstorms in the area
- Checked modem installed
- Removed / Reinstalled modem
- Query modem
- Checked dialling properties
- Setup hyperterminal to Freeserve 0845 0796699
Sound
- Played audio CD
- Checked speakers turned up
- Speakers connected in correct port
- Checked Windows volumes all up, nothing muted
- Checked sounds and audio devices s/card installed ok
- Tried headphones in speaker port
Shutting down
- Shutting down and restarting immediately – memory
- Shutting down and not restarting immediately – heat – doesn’t happen randomly
Power
- Antistatic discharge test
- Take out monitor cable out of base unit – (No signal message?)
- Hear beeps (how many or none at all)
- Boot up to bios to see if graphics card is working
- Put in recovery disks to see if loads up from there
- Check to see if harddrive light is on
- No lights on at all – psu/motherboard