To be a good computer troubleshooter , you have to have real good analytical skills Last weekend I had a Synology NAS drive that up and failed . The unit would shut down and it showed that disk two could not be recognized. After about 3 hours of troubleshooting swapping drives across the array, I finally got it to work their was nothing wrong with the Adata SSD drives The shut down issue was due to the unit being on a glass shelve with the fan pointing down. The unit could not expel the air flow and over heated
David, you are correct an individual must have some natural analytical skills and some real common sense like (where do I place a NAS so air flow is appropriate).
I taught 25-55 year old electricians, skilled installers, waiters... you get the picture... Formal training is very helpful because it forces you to learn the fundamentals, but if you do not get your hands into this technology you will struggle to move into a very different career from where you are now. Look at community colleges in your area (they generally give you academic knowledge but little practical knowledge). Avoid for-profit schools. Look for any opportunity to begin learning your trade, fixing computers/laptops for anyone and everyone you can. Learn to setup home networks and wireless. Offer your services to non-profit organizations and if possible seek employment in the IT field. Be patient and learn. Welding will provide a living while your develop the skills and knowledge to move IT. Career moves are planned and require lots of work, time and effort. I have watched hundreds of men and women make these types of career changes and respect them for the hard work and sacrifice they made.
@@TechsavvyProductions Such excellent advice and its super important to practice what you learn. When I was younger I didn't really understand how important practicing was. Some things are actually harder if you don't practice them. Just like welding you need on the job experience, it doesn't matter how much textbook knowledge you have if you fail to actually do something with the knowledge. Also learn gradually, there can be a lot to learn but you can do so over time. What I found invaluable is being in an environment where you have to learn to get things done. For example if you have to learn to fix a non-working computer you can push yourself to see how to troubleshoot an issue and learn what is actually wrong. You can also buy broken/non-working PC's and try to fix them up. You can also find out if there are any refurbishers around you or better yet places like Free Geek that allow volunteers to come and learn for free and get access to tons of computer parts.
You should mention that with SMART the lowering of the numbers means it's going bad Crucial SSD drives comes with some real good diagnostic software to download .
Better brands do have some great tools, I hope I spur techs into looking into SMART so they better understand this technology. It is not a perfect solution to failing HDs but it is better than pre-SMART days. Thanks for the comments and for watching!
Disagree: Troubleshooting computers is not that hard when you do understand from the electronics to the OS. But yes, guess it is hard for the wanna bes with no understanding that just poke and pray without any direction, logic or reason. Very similar to this blanket recommendation of “just boot a live cd” and see. A real specialist does not need an extra OS to make a quick diagnostic (can you get to the BIOS? Do you see all the hard drives, memory?). If the issue is the hard drive going bad, it will be obvious (again, if you know) and you can simply check the SMART values but you really cannot trust those values blindly, rather, check the logs of the failures in the event log. What you are teaching here is simple guestimation for the ones that do not care to actually understand how computers and every single device work. But again, asking the questions “what happens, when” is the most important for the experts that really know. Try to teach that instead and get direction from those findings...
"not that hard when you do understand from the electronics to the OS." Well you're right. But not everyone has the inclination to learn everything from the electronics to the OS. In fact that seems like overkill. It's like training to be a car mechanic to replace brake pads or becoming a certified locksmith to change a lock.
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To be a good computer troubleshooter , you have to have real good analytical skills Last weekend I had a Synology NAS drive that up and failed . The unit would shut down and it showed that disk two could not be recognized. After about 3 hours of troubleshooting swapping drives across the array, I finally got it to work their was nothing wrong with the Adata SSD drives The shut down issue was due to the unit being on a glass shelve with the fan pointing down. The unit could not expel the air flow and over heated
David, you are correct an individual must have some natural analytical skills and some real common sense like (where do I place a NAS so air flow is appropriate).
I had a SMART error about imminent catastrophe and it was right. I was lucky.
SMART has not been as helpful as many hoped but we have nothing to replace it so the industry keeps it in place.
I'm a 35 year old welder by trade. I would love to learn the IT trade. Is it worth the effort at my age and if so, where or how should I start?
I taught 25-55 year old electricians, skilled installers, waiters... you get the picture... Formal training is very helpful because it forces you to learn the fundamentals, but if you do not get your hands into this technology you will struggle to move into a very different career from where you are now. Look at community colleges in your area (they generally give you academic knowledge but little practical knowledge). Avoid for-profit schools. Look for any opportunity to begin learning your trade, fixing computers/laptops for anyone and everyone you can. Learn to setup home networks and wireless. Offer your services to non-profit organizations and if possible seek employment in the IT field. Be patient and learn. Welding will provide a living while your develop the skills and knowledge to move IT.
Career moves are planned and require lots of work, time and effort. I have watched hundreds of men and women make these types of career changes and respect them for the hard work and sacrifice they made.
@@TechsavvyProductions Such excellent advice and its super important to practice what you learn. When I was younger I didn't really understand how important practicing was. Some things are actually harder if you don't practice them. Just like welding you need on the job experience, it doesn't matter how much textbook knowledge you have if you fail to actually do something with the knowledge.
Also learn gradually, there can be a lot to learn but you can do so over time. What I found invaluable is being in an environment where you have to learn to get things done. For example if you have to learn to fix a non-working computer you can push yourself to see how to troubleshoot an issue and learn what is actually wrong. You can also buy broken/non-working PC's and try to fix them up.
You can also find out if there are any refurbishers around you or better yet places like Free Geek that allow volunteers to come and learn for free and get access to tons of computer parts.
You should mention that with SMART the lowering of the numbers means it's going bad Crucial SSD drives comes with some real good diagnostic software to download .
Better brands do have some great tools, I hope I spur techs into looking into SMART so they better understand this technology. It is not a perfect solution to failing HDs but it is better than pre-SMART days. Thanks for the comments and for watching!
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Disagree: Troubleshooting computers is not that hard when you do understand from the electronics to the OS.
But yes, guess it is hard for the wanna bes with no understanding that just poke and pray without any direction, logic or reason.
Very similar to this blanket recommendation of “just boot a live cd” and see.
A real specialist does not need an extra OS to make a quick diagnostic (can you get to the BIOS? Do you see all the hard drives, memory?).
If the issue is the hard drive going bad, it will be obvious (again, if you know) and you can simply check the SMART values but you really cannot trust those values blindly, rather, check the logs of the failures in the event log.
What you are teaching here is simple guestimation for the ones that do not care to actually understand how computers and every single device work.
But again, asking the questions “what happens, when” is the most important for the experts that really know. Try to teach that instead and get direction from those findings...
Thanks for the comments and for watching!
"not that hard when you do understand from the electronics to the OS."
Well you're right. But not everyone has the inclination to learn everything from the electronics to the OS. In fact that seems like overkill. It's like training to be a car mechanic to replace brake pads or becoming a certified locksmith to change a lock.