IT Equipment Maintenance
Preventive maintenance is a schedule of planned maintenance actions aimed at the prevention of breakdowns and failures. The primary goal of this activity is to prevent the failure of equipment caused by dust and other external particles before it actually occurs. It is designed to preserve and enhance equipment reliability. This include equipment checks, partial or complete overhauls at specified periods, oil changes and lubrication for moving parts like CPU and system fans and so on.
Hardware Maintenance
The purpose of hardware maintenance is to check the condition of cables, components, and peripherals, Clean components to reduce the likelihood of overheating, Repair or replace any components that show signs of damage or excessive wear. Tasks that are performed during a hardware maintenance program:
- 1. Remove dust from fan intakes.
- 2. Remove dust from the power supply.
- 3. Remove dust from components inside the computer.
- 4. Clean the mouse and keyboard.
- 5. Check and secure loose cables.
Software Maintenance
The purpose of this is to verify that installed software is current. Use the tasks listed as a guide to create a software maintenance schedule that fits the needs of your computer equipment:
- 1. Review security updates.
- 2. Review software updates.
- 3. Review driver updates.
- 4. Update virus definitions
- 5. Scan for antiviruses and spyware
- 6. Remove unwanted programs.
- 7. Scan Hardware for errors.
- 8. Defragment Harddrive.
Benefits of ICT Maintenacnce
- 1. Increases data protection.
- 2. Extends the life of the components.
- 3. Increase equipment stability.
- 4. Reduce repair cost.
- 5. Reduces the number of equipment failures.