What internal components of tablets can fail the most?

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If we look back at the tablet sector, we are witnessing a clear evolution from which other media such as smartphones do not escape. Since its appearance at the end of the last decade until now, manufacturers have been increasingly perfecting devices that have broken into millions of users and households with force, and that are willing to replace other products such as computers, with which many of us have grown. However, all that glitters is not gold and, despite the fact that the currently marketed models experience an improvement in aspects such as performance and a longer useful life than their predecessors, we are still witnessing major failures that can affect their operation in multiple ways.

Previously, we have talked about the most common errors in terms of image or sound that can appear in our devices. However, there are others related to internal architecture of the same and that can have worse repercussions than those mentioned above since they involve components that are the real engine of the tablets. Below we will comment on the major setbacks that we can find when using these supports.

Anatomy class

Before going on to explain the most common failures, we must know what we find inside a tablet and what elements allow its correct operation. Broadly speaking, we find the motherboard, which we can consider the terminal brain and which houses the RAM, internal memory equipped as standard and chips that allow the connectivity to networks among others. At the same time we find the processor, the battery, and then the items such as cameras, speakers and frames that are intended to protect all these parts.

Processor

Currently, the speed it can be a strength but also a weakness in the devices. Companies develop faster chips that allow a higher performance which translates into an increase in the capacity of the tablets to run more tasks simultaneously without problems. However, this has a drawback and it is the fact that overheating. When using the support for a long time, we expose it to a rise in temperature that can end up burning some components in the medium term. The refrigeration it is a key element.

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Memoria interna

In this section we must differentiate between the storage which is installed as standard in our devices and which we can add using tools such as Micro SD cards. The internal memory, that is, the RAM, contains all the necessary programs for the terminal to work. However, sometimes we can have significant performance problems, which have as a consequence that the terminal works with slowness when installing other applications whose most recommended place is in external memories.

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Embedded

Current devices are equipped with Bluetooth, sensors such as gyroscope, which keeps the terminal oriented, the light, which receives exposure from light sources and is responsible for automatically adjusting the brightness of the screens, and other elements that guarantee the connectivity like WiFi receivers, but that with the passage of time, they are also liable to fail more and more frequently. Unexpected disconnections of the networks and once again, slow execution of applications and tools and finally, visibility problems.

Ports

La connectivity not only comes from the ability to connect to wireless networks but also with the possibility of interacting with other terminals thanks to USB connections. Although today, cables of this type have improved enormously with the appearance of vertigo data transfer speeds, the passage of time but also, manufacturing errors, can lead to deterioration of ports receivers, whose main impact is in the erroneous transmission of content or the fact that the media to which they connect, do not recognize the presence of others.

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Design flaws

This last drawback is not something that occurs on a large scale and affects a small number of terminals. Its maximum exponent is in manufacturing errors that prevent the battery may be connected to the rest of the device, thus interrupting the flow of energy and causing the unexpected shutdown. In these cases, a repair is not possible but the terminal must be returned to the point of purchase to be replaced by another.

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As you have seen, as in our tablets and smartphonewe found balanced performance in all the senses with which a perfect terminal is sought, we can also find failures in all of them that are not only limited to bad audio or image experiences, but can also occur in internal components thereof. One of the best recommendations to avoid these setbacks that can greatly cloud the experience of using media that have already become essential in our lives, goes through regular care of them, controlling which apps and tools we install and always maintain them Up-to-date and safe from harmful elements. And you, have you had any of the problems that we have mentioned? You have more information available on other very common errors in aspects such as the battery so that you know better what can affect this component and how you can solve it to get the most out of your devices.


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