03 Hardware Maintenance & Preventive Care
Engineers inspect and service your hardware on a schedule, catching faults before they cause downtime and extending its working life.
What one preventive visit covers
Every device type goes through the same five steps: cleaning, a condition check, a function test, firmware and patch checks, and a written record with recommendations. What changes is where we look on each kind of device.
Desktops and laptops
Typical in bank and government TORs: once or twice a year
- Fans and heatsinks cleaned of dust, fan speed and temperatures checked
- Disk health read from SMART
- Laptop battery wear checked
- Keyboard, ports, and screen tested
- BIOS, drivers, Windows patches, and antivirus brought up to the versions your policy requires
- Asset tags matched against your register
Printers
Typical in bank and government TORs: every quarter, or by page count
- Pickup rollers, separation rollers, and the fuser cleaned
- Page count checked against the maintenance kit interval
- Meter reading logged and a test page printed
- Firmware updated
Printers show the clearest results from scheduled care. Most paper jams come from dirty or worn rollers.
Servers and storage
Typical in bank and government TORs: every quarter or every six months
- Logs and status read through the management controller (iLO, iDRAC, or XClarity)
- RAID status checked, and disks starting to log errors flagged
- Redundant power supplies, fans, and temperatures checked
- Cache controller battery checked
- Firmware compatibility confirmed before any update
Visits for this group are usually booked outside the working day, because some checks need a reboot.
Network and UPS
Typical in bank and government TORs: UPS twice a year
- Switches: per-port errors, logs, and firmware checked
- UPS: battery tested, runtime measured against the real load, and battery age checked (UPS batteries usually need replacing every 3–5 years)
- Server room: temperature, humidity, and cabling checked
The right interval depends on your site. A dusty branch or a factory floor needs more frequent visits than an air-conditioned office. Your interval is agreed when we set the scope.