Reason for replacement of controller board

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Ben9108  #488930  Fri, 14 Mar 08 04:38 PM

I would like to seek someone assistance to comment the following analysis.

The main electronic controller board of computer was found abnormal operation. It recorded the program installed in the board had been disappeared more than two times. It is therefore advised to replace the controller board to prevent any interruption of exchange service and secure the computer performance.

  
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Feebs11  #488973  Fri, 14 Mar 08 07:54 PM

Ben9108

I would like to seek someone assistance to comment the following analysis.

The main electronic controller board of  the computer was found to have abnormal operation [OR to be operating abnormally]. It recorded  that the program installed in the board had been disappeared more than two times. It is therefore advised to replace the controller board [that the controller board is replaced] to prevent any interruption of exchange service and to secure the computer's performance.

 
  
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Goodman  #489009  Fri, 14 Mar 08 10:40 PM
Ben, try this for size...

The mother board of the computer was found to have been operating abnormally. The error log file indicated that  the program installed on the board had been contaminated/ tampered / modified  or disappeared in more than two occasions.  It is therefore necessary to replace the mother board for the computer to return to normal performance and to prevent any program interruption.

  
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Ben9108  #489074  Sat, 15 Mar 08 02:21 AM

Thank You So Much, Goodman

 Let me ask some questions to deeply understand english grammar usage.

1. Why use passive voice " ...to have been operating abnormally"?

2. Is it correct if i use " in returning to normal performance" instead of " to return to normal performance"?

  
Goodman  #490057  Mon, 17 Mar 08 09:46 PM
Ben,
This is how I would explain it..

<<use passive voice "
...to have been operating abnormally"<<<

. " ...To have been operating abnormally" is not passive voice but present perfect progressive.  It will take a real grammarian to explain the proper working of this tense. But I believe it’s correctly used.

But was found to have been operating abnormally is passive construct which  was the state the board prior to your discovering it. This part, yes, it's passive

2) >>>Is it correct if i use " in returning to normal performance" instead of " to return to?>>>

No, “to replace the mother board for the computer to return to normal performance” is correct. The sentence requires infinitive not participle form of the  verb “return”

 

  
Ben9108  #491443  Fri, 21 Mar 08 03:09 PM

Thanks Goodman, but i still have question as below. Please help to resolve.

Why not use " to have operating abnormally" ?

Why must use infinitive in the sentence, have any rule to follow?

  
Susankay  #491452  Fri, 21 Mar 08 03:30 PM

The main electronic controller board of the computer was found to be operating abnormally. It recorded that the program installed on the board had disappeared more than two times. It is therefore advised that you replace the controller board to prevent any more exchange service interruption  and to secure the performance of the computer.

 

  
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