LECTURER: ENGR. UGOH.
OHAERI
• COURSE TITLE: COMPUTER HARDWARE2
• CODE: EEC 247
• LECTURE MATERIAL BATCH 3
ATX connector panel
ATX Connector Panel
STEPS TO DISASSEMBLE A COMPUTER
• STEP A: REMOVE CASE COVER
• This is a very easy step. Basically, you are just
taking the cover off your new case. If you have a
plain case, you take a screwdriver and remove
the four or six screw located around the edge on
the back of your case . There are “screwless”
casings available
• STEP B: CASE PREPARATION
• new case in front of you with the cover removed. Before
you can use it for a new system, you must prepare it for
use.
STEP C: CONFIGURE YOUR MOTHERBOARD
• First understand that a motherboard is very
configurable. This is done so that it can work with a
variety of different hardware configurations. The
settings the board uses are governed by which
circuits are carrying electricity.
• Always place the board on a flat surface, not carpet
or anything like that. And always ground yourself
before handling the board. When handling the
board, handle it by the edges only when at all
possible.
BASIC PROCEDURE FOR MOTHERBOARD
CONFIGURATION
• Read the Manual
• Set the Voltage settings
• Set the processor speed:
• INSTALL THE CPU: Almost all socket 7 and all socket
370 and A system makes use of the zero-insertion
force (ZIF) socket. Therefore, this procedure is
relevant with that setup
• Check the pins: turn the chip over and inspect the
pins. Are they bent? They should all stick straight up
CPU Inspection & Assessment
CPU Inspection & Assessment
Lift the lever on the CPU socket
CPU Inspection & Assessment
• Open ZIF socket:
• Orient the chip
• Insert processor: When done, there should be basically
no gap between the bottom of the processor and the
socket
• Close ZIF Socket
• Install the cooler onto the processor
• Install the processor: it is to insert the processor into the
slot. The processor has one card like edge at the bottom
of the black cartridge. This edge is keyed so that it can
only insert into the slot the correct way
Make sure that the cooler is in the correct position. Here is the cooler
about to be connected with the socket.
Clips fix the cooler to the socket. This applies to Socket A/462 (AMD)
and Socket 370
• INSTALL HEAT SINK/FAN
• ATTACH THE FAN TO THE HEAT SINK.
• APPLY THE HEAT SINK COMPOUND
• ATTACH THE HEAT SINK.
• ATTACH FAN TO POWER SOURCE
• INSTALL THE CACHE MODULE: The cache module is
usually called the COAST module. It is not universal.
Like RAM, these are different types, and you need to
make sure you are installing the right one.
INSTALL MEMORY.
Installing RAM.
• A notch at the bottom of the memory module ensures
that the RAM is fitted correctly. The notch is located is
different places on SDRAM, DDR SDRAM and RDRAM.
Different types of memory
• SIMM: single in-line memory module
• DIMM: Dual in-line memory module.
• DRAM: Dynamic random access memory
• EDO RAM: Extended data-out RAM. Better speed
performance than DRAM; replaced by SDRAM.
• SDRAM: Synchronous DRAM. Synchronizes memory access
with CPU for faster data transfers
• DDR SDRAM: Double-data-rate SDRAM. Transfers data on the
edges of the System clock, speeding up the data transfer.
DECIDE WHICH SLOTS YOU ARE GOING TO USE AND ORIENT
THE MEMORY MODULE OVER IT.
• Install the module. With SIMMs (30-pin or 72-pin), you need
to stick it in at an angel about 45 degrees. With DIMMs
(anything newer than a SIMM) they go straight in.
• Lock the module in place.
• Now just repeat these steps for each of your memory
modules. When you are done, double-check your work.
INSTALL THE MOTHERBOARD
• Now you need to install the motherboard into the case, the
CPU, fan and memory would have been installed onto the
motherboard, so you will be installing this whole setup into
the case now.
• locate the holes on the motherboard and the holes on the
case or motherboard mounting plate.
• Now, gather your spacers, pictured to the right: Screw them
in to the holes in the case or mounting plate that line up with
holes on the motherboard
• Double check your work
TROUBLESHOOTING ORDER
• 1. The user
greatest external control
• 2. The environment
• 3. Application software
• 4. Utility software and TSRs
• 5. The operating system
6. Peripheral hardware
• 7. System unit hardware
• 8. Conflicts among system components
least external control
