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Current revision as of 10:44, 19 May 2012

Learning building your own PERSONAL COMPUTER from scratch can be quite a very difficult task once you learn nothing about computers. However once you discover ways to do it along with understand exactly what direction to go, it actually gets quite enjoyable being able to easily strip down and build up old or brand-new PC's. I would like to take this possiblity to lay out the essential components of your personal computer and help you figure out how to build a computer from scratch.

PC Components

The most common pc components that you will need to have are the actual mouse, keyboard, hard drive, floppy drive, ram chips, sound and artwork card, power supply, motherboard and keep track of. I'm assuming you will know what each of these components look such as. If you are usually unsure about several components just look for pictures of them on the internet and you will see what they are usually.

Connection Process

Firstly you have to do business with the mother board as well as the mother board growing plate. Firstly, gently screw your motherboard onto the mother board plate while using notches or screws which have been provided with the particular package or equipment. Once this is done you will need to insert the PROCESSOR (Central Control Unit) straight into its slot for the motherboard. Sometimes these PROCESSOR sockets have levers which you have to gently release for you to open it up so take note of that. Gently slide your CPU into its socket ensuring the pins for the backside slide throughout correctly otherwise it might get damaged. You can currently clip the lever back to place and be sure it is protected.

Now you must attach the heatsink to the CPU chip. You might discover that the CPU already includes the heatsink/fan mounted on it in which case you can read additional. Now you should connect the small cable from the particular heatsink fan on the corresponding socket around the motherboard to offer it power.

The next step is to place the ram chips into their respective slots that are long and thin. Once this may be done you may mount the motherboard installation plate onto the medial side of the computer and screw/slip it in so that it is attached correctly.

The power supply could be the next component to deal with. The power supply area is generally located behind the pc case which is indicated with screw holes that happen to be unoccupied. Just try as well as maneuver it around to fit with the corresponding holes prior to deciding to screw it in. The power supply has a main system connector which gets connected to the power slot around the motherboard, a floppy electrical power connector which gets plugged into the floppy drive and a few standard peripheral strength connectors (crimson, yellow and dark-colored wires) which get plugged into your hard drives and cd roms. You will need to mount the hard disks, cd roms and floppy drives and also connect them together with those connectors making sure that the red line on each electrical power connector is pointed inwards for the motherboard. I'll explain the reason why below.

Right, now we move onto both ports on your motherboard called the principal and secondary IDE Plug-ins. You will notice them when they are rectangular along with brackets around these people. these ports are used to connect the hard drives and cd roms. The cables that get attached to these two ports are 40 flag IDE cables using have 3 internet connections on each wire. Make sure the longest area of the cable is linked to the IDE slots. You need to get in touch the primary IDE cable from the motherboard to the actual hard drive(s) and also the secondary IDE port is utilized to connect the DVD Roms for a motherboard. When you put these IDE cables in to the cdroms and hard drives make sure that the red wire strip is side by side with the red-colored wire strip with the power connectors that happen to be connected to those people devices. Consult your manual if you have one to learn how to use the different jumpers to switch between master and also salve drives on each port. This will allow you to choose which pushes are primary and also secondary.

Now that the energy supply is attached to the motherboard and the various other components you simply must plug graphics along with sound card to their slots. Once this is done make sure you connect the front panel connectors for the corresponding LED lights which means your lights will show up when the computer boots. Failure to do so will result in non function in the system.

Lastly make sure everything is connected properly. This includes the actual external mouse, keyboard, monitor cable as well as power cables in order that the computer will first turn on and function effectively. If all is done well then it ought to be okay.building a computer