Technology Education THE PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) HARDWARE PART 6

Purpose Of Lesson Part 6 To teach students the basic internal computer system components(hard parts) and their functions. To teach students the different types of storage medias used with computers and their sizes.

IDE FLOPPY CABLES HOOKS UP DISK DRIVES TO MOTHERBOARD GOING OBSOLETE SOON!!!

IDE FLOPPY CABLE OBSOLETE!!!! HOOKS UP FLOPPY DRIVES TO MOTHERBOARD

ROUNDED IDE NEATER LET MORE AIR FLOW THOUGH COMPUTER CASE!! AGAIN IT IS BECOMING OBSOLETE!!!!

SATA SERIAL ATA CABLES USED NOW TO PLUG UP ALL TYPES OF DRIVES TO MOTHERBOARD FASTER 3.0 JUST CAME OUT EVEN FASTER

SATA POWER PLUGS SERIAL ATA - SATA POWER PLUG IS DIFFERENT FOR SATA DEVICES

MOLEX CONNECTORS POWER PLUGS INSIDE THE COMPUTER CASE

MOLEX CONNECTORS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ONES YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND GET A POWER SUPPLY THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOUR PARTS OR, GET DIFFERENT PARTS

PARALLEL OLD PRINTERS AND ETC. BECOMING OBSOLETE!!

USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) MANY DIFFERENT TYPES HOOKS UP MOST EVERYTHING

USB 3.0 Currently out Has an additional 5 connectors behind the normal 4 Much FASTER!!!

USB 3.0 If you have an older PC don’t worry you can add some USB 3.0 connectors to your computer with an expansion card or express card.

USB 3.0 Several different connectors unique to USB 3.0

VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY (VGA) BEING REPLACED BUT IS STILL AROUND.

DVI DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE (DVI) IS REPLACING VGA HAS A BETTER PICTURE QUALITY AND/OR SIZE. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES

S VIDEO USED MAINLY ON TV SETS VIDEO ONLY

RCA VIDEO YELLOW CABLE RIGHT AND LEFT AUDIO ON WHITE AND RED

COAXIAL CABLE CARRIES AUDIO, VIDEO, AND DATA. USED BY SATELLITE AND CABLE COMPANIES

COMPONENT SEPARATES VIDEO INTO RED BLUE AND GREEN AUDIO CARRIED BY FIBER OPTIC CABLE

OPTICAL FIBER OPTIC CABLE CURRENTLY USED JUST FOR AUDIO WILL ONE DAY CARRY VIDEO AND DATA INTO YOUR HOUSE!

ANALOG AUDIO OBSOLETE USED TO CONNECT AUDIO CARD TO CD DVD DRIVES

E SATA VERY FAST DATA CABLE USED OUTSIDE OF COMPUTER USB 3.0 IS MAKING IT OBSOLETE!

PS2 OBSOLETE IT CONNECTS MICE, KEYBOARDS, AND ETC.

HDMI CARRIES HIGH QUALITY PICTURE AND AUDIO IN ONE CABLE. LIKE TO A HIGH DEFINITION TV SET.

DISPLAY PORT CARRIES HIGH QUALITY VIDEO ONLY. USED MAINLY ON LAPTOPS

WE HAVE DISCUSSED Expansion ports Floppy drives/tape drives Compact discs: CD, LASERDISC, CD-R, CDRW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVDRW, HYBRID, DUAL LAYER, HD DVD, BLUE RAY FLASH DRIVE/JUMP DRIVE USB 1.0, 2.0, AND 3.0

END OF PART 6