1. Technology Education THE PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) HARDWARE PART 1

2. Purpose Of Lesson Part 1
Hardware and the 5 basic hardware components required to have a working Personal Computer (PC).

3. 5 BASIC COMPONENTS
HARDWARE: CPU, MONITOR, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, SPEAKERS, MICROPHONE, COMPONENTS OF THE CPU, & ETC.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
MOTHERBOARD
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) MEMORY CARDS
THE POWER SUPPLY
SYSTEM HARD DRIVE

4. HARDWARE
IS THE HARD PARTS OF THE COMPUTER THAT COULD BE HELD IN YOUR HAND!

5. CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
IS THE COMPUTERS MAIN BRAIN THAT DOES CALCULATIONS AND RUNS ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMPUTER.

6. MOTHERBOARD
IS THE WIRING OF THE COMPUTER LIKE THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM

7. RAM Memory
RAM Cards Fit in Motherboard
RAM=Random Access Memory

8. RAM Memory It is like your short term memory.
Memory for the computer to use for a short while and then forget about it (erase over it)
If you do a lot of multitasking or graphics you need moree of it

9. Power Supply
Converts AC Wall Voltage to the DC Voltages necessary to run the various components of the computer.
YOU NEED ENERGY TOO!!

10. Power Supply
Just like a converter but bigger with more plugs with different several different Volts
$25.00 to $75.00 in cost for most computers.

11. Power Hook Ups
Power hook ups from power supply

12. Power Hook Ups
Power hook ups from power supply

13. HARD DRIVES ARE LIKE YOUR BRAINS MEMORY STORAGE SYSTEM
WHERE ALL OF YOUR MEMORIES ARE STORED

14. Hard Drives Most can hold up to two drives of more
Can have External Drives

15. Hard Drive
Hard Drive is the primary storage area for the computer system
It stores all of the system programs
Files that you store to hard drive
Temporary Files

16. Hard Drive
AUG
ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN UP TO 10,000 GIGABYTE (GB) = 10 TERABYTE (TB) VERSIONS!!!!

17. External Hard Drive Allow you to store more files
HD’s available up to 10 Terra Byte (TB)
10TB = 10,000 Gigabytes
How BIG is that 14, p movies

18. WE HAVE DISCUSSED CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT MOTHERBOARD
RAM MEMORY CARDS
POWER SUPPLY
HARD DRIVES

19. END OF PART 1