1. What’s in the Box?

2. What’s in the box? Storage and processing occurs in the case
Internal devices common to most computers
Motherboard containing CPU, memory, other parts
Main memory (RAM) for temporary storage
Hard drive drive for permanent storage
Power supply with power cords supplying electricity
Adapter cards for internal and external communication
Video, Audio, IO
Data and power cables to connect devices
Adapter cards installed in expansion slots
Desktops and Server system units

3. What’s in the box?:
Open the case

4. What’s in the box? :

5. What’s in the box? :
Adapter card expansion slots

6. Adapter card expansion slots
What’s in the box? :
Adapter card expansion slots
Bus slots on motherboard
Many types
ISA
EISA
PCI
AGP
PCI Express

7. What’s in the box? :
Adapter cards:

8. What’s in the box? :
Adapter card expansion slots

9. What’s in the box? :
Adapter card expansion slots

10. What’s in the box? :
Adapter card provide external connections

11. Common external ports:
What’s in the box? :
Common external ports:
An example of a desktop’s external ports:

12. External ports:
Identify an adapter card by it’s exteranal ports

13. External ports:
External ports

14. External ports:
USB ports

15. External ports:
Legacy keyboard connections

16. External ports:
Video connectors

17. What’s in the box? :
Power supply

18. What’s in the box? : Power supply Most important electrical component
Converts AC voltage external source to DC voltage
Reduces voltage from volts to 12 volts or less
Runs a fan to cool the inside of the computer case
Motherboard has 1 or 2 connections to power supply

19. What’s in the box? :
Power supply connectors

20. What’s in the box? :
Power supply connectors to HDD

21. Power supply connectors to motherboard
What’s in the box? :
Power supply connectors to motherboard
ATX and AT form factor motherboard

22. Power supply connectors to CDROM
What’s in the box? :
Power supply connectors to CDROM
Molex connector (legacy now use SATA)

23. What’s in the box? : SATA and PATA SATA = serial ATA
Standards for storage (HDD / Optical disk) controllers
SATA = serial ATA
Current standard in desktops and laptops
PATA = parallel ATA
Legacy standard
Also commonly called IDE
ATA = advance technology attachment
IDE = integrated drive electronics
All HD controllers in use today meet the IDE standard

24. Standards for storage controllers in Server system units
What’s in the box? :
Standards for storage controllers in Server system units
Fiber channel
High speed connectivity to permanent storage devices via fiber optic cables
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface
High speed connectivity to permanent storage devices via network cabling (twisted pair)
Fiber channel and iSCSI are connections from Server system units to NASs or SANs
NAS = network attached storage
SAN = storage area network

25. Standards for storage controllers in Server system units
What’s in the box? :
Standards for storage controllers in Server system units
SCSI (legacy)
Small computer system interface
Supports connectivity to more devices than PATA and SATA
SAS (current)
Serial Attached SCSI
Higher speed than legacy SCSI
Fiber channel
Connectivity to permanent storage via fiber optic cables
ISCSI

26. What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM PATA data cables (legacy)

27. HDD / CDROM PATA drive cables
What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM PATA drive cables
Motherboard connections (legacy, but many new desktop motherboards have one PATA conncrot)

28. HDD / CDROM SATA drive cables
What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM SATA drive cables
SATA data connector to HDD

29. HDD / CDROM SATA drive cables
What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM SATA drive cables
Note L shape for proper pin 1 connection

30. HDD / CDROM SATA power cables
What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM SATA power cables
Note L shape for proper pin 1 connection

31. HDD / CDROM SATA power cables
What’s in the box? :
HDD / CDROM SATA power cables
Note L shape for proper pin 1 connection

32. What’s in the box? :
Drive bays

33. What’s in the box? :
Removing drives from drive bays

34. What’s in the box? :
Case connectors

35. What’s in the box? : Case LED and switch cabling
Motherboard manual is best reference for these connections
Label on cable
Label on motherboard

36. What’s in the box? :
System memory

37. What’s in the box? :
Different types of RAM modules
SODIMM

38. What’s in the box? :
RAM
Newer RAM types have only one notch

39. What’s in the box? :
RAM
Three identical DDR3 DIMMs installed in a triple-channel configuration

40. What’s in the box? : How Much and What Kind of Memory to Buy
Determine how much memory you have and need
Identify the number, type, and size of memory modules supported by your motherboard
Memory configurator
Determine how much memory can you afford
Match memory modules to the motherboard

41. What’s in the box? :
CPUs
Pentium III

42. What’s in the box? :
CPUs
Pentium 4

43. What’s in the box? :
CPUs
AMD Processors

44. What’s in the box? :
CPUs
The Itanium 2 Processor

45. What’s in the box? :
CPUs
AMD 64-Bit Processors

46. What’s in the box? : CPU sockets
Socket LGA775 is the first Intel socket to use lands rather than pins

47. What’s in the box? : CPU sockets Intel or AMD
Important: match processor to motherboard
Refer to motherboard, processor compatibility documentation
AMD Athlon 64 processor to be inserted into an AM2+ socket

48. CPU Heat Sinks and Cooling Fans
What’s in the box? :
CPUs
CPU Heat Sinks and Cooling Fans
A cooler sits on top of a processor to help keep it cool

49. Combination Heat Sink and Cooling Fan
What’s in the box? :
CPUs
Combination Heat Sink and Cooling Fan