How to Take Apart a Dell Dimension 4550

By Greg Brinkman, Steven Williams, Ben Demerit, Nazar Pavlushyn, and Matt

Birkenhauer.

STEP 1

Push release button and slide the case up.

STEP 2Push on the

black notches and pull up on fan.

Cooling Fan-Provides air circulation and prevents computer from overheating.

STEP 3•Pull the green lever and remove the Heat Sink.

STEP 4Release DIMM

latches and pull it out.

DIMM-Dual In-Line Memory Module; Random Access Memory.

STEP 5Remove Hard Drive,

CD Drive and Floppy Drive by squeezing the green handles and pulling up.

Hard Drive-Stores digital data.

Floppy Drive-Reads and writes to a Floppy Disk

CD Drive- Reads and Writes to a CD.

STEP 6Pull the CPU

release lever and pull out the CPU.

CPU-Carries out instructions of a computer program.

STEP 7Pull out the SCSI (Skuzzy) Cables.

SCSI Cable-Transfers data.

The following are the remaining parts of the computer…

USB Port & PS/2 Port

USB Port-Establishes communication with USB devices

Mouse & Keyboard Port-Connects mouse & Keyboard to computer

Power Socket & Power System

Power Socket-Adapter for AC Power Chord.

Power System-Supplies power to a computer.

Backup Battery & Chipsets

Backup Battery-Secondary power supply incase the primary one fails.

Chipsets-Parts of a motherboard that allow the CPU to interface with various components & expansion cards.

PCI Socket & CPU Socket

PCI Socket-Used to attach hardware devices and expansion slots to computer.

CPU Socket-Houses microprocessor & holds CPU

DIMM Socket & Onboard Controllers

DIMM Socket-Used to attach DIMM to computer.

Onboard Controllers-Hold & read data from SCSI Cables.

Audio Port & Capacitors

Audio Port-Connects audio device to computer.

Capacitor-Stores up an electrical charge.

LAN/Ethernet Port & Processor

Ethernet Port-Receives data from EthernetCable.

Processor-Processes & outputs data.

Transistors & Resistors

Transistor-Amplifies & switches electronic signals.

Resistor-Controls flow of electricity.