The GutsA beginner’s guide to

the vast array of internal hardware in

a PC

By: Lisa Fiedler

Before You Begin…

Clean areaToolsShocking!

Backside

A good tech knows what hardware is available by feeling the back panel!

Crack ‘er open

Figure out the release method

Lay it on it’s left side

Mother may I?

Socket 754 Mother board

The Brain

Does the calculations to run the entire unit

Binary!Socket 775Socket ASlot 1

Picture Perfect

The card you would plug a monitor into

AGP slotVGA connector

Call me NIC

Where you plug in the Cat 5 cable

PCI slotRJ-45 connector

Can you hear me now?

Where you plug in the speakers

Baaaaaaa (RAM)

DIMM or SIMM?Memory you can see

Not really that hard

RAID the fridgeSave your stuff

Total versatility

Games, music, movies, programs galore

DVD, CD

Flipity-Flop

3.5” floppy drive

1 MB of memory

Vac-Attack

Take the PC outside if possible

Don’t spin the fan

Hook it back up neatly

Turn it on, make sure it works

Leave a note

Credits

Pictures courtesy of:www.tigerdirect.com

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