About Computer Hardware


The peripheral devices of any computer which connect on the motherboard and function correctly are called hardware
-Motherboard itself also a hardware
  • Types of hardware
  • Motherboard
  • HDD "Hard disk"
  • RAM "Random access memory"
  • Processor 
  • Power supply (p.s)
OUTPUT DEVICE
  • Monitor- is also called soft output and digital output
  • Printer- it is also called hard output
INPUTE DEVICE
  • Mouse
  • Keyboard
Output device are two types 
  • Soft output device/ Digital output - Monitor
  • Hard output device – Printer
Example of Hardware and Software
  • Hardware :- Body ( which can be touch and feel)
  • Software :- Soul ( Which cannot be touch and feel)
I.e. Hardware and Software cannot be run without eachohter.
  • S.M.P.S.  (Switching mode power supply) / Main power supply fan.
                    This is called main power supply of computer which switched the input AC volt and give output as DC volt on different voltage.
For e.g.:- +3.3v, +5v, +12v, -12v etc.
  • Types of S.M.P.S.
1. AT – Advance technology ( it have 8 pins)
2. ATX – Advance technology Extended ( it haves 20 pins )
  • Hard Disk Drive (HDD) :-
                      This is a storage device which stores all the work done in any computer as well as store operating system (O.S). For e.g. Windows, Linux, Vista etc...
The storage capacity of hard disk drive is up to 40 GB to 500 GB above...
The features of HDD
1. It can saves data permanently
2. To remove data from HDD we must delete the data then only it can be remove.
3. In another word HDD can be said as permanent store device or non-removable storage device.
  • Parts of Hard Disk Drive :-



Platter: - It is a disk where we save data. In one minutes it takes 7200 rotation. (7200 R.P.M)
Speed: - 7200 Rpm
HDD: - It can read and write with the help of  
              'Head'
CD: - It can read and write with the help of optical      
          Lens.


  •   Another parts of HDD:- 
1. PATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment)
2. SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)

1. PATA: - It is a wire or data cable which in parallel in shape which connected to hardisk and motherboard.

2. SATA: - It is wire or data cable which is also connected HDD and Motherboard. This SATA is used in the latest computer. It is a computer bus primarily desigbed for transfer of data between a computer and mass storage devices such as hard disk drives hard drives into compute systems. A computer bus designed to transfer data to and from a hard drive using serial signaling technology. Because SATA cables are thinner than its ribbon type counterpart.
  • PATA and SATA is used to do same work but its difference is only that while watching these two data cables, it is not in similar shape.
MOTHERBOARD: -
This is main board of any PC.(e.g. Desktop, Laptop). Which allow connect all the devices on it and make them work properly.
Motherboards are upgraded according to processor. We cannot use same motherboard for different model of processor.

Note: - PCI- when the USB Plug and Back Panel is not working or damage, we should used PCI slot.

Processor: - 
This is a chip which we can say heart of computer. It processes all the raw data and gives output as a result. It accepts all the data and controls every hardware connected to the motherboard and gives path to data/signal to the connected hardware or devices.

Types of Processor:- 
  • 386
  • 486
  • P1 - 66 MHz to 100 MHz
  • P2 - 133 MHz to 400 MHz
  • P3 -  533 MHz to 1100 MHz
  • P4 – 1133 MHz to 3000 MHz
  • Dual core  - 1800 MHz to 3000 MHz
  • Core2 Duo – 1800 MHz to 3000 MHz
  • Core2 Quad – 1800 MHz to 3000 MHz
  • Core2 Extreme – 1800 MHz to 3000 MHz
  • Till now
Note: - Now Due to New Advance Technology in P4 processor there is pin type and now latest P4 processor there is pin less.

Types of Processor
             a) Pin
             b) Pin less 
P4 – For Normal use
Dual core – Photoshop
Core 2 Due – For video editing
Core 2 Quall –
Core2 Extreme –
Processor:- 
1.7 GHz/ 128/400/1.75 of] Processor clock speed Kb MHz
  •   1.7 GHz – clock speed of processor.
  •   128 Kb – catch/caching memory of processor.
  •   400 MHz – Bus speed of processor.
  •   1.75 volt – Current capacity of Processor.
Note: - The computer which has high GHz, kb, Mb those computer work fast.

# 1.7/128 – Intel Celeron: - This is used for normal computer. This is low quality .This is  
                                             Low in speed and low cost.
# 1.6/256 – Intel p4
# BUS: - The capacity of carrying data on circuit of computer hardware in different parts is called Bus. E.g. RAM, Motherboard, Processor, PCI Slot and cards

Types of BUS
  • Data
  • Control
  • Address
Data Bus: - To collect / carry the data
Control Bus: - To control the data (C.P.U)
Address Bus: - Give address to the data.

RAM (Random Access Memory):- This is a kind of memory used of any computer which stores data while having electricity and after electricity lost data also lost. While we work on any (O.S) operating system all the work are store on RAM before we save the data.
    RAM Randomly access the data according to work done on any O.S (Operating System).

Types of RAM:- 
  •   SD RAM- 184 pin
  •   DDR1 RAM - 250 Pin
  •   DDR2 RAM - 204 pin
  •   DDR3 RAM – 240 pin 
1. SD RAM: - It is used in P3 computer. It is pc 133 and it have only [64mb- 265 mb]
2. DD RAM: - It used in p4 computers and above. It is pc 266 – pc 400 and it have [128mb – 1 Gb]
3. DDR2 RAM :- It is Pc 800 and it have [256mb – 2 Gb]
4. DDR3 RAM: - It is pc 1666 and it has many more than others computer ram.

Fig: of Motherboard.


IDE1/IDE2:- To connect the wire of hard disk HDD and CD disk
AGP (Advance Graphic Port):- To used graphic card when needed.
  • BIOS: - Basic Input/Output System:- This is a programmed in a small CMOS chip on the motherboard. Which helps to detect all the devices connected to the motherboard and also find out the devices is working properly or not.
Keys to run BIOS:- 
[F1/F2/DEL/F10]
  • Boot: - It is a process to on the computer
- Bios Boot
- Os Boot
At first any Pc boots with Bios, if all the components are working properly then 2nd step is Os Boot. After OS boot we can work on OS Environment.

How to open/start Bios.
1. Power on the computer
2. Press F1/F2/Del/F10 from keyboard
3. Bios setting programs will appears on monitor
4. And we can saw their standard CMOS Setting, advance setup and many more settings.

Standard CMOS Setting: - This setting is only used for check the hard disk, CD-Rom, and many more things will work or not properly.

Standard CMOS Setting 
1. Primary IDE Master - Hard Disk
2. Primary IDE Slave - Not detected
3. Secondary IDE master - CD-Rom

Advance Setup:- 
- To setup only Boot Device
  • 1st Boot Device - CD-Rom 
  • 2nd Boot Device - Hard disk
  • 3rd Boot Device - Hard disk
Note: - In BIOS setting if any setting will mistake or disappear or we can change anything then we have one option "Load default setting". If we do this then any setting will raised on same form automatically.

Only on PATA
  IDE1 - Master
- Slave
IDE2 - Master
- Slave
Fig. PATA Cable









 This is a card having inbuilt processor and memory which deals only with graphic of any PC.
VGA - Video Graphic Adapter (PCI Slot)

USB: - (Universal Serial Bus) this is a kind of Bus which works for data transfer on fast speed. The latest version of USB is 2.0 soon it is upgrading to 3.0 versions.

Note: - Now in Laptop there is HDMI, it is new technology. USB – HDMI placed.

CD/VCD/DVD Blue Ray "New Technology" 40GB.

SMPS:-
SMPS for Troubleshoot
Green Wire
Black Wire

Needs for technician:-
Screw driver set
Xp Bootable CD, Service pack 2,2006
Vista Bootable DVD/Black xp Bootable DVD
Windows 7 Bootable DVD
Driver Collection DVD
Sharp chimta
Pen drive
Ms-Office CD- 2003
Adobe Collection DVD

Troubleshoot of RAM:- 
- No Display
  •  Change RAM slot
  •  Change RAM
- Restart
  •  Change RAM slot
  •  Change RAM
XP Setup Problems
- Blue Screen with White font
Troubleshoot
- RAM Change RAM Slot, Insert New RAM
- HDD Normal Format Or Re-Partition

Data Backup
1. Connect HDD from which needed to recover data on next Pc as slave (If PATA)
* For SATA connect HDD on SATA port and boot computer from original HDD.
2. Copy data to the original HDD from first slave HDD and then of Pc.

To Manage Disk
  • Right click on my computer
  • Click manage
  • Appears computer management
  • Click on Storage
  • Disk management will appears
To Check driver
  • Right click on my computer
  • Click on hardware
  • And click on device manager
Safe mode: - This is also a Operating System (O.S) which helps to run OS without problems but can't work properly.
To Run Safe Mode Press [F8] at BIOS boot.

 Troubleshoot of Blue Screen
  • Os Incompatible (CD)
  • Dual Core (+) processor are made for 32 bits and 64 bits O.S.
  • So, if you try to install 64 bit O.S. on 32 bit processor then may get such problems.
Note: - Latest processor may not support XP as just support vista and Win7.

Driver: - It is software which helps to work any hardware properly. Every hardware has its own driver software provided by manufacturing company without driver software hardware cannot work properly.

File System:-

FAT:- File Allocation Table
HPFS:- High Performance File System
NTFS:- New Technology File System

Note:- C: Partition (Unknown)   - File corrupt
 D: Partition (NTFS)  - Good

 Assembling:-
1. Casing (SMPS attached)
2. Motherboard
3. CPU
4. RAM
5. Data Cable (SATA, PATA)
6. CPU Cooling Fan
7. PCI Devices

 SMPS :- ( Main Power ) (Cable are different)
  • 20 pin +4 pin (square) – In New SMPS (20pin old SMPS)
  • 4 pin (square yellow) – For Display
  • 4 pin (Rectangle) – For HDD, CD-Rom power
NOTE:-  +3 volt in yellow wire [black wire (ground)]
+5 volt in Red wire
+12 volt
-12 volt
Black and yellow Display


(Two color)


Four Different color (Black, Yellow, orange, green) --->   for power to motherboard

 Front Panel (P4 Motherboard)

Note:- 
(a) 8 & 6:- Used for signal green light 
(b) 5 & 7:- Used for reset button
(c) 2 & 4:- Used for power (2 +, 4- )
(d) 1 & 3:- Used for HDD Lid Red light

USB port: - There was red, white, green, black colored wire.

Note: - In New motherboard Red wire is always infront side using sign "L"
Cable color:-
Red: - 1st pin
White: - 3rd pin
Green: - 5th pin
Black: - 7th pin

 CPU (Processor):- 
Cooling Fan: - We should put the cooling fan in proper shape. Its power plug is side of the fan. Some fan has 3 pin some has 2, 1 pin.

Troubleshoot 
No display:-
1. First check the Power supply of HDD and disconnect the power supply of HDD.
2. Check the RAM Slot with the help of change in RAM.
3. If the BIOS are appearing then our RAM, Processor, Fan, SMPS is correct.

Troubleshoot
CPU Over Heating:-
1. If cooling fan going slow then CPU will overheated
2. If the CPU is overheated then Computer will hang and automatic restart or shutdown, so we should always check the fan.

Troubleshoot
  • Restart
  • SMPS
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • VIRUS
Hang: - Virus, CPU, RAM, OS, Programme.
No Display: - SMPS, RAM, CPU,BATTERY
No Power: - SMPS, CPU, Motherboard, Wire