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Chipsets
One of the fundamental design facts of a PC is that its microprocessor is always faster than the peripheral devices…
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Keyboard Controller
The keyboard controller’s name describes what it does—it controls the keyboard. More specifically though, it controls the transfer of data…
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Bus Architectures
The bus architecture of the PC is made upof the wires, connectors, and devices that move data and instructions around…
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Troubleshooting
· You are not the first one to face the trouble. · Some simple solutions. – Check connections. – Ensure that cards…
General Concepts 1 min read
Cabinet
· Form Factor · AT Cases · ATX Cases AT Cases · Older Motherboards (pre-Pentium) · Advantages – Well Established standard make. – Easy and…
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BIOS
· What is it? – Basic Input Output System · Why is it necessary? – boot up · Important Functions – Check CMOS…
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Ports
· Serial – Serial port “serializes” data. – Mouse, Modems etc use Serial port. · Parallel – Bits transmitted in parallel. –…
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Sound Card
· Converts digital data (bits) into analog sound wave and vice-versa. · Has Digital Signal Processor, RAM, ADC and DAC. · Has jacks…
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Video Card
· What’s a Graphics Card? – A modern graphics card is a circuit board with memory and a dedicated processor. –…
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Hard Disk
· What is Hard Disk? – Stores data in magnetic disk like medium · Non-volatile mass storage device. · Has very high access…
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Motherboard
The main circuit board which connects all the device on a microcomputer; Also called main board or system board · Chipset…
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RAM
· What is RAM? – Random Access Memory. – RAM is volatile. · Broadly classified as – Static RAM. – Dynamic RAM.…
