Colegio de San Juan de Letran

Bo. Bucal City of Calamba, Laguna 4027

School of Engineering
CpE001L: Computer Hardware Fundamentals
Personal Computer (PC) Disassembly
Laboratory Exercise # 1

GRADE Group No. Leader Members : ____ : SURNAME, First Name Middle Initial. : SURNAME, First Name Middle Initial. SURNAME, First Name Middle Initial. Signature ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

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Engr. Ricrey E. Marquez, CpE, MSCS (Lab Instructor)

OBJECTIVES AND MATERIALS

Objectives: After this laboratory, students should be able to: 1. disassemble a computer using safe lab procedures and the proper tools; 2. to be familiar with the internal components of PC; 3. o know the step-by-step procedure in disassembling PC. Materials: Quantity 1 1 1 1 1 set Part Number Description Screw driver Antistatic wrist strap Antistatic mat Antistatic bag Computer Unit

PROCEDURES
1. Turn off and disconnect the power to your computer. 2. Locate all the screws that secure the side panels to the back of the computer. Use the proper size and type of screwdriver to remove the side panel screws. Do not remove the screws that secure the power supply to the case. Put all these screws in one place, such as a cup or a compartment in a parts organizer. Label the cup or compartment with a piece of masking tape on which you have written side panel screws. Remove the side panels from the case. 3. Put on an antistatic wrist strap. One end of the conductor should be connected to the wrist strap. Clip the other end of the conductor to an unpainted metal part of the case. If you have an antistatic mat, place it on the work surface and put the computer case on top of it. Ground the antistatic mat to an unpainted metal part of the case. 4. Locate the hard drive. Carefully disconnect the power and data cable from the back of the hard drive. 5. Gently remove the hard drive (touching only the sides) from the case. Place the hard drive into an antistatic bag. 6. Locate the floppy disk drive. Carefully disconnect the power and data cable. 7. Locate all the screws that secure the floppy drive to the case. Use the proper size and type of screwdriver to remove the floppy drive screws. Put all these screws in one place and label them. Place the floppy drive into an antistatic bag. 8. Locate the optical drive (CD-ROM, DVD, and the like). Carefully disconnect the power and data cable from the optical drive. Remove the audio cable from the optical drive. 9. Locate all the screws that secure the optical drive to the case. Use the proper size and type of screwdriver to remove the optical drive screws. Put all these screws in one place and label them. Place the optical drive into an antistatic bag.

10. Locate the power supply. Find the power connection(s) to the motherboard. Gently remove the power connection(s) from the motherboard. Does the power supply provide auxiliary power to the video card in the PCI, AGP or PCI-E slot? If so, disconnect the power cable. 11. Locate all the screws that secure the power supply to the case. Use the proper size and type of screwdriver to remove the power supply screws. Put all these screws in one place and label them. Carefully remove the power supply from the case. Place the power supply with the other computer components. 12. Locate the processor. Remove the processor from the motherboard. Make sure the processors socket lock is released before removing the processor. 13. Locate any adapter cards that are installed in the computer, such as a video card, NIC, or modem adapter. Locate the screw that secures the adapter card to the case. Use the proper size and type of screwdriver to remove the adapter card screw. Repeat this process for all adapter cards that are installed in the computer. Put the adapter card screws in one place and label them. 14. Locate the memory modules on the motherboard. Remove the memory modules from the motherboard. Be sure to release any locking tabs that may be securing the memory module. Hold the memory module by the edges and gently lift it out of the slot. Put the memory modules into an antistatic bag. 15. Remove all data cables from the motherboard. Make sure to note the connection location of any cable you unplug.

DATA RESULTS
Figure 1.1 Power supply module including power connector (complete label) Figure 1.2 Drives with cable connector module (complete label) Figure 1.3 Motherboard module including motherboard connectors and major components (complete label) Figure 1.4 IO ports modules such USB, LPT1, COM, and etc. (complete label)

DATA ANALYSIS
1. Draw a flow chart on how to disassemble a PC, and 2. Guidelines or lab pre-cautions before disassembling PC.

QUESTIONS
1. What are the different types of processors socket including the number of pins, and processor used in the socket? 2. How many memory modules are installed on the motherboard? What type of memory module? 3. Lists the adapter cards and the slot types. 4. What kind of data cable did you disconnect? 5. What are the different types of jumper configuration in hard drive?

CONCLUSION