Laboratory Activity 1

Parts identification
By- Jaskirat and Thanus
Procedure (Answered)
1. Done
2. Answer: The assigned PC is a desktop model.
3. Answer:
Floppy Disc Drive- Not present
CD Drive- Not present
DVD Drive- Present
4. Done
5. Rear components of the computer shown-

6. Done
7. Does the power supply have a cooling fan? YES
It is located within the power supply unit
3 bundles of wires are associated with the power supply unit. They include 7
connectors.
8. The wattage is 365 W Maximum.
9. CPU unit is identified.
10. 2 of the 4 ram slots are filled with ram. They are XMM1 and XMM3. The slots XMM2
and XMM4 are empty.
11. J20 PCI 1 and J20 PCI 2 are the main expansion slots in the motherboard.
12. Floppy disc is not installed
13. The hard disc type identified in SATA.
A)
B)
C)
D)

the hard disc does not have a flat ribbon type of cable as it is a newer version.
N/A as flat ribbon type of cable not present
Yes, there is a power cable from the power supply unit
5 wires are used for the power cable

14. The various chips are soldered into place.

15. BAT1 is identified near the CMOS battery
Number 17 is on the next page

17. The internal diagram of the CPU

The internet assignment is completed on the next page--

Internet assignment
A schematic of the Motherboard of HP Compaq DC7100 Business desktop from the HP
website

Access to the manual containing information about BIOS setup, compatible memory
and CPU -- http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00283274.pdf (Official HP website
link)