JUAN F.

TRIVIÑO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines Sur
Technical Vocational Department
TVE – CSS Activity Sheet

NAME: __________________________________________________ DATE: __________ TVE 10 - CSS

Activity Sheet NO.: 4.1

COMPETENCY: ICCS LO2
TOPIC Assemble Computer System
Activity: Reading and Understanding

READING MATERIAL

Lesson 1: Power Supply

BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Computer Hardware is the physical part of a computer. Internal hardware is the hardware inside the
computer or is a device that is installed within the computer. When referring to a drive, an internal drive is any drive
inside the computer.

A Power Supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a
computer.

20 PIN MOLEX ATX POWER CONNECTION

This is used to give supply to motherboard.

4 PIN MOLEX P4 12V

The P4 connector is a 12V power supply cable used with

motherboards that have an Intel Pentium 4 or later
processor.

4 PIN BERG CONNECTOR

It is used with computer power supplies that connect to
floppy disk drive.

SATA CONNECTOR
 SATA means Serial Advance Technology Attachment) is a
computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters
to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical
drives, and solid- state drives.

4 PIN MOLEX CONNECTOR

This is used to power various component including hard

disk drives and optical disk drives.

Lesson 2: Motherboard
Lesson 3: Cables and Connectors
Ports - External connecting sockets on the outside of the computer. This is a pathway into and out of
the computer. A port lets users plug in outside peripherals, such as monitors, scanners and printers.
Cables - A cable is most often two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together
to form a single assembly, but can also refer to a heavy strong rope.