Jan Paolo Casimina BTLED 3A

ICT 222
Motherboard and CPU Report

INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD

Before proceeding in installing the motherboard, there are necessary precautions that should
be considered such as:

• Unplugging the wall socket power cord before touching any of the components. This
will ensure that any electrical accidents during assembly of the computer will not
occur.
• Using a grounded wrist strap. This is a common safety device to technicians so that
if during testing the motherboard, electrical current would just flow to the technician’s
body without any harm. This will also ensure that no electrical damages will occur to
the internal components of the Motherboard
• Holding the edge of the components. The internal components of a Motherboard are
fragile that even slight changes to them would result to not funcitioning or even a
broken motherboard. Motherboards today are not cheap.
• Placing the motherboard on a antistatic pad. Antistatic pads prevent electricity to
flow to other materials around the motherboard.
• Making sure the ATX power supply is switched off. If ever that the motherboard is
already installed inside the chassis and attached to the ATX power supply, make sure
it is turned off to avoid any electrical surges that will damage the computer.

Failure to follow these precautions may cause serious damages to the computer’s
hardware and software and even the technician checking or assembling a computer.

In installating the motherboard to the chassis, we must follow these guidelines:

1. Make sure to do research before purchasing any hardware components of the

computer to check their compatability. There are variants of hardware components
that needs to be researched before purchasing.
2. Study the configuration of the computer chassis and pre-determine the correct
orientation of the motherboard before screwing it in to ensure it fits inside the
chassis.
3. In installing the motherboard, look for the screw holes at the edges of the mother
board. Do not overtighten the screws. This may cause serious damages to the
motherboard.
INSTALLING THE CPU

Before installing or even buying a CPU, make sure that its compatible with the motherboard
socket. The motherboard has many variants of CPU sockets like the LGA1150; designed for
the Intel® 4th generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3, Pentium® and Celeron®
processors.

Safety Procedure

•Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.

•Upon purchase of the motherboard, ensure that the PnP cap is on the socket and the socket
contacts are not bent. Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing, or if you
see any damage to the PnP cap/socket contacts/motherboard components. ASUS will
shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipment/ transit related.

•Keep the cap after installing the motherboard. ASUS will process Return Merchandise
Authorization (RMA) requests only if the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA1150
socket.

•The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket contacts resulting from incorrect
CPU installation/removal, or misplacement/loss/incorrect removal of the PnP cap.

(Video presentation is provided so that the listeners can follow the correct way to install the
CPU to the motherboard)

CPU Cooler and Thermal Paste

As the name suggests, the CPU Cooler lowers the temperature of the CPU as it runs; high-
end CPU’s runs at very high temperatures that damage the motherboard or itself and so, the
CPU cooler is as important as the other hardware components.
A CPU cooler is a device designed to draw heat away from the system CPU and other
components in the enclosure. Using a CPU cooler to lower CPU temperatures improves
efficiency and stability of the system. Adding a cooling device, however, can increase the
overall noise level of the system. There are many kinds of CPU Coolers that are available in
the market.

AIR CPU COOLERS

The CPU cooler may consist of a heat sink (a component designed to lower the temperature
of an electronic device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air) or combination of a heat
sink and fan. These cooling systems are generally referred to as air cooling and are often used
in conjunction with systems that are designed to improve airflow.
LIQUID CPU COOLING
Another type of CPU cooling is called liquid cooling, where liquid circulates liquid through
small pipes in a heat sink, drawing heat from the CPU to a dedicated radiator located on the
system case or enclosure, where it is released into the ambient air outside of the system. The
cooled liquid travels back through the system to the CPU to continue the process.

OTHER COOLING METHODS

Other CPU cooling methods include software cooling where software is used to access and
control the CPU’s power-saving technology.