ASSEMBLING AND INSTALLATION OF A CORE i5

PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM

BY

ADEGBOYEGA OLUWANISHOLA SMART 1908171097

JUDE EMMANUEL EDOGUN 1908171099

AJIBADE ARIYO SOLOMON 1908171100

ADEWOLE RICHARD ISAIAH 1908171101

FASAKIN SHOLA JOSEPH 1908171102

ABDULRAFIU QUADRI AYOMIDE 1908171103

SAKA SAMUEL OLUWASEYI 1908171104

SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE,

SCHOOL OF PART-TIME STUDIES (EVENING),

LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC, IKORODU LAGOS.

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE AWARD OF NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN

COMPUTER SCIENCE

DECEMBER, 2023
 DECLARATION

We the underlisted students hereby declare that this project “ASSEMBLING AND

INSTALLATION OF A CORE i5 PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM” is carried out

by us under the supervision of MRS OLUWATUYI .R.

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 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that this project was carried out by us at the department of Computer

Science, Lagos State Polytechnic, under the supervision of MRS OLUWATUYI in

partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of National Diploma in Computer

Science.

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MRS. OLUWATUYI, R. Date
Project Supervisor

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AMUSU, MARY.I. Date
Coordinator, Computer Science (SPTSE)

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 DEDICATION

This project is purely dedicated to God Almighty who have been protecting our lives to

see this day and to our family, for their moral and financial support.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

At last the journey that seems unending has come to a close, and we thank God for making it

a big success. All glory is to the Almighty God. We wish to sincerely thank MRS.

OLUWATUYI, who supervised this project for her availability, for giving useful

suggestions, advice and proof reading of the whole work. Special thanks to MRS. AMUSU ,

for her support and advice.

We also extend gratitude to all lecturers and friends in Computer science Department and

our most especially families.

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 ABSTRACT

The use of computers is becoming a daily activity of many people in both working and

leisure. For instance, Europeans spent two to three hours in front of a screen per day

outside of work. Computer System Coupling is the process of designing, building and

implementing a Computer System from scratch to meet specified requirement. The cost

of acquiring branded desktop computer system has increased tremendously partly as

result of the high exchange rate currently witness in Nigeria. The challenges are to

improve the configuration of a desktop computer with latest components to suit specified

capacity, boost systems functionality and minimize acquisition cost of branded system

with similar configuration. The project is aimed at designing, building and implementing

a core i5 desktop personal computer (PC) with specified configuration that will boost the

operational speed of processing information. Different hardware components needed to

build the core i5 desktop computer were clearly identified, the desktop computer was

assembled and the necessary software including the Windows 10 Operating System were

installed. The core i5 desktop was fully tested for functionalities, performance and

reliability and was found to be working appropriately.

Keywords: Multicore Computer, Core i5, Processor, Windows 10, Desktop Computer

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Declaration ii

Certification iii

Dedication iv

Acknowledgements v

Abstract vi

Table of Contents vii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of study 1

1.2 Statement of problem 2

1.3 Aim and objectives 3

1.4 Purpose of study 3

1.5 Significant of study 4

1.6 Scope of study 4

1.7 Organization of project 4

1.8 Definition of terms 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction 7

2.2 Hardware Architecture 7

2.3 PC Microprocessor 8

2.4 PC Memory Architecture 10

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2.5 PC BUS Architecture 12

2.5.1 Types of Bus 12

2.6 Expansion Slots 13

2.6.1 Types of Expansion Slots 13

2.7 Software 15

2.8 Hardware Installation 16

2.9 Basic Steps Involved Assembling 17

2.10 Hardware Configuration 17

2.11 Three Essential Settings 18

2.11.1 CMOS Setting 18

2.11.2 Configuration System File Setting 18

2.11.3 Auto Exec.Bat File System 19

2.12 Compatibility with other Components 19

CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

3.0 Introduction 20

3.1 Tools required to setup a whole computer 20

3.2 Components / Parts required for PC Assembly 21

3.2.1 Computer Case and Power Pack 21

3.2.2 Motherboard 21

3.2.3 Hard Disk 22

3.2.4 CD/DVD-ROM 22

3.2.5 RAM (Memory) 23

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3.2.6 Types of Cards 23

3.3 External and Peripherals Components 24

3.4 Function of the computer system 25

References

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