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1. Inside a PC
2. The Motherboard the 'brains'
3. RAM
4. ROM types of memory
5. CMOS Memory
6. The CPU the processor
7. Expansion Slots
8. Booting the Computer
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1. Inside a PC
CD-ROM
Power drive
supply
Hard disk
drive
Mother
board Floppy
disk drive
Sound/network
cards
Wires and
ribbon cables
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2. The Motherboard
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A Chip
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Motherboard Picture
Read-only
Random Access
Memory
Memory (RAM)
(ROM)
chips.
chips
Expansion slots
Processor chip
(the CPU)
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Moving Data
RAM
continued
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RAM contents can be accessed
in any (i.e. random) order.
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RAM Storage
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How much RAM is Enough?
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Virtual Memory
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4. ROM
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5. CMOS Memory
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6. The CPU
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Some Processors (CPUs)
Pentium Chip
PowerPC Chip
Chip Fan
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The CPU and RAM
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The CPU in Action
The CPU
continued
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The instruction pointer in the CPU's control unit
stores the location of the next program
instruction to be executed.
continued
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The ALU (arithmetic logic unit) executes the
instruction.
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The CPU Instruction Cycle
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The System Clock
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Two Measures of CPU Size
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7. Expansion Slots
Expansion slot containing
an expansion card.
Most expansion cards
contain a port.
Data
originates
in RAM
continued
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Common expansion cards:
graphics card (for connecting to a monitor)
network card (for transmitting data over a network)
sound card (for connecting to a microphone and
speakers)
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Expansion Slot Types
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Connector Cables
continued
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8. Booting a Computer
This is not an
example of
computer booting.
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Other Booting Tasks
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Common Problems #1
Fan
Power light
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Common Problems #2
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Common Problems #3
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Common Problems #4
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Windows Safe Mode
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Windows Safe Mode Picture
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