HARDWARE COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION

IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM HARDWARE

SMPS

Switch mode power supply (SMPS) Used to input power to PC.

CASE

Different cabinets are there

AT / ATX/ mini ATX

MOTHER BOARD

A large circuit board which holds all components

5 pins DIN connector

6 pins Ps/2 connector

KEYBAORD USB connector

Wireless keyboard

9 pins 2 rows male serial connector

MOUSE

6 pins Ps/2 connector

USB connector

MONITOR

15 pins 3 rows female data connector 3 pins power connection

FLOPPY DRIVE

Secondary storage device to run floppy disk .

RAM

Primary memory storage

HARD DISK DRIVE

Secondary storage fixed Device.

VIDEO ADAPTER

VIDEO CARD OR DISPLAY ADAPTER 15 PINS 3 ROWS FEMALE CONNECTION .

SOUND CARD A SOUND CARD CAN BE 16 BIT OR 32 BIT

15 PINS 2 ROWS JOY STICK CONNECTION

LINEOUT

MIC

LINEIN

SPEAKER

NETWORK CARD THE NETWORK INTERFACE CARD ( NIC ) CAN BE 16 BIT OR 32 BIT.

LED

RJ45 JACK INPUT

MICROPROCESSOR The Control Processing Unit Heart of the PC

CONNECTORS

THE EXTERNAL CONNECTORS 5 PIN DIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

AT Keyboard Deutsche Industrinorm connector that is use to connect an AT keyboard 6 PIN Ps/2 CONNECTOR ATX Keyboard or Mouse Personal System 2 connector or ATX connector

36 PIN CENTRONICS CONNECTOR Parallel Printer end Connection A standard interface for connecting parallel printer devices .

10/100/1000Base T Networks RJ45 Registered Jack-45, an eight wire connector use for networking

BNC

10Base2 or Thinnet Bayonet Nut Connector use with RG58 coaxial thin cables

Telephone or Modem Connector

RJ11 Registered Jack-11 a four or six wire connector use for Internet connections

Parallel Port Parallel Devices (Printer, Scanner, External Devices and Zip Drives) Bi-Directional ECP 8 bits wide 1.5Mbps EPP 4 bits wide 600Kbps LPT address. SCSI_50 SCSI Devices 3 rows use mainly by External SCSI devices.

SCSI_68 SCSI Devices 2 rows use mainly by External SCSI devices.

Monitor or VGA port CRT or LCD Monitors 3 rows with 15 holes use by CRT or LCD monitors found on video cards

DVI_A port LCD Monitor Digital Video Interface A use by the newer LCD monitors found on newer graphics cards

Sound Port Joystick, Game and MIDI devices 2 rows 15 holes found on most sound cards

Serial 9 Port Serial Mouse, PDA, Modem and Digital Camera 2 rows male 9 pins 1 bit wide transfer 57Kbps COM address.

Serial 25 Port Serial Modem, Printers and Scanners 2 rows 25 pins Obsolete

HIGH SPEED CONNECTORS

USB Ports USB A

USB Devices (Keyboards, Mouse ) Hot Swappable Speed USB 1.0 1.5Mbps USB 1.1 12Mbps USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps 127 Devices Length supported USB 1.1 3 Meters USB 2.0 5 Meters

USB B

FIREWIRE or IEEE 1394 PORTS

4 PIN

Fire wire Devices (High Speed Multimedia Devices Video Cam or iPOD devices) Hot Swappable Speed IEEE1394_a 400Mbps IEEE1394_b 800Mbps Supports 63 Devices

6 PIN