Assemble Your Own PC!

 

To build your own computer you need to think about a few things. 'What kind of computer do you want; a desktop or a tower? time that is decided then you can proceed. It is a matter of preference.

*You need to buy a pleasant motherboard & preferably buy the processor simultaneously to make positive that your processor is compatible with the motherboard you buy.

*Buy memory (RAM) compatible with the motherboard. RAM ought to have the same speed as the motherboard bus speed.

*Buy hard drive & a DVD writer / DVD ROM. Using a DVD writer has the advantage that you can read both DVDs & CDs & yet also write DVDs & CDs ought to the necessity arise.

*Buy a power supply together with the housing unit / case.

*Buy a mouse, keyboard & a monitor.

(1) Place & secure the motherboard in the housing unit / case. The processor goes in way in to it is socket. Do not force & do not break the pins. When you have all the hardware in place you can then start assembling.

(2) Insert the processor & RAM (Memory)

(3) Connect the power supply to motherboard.

(4) Connect the monitor, keyboard & mouse

(5) Power on the computer. It ought to display POST (Messages) on the screen otherwise switch it off again & re-seat the RAM & processor properly. In most computer it will make short beeps when all is well. If it makes long beep, check to make positive that the memory is well seated.

(6) Switch off computer & connect the hard drive & DVD writer / DVD ROM. If connecting the hard drive & the DVD writer /ROM on the same cable you need to be aware of a couple of thins. Check the drive markings & make positive that hard drive is set as the master. Set the DVD writer / DVD ROM as a slave. You use jumpers to set this. Alternatively connect the hard drive on a separate cable to the DVD Writer / DVD ROM. Connect the hard drive cable to the primary connector on the motherboard & the DVD ROM cable on the secondary connector.

(7) Power on the computer & make positive that it starts up fine & displays information on the monitor. However at this stage you still need to put in an operating method in order to make use of the computer.

(8) Boot off the operating system CD /DVD & start the installation or get somebody to do the installation of the application for you.