Lab 04 for Comptia a+ Class

Lab 04 PC Assembly/Disassembly

Lab Environment Setup

1. Work with instructor to identify your team partner(s)

2. Work with instructor to identify PC Hardware, which would be necessary for the Lab

a. Motherboard

b. Processor

i. AM3 Socket processor

c. Monitor

d. Keyboard

e. Mouse

f. All required cables

g. Hirens Boot CD

Lab Execution Steps

You are working as IT Support Technician for the Fortune 500 company. You employer had identified some hardware, that is no longer in use and would like you to make it usable for other departments in the company by installing Windows 7 on this machine. You will be given a hardware that is necessary to make the PC work and you would need to make this computer operational, by installing Windows 7 and downloading all required patches and updates from Microsoft. Prior to the installation you would need to disassemble the PC and identify that all required hardware components are present.

1. Identify all components needed for this Lab that have been given to you by the instructor. What are the make, model and description of each component?.

a. Power Supply: Besttec ATX0300D5WC

b. RAM: Kingston 2GB, 1333MHz, DDR3-1333 PC3-10600, 240p DIMM, 1.5v

c. Processor: AM3

d. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200

e. CD/DVD: HP TSH353C/HPTHF

f. Motherboard: Pegatron M2N68-LA

g. No floppy disc drive present.

h. No PCI/PCI express cards present

2. Disassemble the system block. What are the components you see inside? What are the make, model and description of each component?

a. Processor: AM3

b. Motherboard: Pegatron M2N68-LA

3. Do you have all required components for the system block to function? Please list all of the components present. List all of the missing components (if any).

a. Power Supply: Besttec ATX0300D5WC

b. RAM: Kingston 2GB, 1333MHz, DDR3-1333 PC3-10600, 240p DIMM, 1.5v

c. Processor: AM3

d. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200

e. CD/DVD: HP TSH353C/HPTHF

f. Motherboard: Pegatron M2N68-LA

4. Assemble the system block...