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Peripherals of a computer:
1. Cabinet:
It is used to install all hardware devices like(mother board, SMPS,HDD, CD Rom, FDD)
It has Start, Restart Button, Led’ s, Audio and USB Connecters are available at front side.

2. Monitor:
Monitor of a computer is like a television screen.
It displays text characters and graphics in colors or in shades of grey.
The monitor is also called as screen or display or CRT (cathode ray tube). In the monitor the
screenwill be displayed in pixels format.

i. 800 by 600 pixels

ii. 1024 by 768 pixels

3. Key Board:

Key board is like a type writer, which contains keys to feed the data or information into the computer
Keyboards are available in two modules. These are
standard key board with 83-88 keys
enhanced key board with 104 keys or above

4. Mouse:
Every mouse has one primary button (left button) and one secondary button (right button).
The primary button is used to carry out most tasks, where as secondary button is used in
special casesyou can select commands and options

5. Printer:

A device that prints images (numbers, alphabets, graphs, etc… ) on paper is known as Printer.
We have different types of printers to take printouts. These are as follows:

i. Dot matrix printer ii. Inkjet printer

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6. Speakers:

Speakers make your system much more delightful to use entertain you while
you are working oncomputer

7. Scanner: Scanner used to scan images and text.

8. System board/Motherboard

This is the major part of the PC hardware

It manages all transactions of data between CPU peripherals.
which holds the Processor, Random Access Memory and other parts, & has slots for expansion
cards

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9. Socket 478:

It use 478 – PIN MICROPGA package it is used installing

CPUIt is square type design.

10.CPU

The central processing unit contains the heart of any computer, the processor. The processor
is fittedon to a Mother Board. The Mother Board contains various components, which support
the functioning of a PC.
It is brain of the computer
It is square shape

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11.Ram Slots:

Ram slots are used to install the rams

It is large rectangle shape and each ending has small clips.
There two type ram slots
SD Ram ----------Two Gaps (synchronous DRAM) is a generic name for various kinds of dynamic
random access memory (DRAM) that are synchronized with the clock speed that the
microprocessor is optimized for. This tends to increase the number of instructions that the
processor can perform in a given time.
DDR Ram One Gap (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM: A clock is used to read data
from
a DRAM. DDR memory reads data on both the rising and falling edge of the clock, achieving a
faster data rate.)

12.North Bridge:

It is also called as controller

It is nearby socket 478
It placed middle of the mother board
It converts electronic signals to binary values and binary values to electronic signals

13.South Bridge:

It is controls major components mother board and it back bone of the input out devices
It is communicates PCI slots, IDE-1, IDE-2, floppy connecter, BIOS chip.
It nearby CMOS battery

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14.CMOS Battery:

Computer is using a coin shape battery

It generates the clock signal and it manage system continues time.

15.Primary & Secondary (IDE-1 & IDE-2):

It is also called as IDE-1, IDE-2.

It used to connecting Hard Disk Drive, CD ROM, DVD ROM.

16.Input & Output ports:

IO ports are used to connecting IO device such as key boards, mouse, monitor, printer,
scanner,speakers etc...

17.AGP Slot & AGP Card:

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18.CI Slots &PCI (Expansion) Cards:

PCI slots are used to install the PCI cards such as

i. LAN (Ethernet) Card---Back view Ethernet port

ii. Sound Card- Back view Audio pin connectors)

iii. TV Tuner (Internal) Card - Dish Pin connecter
iv. PCI Slots are white or yellow color
v. PCI Card has Single gap only

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19.BIOS Chip:
BIOS controls how the operating system and hardware wok together
BIOS identification is BIOS name is available on chip or mother board

20.ATX Power connecter:

ATX power connecter is used to connect ATX power plug (This is from SMPS)
It is white color and it has ATX Name is available on Mother Board
ATX Power connecter has 20/24 pins available.

Typical ATX 1.3 power supply. From left to right, the connectors are 20-pin motherboard, 4-pin
"P4connector", fan RPM monitor (note the lack of a power wire), SATA power connector (black),
"Molex connector" and floppy connector.

21.Floppy connecter:

Floppy connecter is used to connect Floppy Disk Drive.

This is beside of ATX power connecter and Name FDD is available on the mother board.

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22.Bus Cables or Data cables:

A Bus is a of wires through which data is transmitted from one device to

collectiondevice cables another
are two types
IDE cable: it used to connect HDD, CD ROM, DVD ROM
FDD cable: it used to connect FDD (braking or manufacture defecting)

23.Hard Disk Drive:

The hard disk drive is the main, and usually largest, data storage device in a computer
The operating system, software titles and most other files are stored in the hard disk drive
Identifications is the panel name is Hard Disk dive

24.CD ROM Drive & CD-Writer:

CD-Rom (Compact Disk Read only Memory) Drive is a device that reads the information from
Compact Disks (CD).

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25.Floppy Disk Drive:

The floppy disk drive is used to read the information stored in floppy disks.
Floppy disks also called as a diskette.
Identification is smaller than CD Writer.

26.SMPS:

SMPS is used to supply the power to Mother Board HDD,CD ROM, FDD
In SMPS holds a transformer, voltage control and fan
Identification is the rectangular box shape and panel name is switching mode power
supply.

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