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PC Components

The document outlines the main components of a computer system, including the system unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. It details the motherboard's structure, various ports, and the role of graphics and sound cards in enhancing performance and multimedia capabilities. Additionally, it describes different types of computer monitors and input devices like keyboards and mice.

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PC Components

The document outlines the main components of a computer system, including the system unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. It details the motherboard's structure, various ports, and the role of graphics and sound cards in enhancing performance and multimedia capabilities. Additionally, it describes different types of computer monitors and input devices like keyboards and mice.

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Hardware and Software

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he main parts of a computer system are:

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1 System Unit The container for the motherboard, disk drives etc.

2 Monitor The main output device for the system.

3 Keyboard The main input device for the system

An input device allowing interaction with the system


4 Mouse
using pointing and clicking

5 Speakers Used to output sounds and music from the system


System Unit Devices and Peripherals

AMD
Processor
IC’s
Memory
Module
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DIMM

SODIMM

Cache

Main Memory
L2 L1 Processor
(DRAM)
The Motherboard

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Power supply
Ports at the rear of the computer

rts at the front of the computer

Serial port

Parallel port

ideo port

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PS/2 port
USB port

Firewire port

Ethernet port

Audio ports

Graphic card

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This allows the graphics card to manage it’s own


1 Processor and fan processing and makes it almost independent of the
main computer processor.

2 Board connector This will be either AGP or PCI-Express

The graphics card does not need to use any main


memory as it has it’s own. This makes it much faster.
Most new graphics cards use DDR3 memory. Up to
3 Memory 1GB of DDR3 memory is now available on graphics
cards although this makes them as expensive as most
computer systems.
Digital output is supplied through this port. If a
4 DVI connector digital monitor is present, this is the best option as no
conversion is required.
Analogue output is provided through this port. If you
have an analogue monitor, you must use this port. If
5 VGA connector you have a digital monitor, it is best to use the DVI
port as the graphics card works in digital and must
convert to analogue to use the VGA port.

Computers are often supplied with integrated graphics cards. This means that the main memory
must be used to control the graphics system and the main processor must supply most of the
processing power. This is perfectly OK on an office computer where word-processing etc ate the
main activities. Introduce CAD etc. and the system becomes unusable.
Sound card

In recent years, computers have become entertainment centres with media centre operating
systems controlling TV and video. The need for good quality sound and even surround sound has
made it almost standard on most computers. Most computers are supplied with an integrated
sound system and this is sufficient for most applications. A sound card can be fitted to an empty
PCI slot and the integrated chip turned off if the extra features of a card are required.

Blu-Ray HD-DVD

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Computer Monitor

19 inch Widescreen LCD

XGA (Extended Graphics Array): 1024 x 768


SXGA (Super Extended Graphics Array) : 1280 x 1024
UXGA (Ultra Extended Graphics Array): 1600 x 1200
QXGA (Quad Extended Graphics Array): 2048 x 1536

Widescreen

 WXGA (Wide XGA): 1280 x 800


 WSXGA (Wide SXGA): 1680 x 1050
 WUXGA (Wide UXGA): 1920 x 1200
QWERTY

Dvorak

Wireless keyboard

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Mouse
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Ball mouse

Optical mou

1 2

1 2 3
Laser

Toner

Fuser
Mirror
and lens

Drum

Laser

Plotter
Cartridges

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