CORE COMPETENCY I (INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING COMPUTER

SYSTEMS)
Introduction to Computer and Computer Parts
 A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information, or "data." It can
store, retrieve, and process data.
 A hardware is any part of your computer that has a physical structure. In other
words, tangible components.
 A software is any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do. In other
words, intangible.

The Basic Parts of a Computer consists of:

 System unit - the core of a computer system. Usually, it's a rectangular box
placed on or underneath your desk.
 Mouse - is used to interact with items on your computer screen.
 Monitor - Referred to as a VDT (video display terminal) and VDU (video display
unit), a monitor is an output device that displays video images and text.
 Keyboard - an input device the main way to enter information into your
computer.
 Speakers - Speakers are used to play sound. They can be built into the system
unit or connected with cables. Speakers allow you to listen to music and hear
sound effects from your computer.
 Printer - an external hardware output device that takes the electronic data
stored on a computer or other device and generates a hard copy of it.

The Internal Hardware

 Motherboard - the main circuit board within a typical desktop computer,
laptop or server.
--- The form factors of the motherboard are: ATX (Full ATX), Micro-ATX, Mini-ATX
 Central Processing Unit (CPU) - It is the hardware within a computer that
carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic
arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. In other words,
the brain of your computer.
--- Clock speed - is a processor’s rating that measure a certain number of
information processed per second.
--- Front Side Bus - serves as the processors connection to the system memory.
FSB transfer speed allows better processor performance.
--- Cache - enables the processor to speedily access recently used information.
--- Different types of CPU architectures: 32-bit(x86), 64-bit(x64)
 Random Access Memory (RAM) - a hardware device that allows information
to be stored and retrieved on a computer. RAM is usually associated with DRAM,
which is a type of memory module. RAM is a volatile memory and requires
power to keep the data accessible. If the computer is turned off, all data
contained in RAM is lost.
--- Types of RAM: Single Inline Memory Module (SIMM), Synchronous Dynamic
RAM Dual In-line Memory Module (SDRAM DIMM), Rambus Dynamic RAM
(RDRAM/RIMM), Double Data Rate Synchronous RAM (DDR SDRAM)
 Hard Disk Drive (HDD) - a non-volatile memory hardware device that
permanently stores and retrieves data on a computer. If the computer is turned
off, the data will retain/exist.
 Power Supply Unit (PSU) - Convert direct current (DC) power that your
motherboard, drives and other peripherals need.
--- Parts of a Power Supply: 24pin ATX, 4pin ATX, SATA Power Connector, Molex,
Berg
 Graphics Card - an expansion card which generates a feed of output images
to a display.
Also called a video adapter, display card, graphics card, graphics board, display
adapter or graphics adapter.
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 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) - The PCI bus came in both 32-
bit (133MBps) and 64-bit versions and was used to attach hardware to a
computer including video card.
 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) - an advanced port designed for video
cards and 3D accelerators.
 Peripheral Component Interconnect – Express (PCI-E) - originally known
as 3rd Generation I/O (3GIO), PCI Express, or PCIe.

Common I/O Ports (Input/Output)

 A port is connector on a motherboard or on a separate adapter that allows a
device to connect to a computer.

1 and 2. The PS/2 (Personal System/2) port, also referred to as the mouse port or
keyboard port, was developed by IBM. It is used to connect a computer mouse or
keyboard to an IBM compatible computer. The PS/2 port is a mini-DIN plug that contains
six pins and is still sometimes found on all IBM compatible computers.
3. DVI Port - Short for Digital Visual Interface, DVI is a video display interface. It was
developed for transmitting digital video content to display devices at resolutions as high
as 2560 x 1600.
4. Parallel Port - The parallel port is found on the back of IBM compatible computers
and is a 25-pin (type DB-25) computer interface commonly used to connect printers to
the computer.
5. VGA Port - Short for Video Graphics Adapter or Video Graphics Array, VGA is a
popular display standard developed by IBM and introduced in 1987. VGA provides 640 x
480 resolution color display screens with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and 16 colors displayed
at a time.
6. USB Port (USB 3.0) - USB 3.0 is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard, released in
November 2008. Most new computers and devices being manufactured today support
USB 3.0. It is often referred to as SuperSpeed USB. Maximum rate of 5 Gbps, or 5,120
Mbps.
7. LAN Port - referred to as an Ethernet port, network connection, and network port, the
LAN port allows a computer to connect to a network using a wired connection
8. USB Port (USB 2.0) - USB 2.0 was released in April 2000 and was stated to have a
data transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps.
9. Line in (Audio Port) - referred to as audio in and sound in, the line in or line-in is a
jack found on computer sound cards that enable a user to connect an external audio
device. These devices include CD players, audio mixers, musical instruments, and
microphones. They are used to record, play, and modify the incoming audio.
10. Line out (Audio Port) - referred to as audio out and sound out, the line out jack is
found on computer sound cards. It allows external speakers, headphones, or other output
devices to be connected to the computer, transferring computer generated audio to the
devices so that it can be heard.
11. MIC (Audio Port) - Port use to insert microphone. A microphone is a device that
captures audio by converting sound waves into an electrical signal. This signal can be
amplified as an analog signal or may be converted to a digital signal, which can be
processed by a computer or other digital audio device.
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How to Format a System Unit

1. Get a flashdrive (SERVER, WIN 10(CLIENT), DRIVERS AND APPS.

2. PLUG THE FLASHDRIVE TO ITS CORRESPONDING SYSTEM UNIT.
3. TO CHECK THE FLASHDRIVE, OPEN FILE EXPORER.
 IF THE NAME OF THE FLASHDRIVE IS IR2_SSS_X64, IT IS A SERVER
 IF IT IS NAME WAS J_CCSA_X64F, IT IS A CLIENT/WINDOWS 10
4. THE SMALL SYSTEM UNIT IS THE CLIENT, WHILE THE OTHER ONE IS THE
SERVER.
5. KUNG INDI MA DETECT ANG FLASHDRIVE, IBALHIN SA IBAN NGA PORTS.
6. UNAHON FORMAT SI SERVER. TO DO IT; RESTART THE COMPUTER(SERVER).
NEXT, SAMTANG GA RESTART, SPAM CLICK ANG F9 SA KEYBOARD. IF EVER NAG
DIRECT SA OPERATING SYSTEM, RESTART AGAIN. INDI KA MAG STOP MINTRAS
INDI MAKA SULOD SA BOOT MENU.
7. USING NAVIGATION KEYS, SELECT NYO ANG FLASHDRIVE UNDER SA UEFI
NGA BOOT. NAME OF THE FLASHDRIVES:
 VENDORCOPRODUCTCODE
 YHZY DISK
 AI MASS STORAGE
 GENERAL UDISK
 GENERIC FLASH DISK
 USB DISK
8. IF EVER INDI MAG APPEAR ANG IMO FLASHDRIVE, PRESS CTRL, ALT, DEL.
THEN SPAM CLICK F9.
9. [Link] MO MANA KUNG OKAY NA KAY MA DIRECT NA SIYA SA SETUP
MENU KA SERVER.
10. SA SERVER, DOUBLE CLICK/SELECT NYO ANG WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2
STANDARD. THEN DELETE NIYO ANG PARTITIONS BY; FIRST, SELECT/CLICK NYO
ANG PARTITION - THEN DELETE. DELETE ALL PARTITONS. DAPAT MABILIN NADA
IS DRIVE 0 UNALLOCATED SPACE.
11. CREATE NEW PARTITION BY; CLICK NYU ANG UNALLOCATED SPACE, THEN
SELECT NEW, CLICK APPLY, OK. CLICK NEXT.
12. UNPLUG THE FLASH DRIVE IF YOU SEE A COUNTDOWN TO RESTART.
13. AFTER SINA, ANG SERVER MANGAYO NA PASSWORD, ANG GAMITON TA NGA
PASSWORD IS:
abcd@1234 TYPE MO MAN ANG IMO PASSWORD SA REENTER PASSWORD.
PRESS ENTER.
14. PRESS CTRL, ALT, DELETE TOGETHER. THEN TYPE YOUR PASSWORD NGA GIN
CREATE – ENTER. PARA MAKA SULOD KA SA OS (OPERATING SYSTEM) MO.
15. AFTER FORMATTING OF SERVER, PROCEED NAMAN KAY CLIENT/WINDOWS
10

16. ON CLIENT, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER. SAMTANG GA RESTART, SPAM CLICK

F12 TO ENTER BOOT MENU.
17. USING NAVIGATION KEYS, SELECT NYU ANG FLASHDRIVE UNDER SA UEFI
BOOT. ENTER.
18. NEXT – INSTALL NOW – CHECK NYO ANG BOX SA MAY I ACCEPT – NEXT –
DOUBLE CLICK CUSTOM – SAME PROCESS SA SERVER MAG PARTITION (SEE
STEP 10-12).
19. SELECT USE EXPRESS SETTINGS – ANG NAME, CLIENT, WALA PASSWORD.
PERO, ARA NANA SA INYO KUNG BUTANGAN NYO.
20. AFTER THAT, THE COMPUTER IS READY TO USE.
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HOW TO INSTALL DRIVERS USING DRIVERPACK

1. PLUG THE FLASH DRIVE (DRIVERS AND APPS) – DOUBLE CLICK DRIVERPACK
16.5 FOLDER – SELECT AND DOUBLE CLICK [Link], IF IT’S
NOT PRESENT, SELECT THE [Link] (THE ICON THAT HAS BLUE ON TOP
OF IT) – IF PROMPTED, SELECT CANCEL.
2. CHECK THE SETTINGS AT THE TOP LEFT – THEN UNDER THE SETTINGS,
SELECT AND CHECK EXPERT MODE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU SELECTED THE
DRIVERS TAB. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE SELECT ALL – CLICK IT IN ORDER TO
SELECT ALL DRIVERS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED/UPDATED – INSTALL – WHILE
NAGA INSTALL, THE COMPUTER WILL PROMPT THE SCRIPT, SELECT NO – LATER,
THE COMPUTER WILL PROMPT AGAIN, THIS TIME, MA RESTART SA, SELECT
CANCEL.
KUNG WALA NA INSTALL ANG DRIVERS, CORRUPTED ANG IMO DRIVERS.

HOW TO INSTALL APPLICATIONS/SOFTWARE

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013
- SELECT/CLICK MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 PRO PLUS FOLDER – DOUBLE CLICK
INSTALL FOLDER – DOUBLE CLICK [Link] – CHECK THE BOX OF I ACCEPT
– SELECT CONTINUE – SELECT INSTALL NOW – AFTER THE INSTALLATION
COMPLETED, SELECT/CLICK CLOSE.
- HOW TO PUT/DISPLAY THE MS WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT ON THE
DESKTOP – FIRST, CLICK START – SEARCH FOR WORD – RIGHT CLICK MO ANG
APP – SELECT OPEN FILE LOCATION – RIGHT CLICK AGAIN THE WORD APP –
SELECT/CLICK SEND TO – DESKTOP(SHORTCUT) – THE PROCESS IS THE SAME
ON EXCEL, AND POWERPOINT.
- TRY NIYO OPEN ANG WORD – SELECT/CLICK ANG OPTION NGA ASK ME LATER
– ACCEPT – CLOSE

GOOGLE CHROME
- SELECT/DOUBLE CLICK CHROMESTANDALONESETUP64 – WAIT FOR A
WHILE, AND YOUR WEB BROWSER IS READY.
ANTIVIRUS
- SELECT/DOUBLE CLICK [Link] – SELECT OKAY –
CLICK NEXT(3X) – INSTALL – AFTER INSTALLATION, CLICK FINISH

CONFIGURING LOCAL DISK D: USING DISK MANAGEMENT

1. RIGHT CLICK START – SELECT DISK MANAGEMENT – RIGHT CLICK MO ANG
STORAGE NGA MAY LOCAL DISK C:/ OR MAY C: SA BABAW – SELECT SHRINK
VOLUME – ANG IBUTANG NYO NGA SIZE IS 50,000 – SHRINK – MAY MAGWA
NADA NGA UNALLOCATED SPACE – RIGHT CLICK MO NAMAN LIWAT ANG
UNALLOCATED SPACE – SELECT NEW SIMPLE VOLUME – NEXT (2X) – MAKE SURE
NGA ANG D: DRIVE LETTER, NAG GWA – NEXT (2X) – FINISH. TO CHECK
WHETHER YOUR LOCAL DISK D: IS PRESENT – OPEN FILE EXPLORER – SELECT
THIS PC
- NOTE: MAKE SURE NGA NA EJECT/UNPLUG ANG FLASHDRIVE PARA
MAKITA MO ANG DRIVE D: LETTER.

SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND TIMEZONE OF YOUR COMPUTER

1. RIGHT CLICK THE DATE AND TIME. IT IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF
THE DESKTOP – SELECT ADJUST DATE AND TIME - MAKE SURE THAT THE
SERVER, AND CLIENT TIME AND TIMEZONE IS THE SAME/SYNCED.
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HOW TO GET THE ACCURATE SIZE OF YOUR PARTITION USING DISK
MANAGEMENT
1. THE FORMULA FOR THIS IS: VALUE(GB)x1024+50 = YOUR PARTITION
Example:
10GBx1024 = 10240 MB + 50MB = 10290MB

NOTE: 1 GIGABYTE(GB)=1024 MEGABYTES(MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE KUMBAGA

Shortcuts sa Keyboard (MS Word Edition)

Ctrl + C = Copy Highlighted Text
Ctrl + V = Paste copied text
Ctrl + A = Highlight all text in the document
Ctrl + P = Print the document
Ctrl + S = Save the document
Ctrl + Shift + < = Mapagamay sang highlighted text font size
Ctrl + Shift + > = Mapadako sang highlighted text font size
Ctrl + B = Bold highlighted text
Ctrl + I = Italic highlighted text
Ctrl + U = Underline highlighted text

Shortcuts sa Windows
Ctrl + Shift + N = Create New Folder
Alt + F4 = Close/Exit current program
Alt + Tab = Change current program to another running program
Windows Key (Winkey) + D = Hide all active programs and show the
desktop only
Ctrl + Shift + Esc = Open Task Manager
Windows Key (Winkey) + R = Open run dialog box
Cmd – Open Command Prompt
Windows Key (Winkey) + X = Master Control
Windows Key (Winkey) + L = Lock the computer