Computer Hardware Maintenance Guide
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Computer equipment installation and repair technician [Level 2]
Lesson 3 / Activity 1
Hardware maintenance
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Purpose of the activity
Practice the skills required to provide care to the components.
external components of a computer.
Practice what you learned
I. Describe the activities that correspond to each of the stages.
involved in the repair of a power supply and
then carry them out.
Verify the operation: Open the source of
Check that the power and cables nutrition:
connection to the motherboard are not broken or the power supply is coated
that its conductive material is exposed with a metal casing so that
compare the output voltage of current you will have to unscrew the for
direct
with the electrical diagram if it is smaller or not
access the electronic card that
hey they carry inside the source of
Voltage means that the source is damaged. nutrition
Check the rectifier circuit and the output filter:
The rectifier circuit consists of a bridge. Check the protection circuit:
of diodes that converts alternating current into
pulses and the filter is made up of a capacitor for
In the protection circuit, you have to verify
land the signal and prevent overvoltages due to the operation of the cable plug of
direct current to detect failures in the The soldering iron goes over the points.
rectifier and input filter connects the source welding confirms the continuity between the
the power supply measures the voltage of end of the cable and the welding points the
direct current in the transformer on the side of fuse status set the multimeter
the power supply in case there is no voltage of to measure continuity with what the tip
I solder the defective rectifier with the soldering iron and
negative and positive at each end of the fuse
replacing it with a new one of the same value
Release the new rectifier the plate
if it makes a sound it means that the fuse is
well otherwise you must replace it with
its equivalent
Activity
II. Hard drives are the storage units of laptops. It is
important that they are in good condition to safeguard the
information.
a. Describe the types of hard disk technology and note their
differences:
Type of disk Description
HDD (Hard Drive Disc) known as 'mechanical hard drives'
hard drives
magnetic" and, basically, they are the most
traditional market
because they have the ability to record the
form information
magnetic through one or more plates or
discs. So that,
they have a similar functioning to a
small record player.
SSD (Solid State Disc) are called 'solid state drives' and
they are those who, instead
to use rotating disks to comply
with its objective
fundamental of storing data, they use
transistor matrices. From
such a way that each of those
transistors are used for
store a unit of information and
since there are no parts
mobile phones, access is much faster.
b. List the necessary steps you must take in case
that the operating system does not recognize the hard drive.
At the bottom of the hard drive, you will see an electronic board; remove it.
the screws that hold it. 2
Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the computer and
disconnect it from the same to remove it. 1
Remove the excess from the rubber and proceed to assemble the entire hard drive.
3
4
You will see some pressure connections on the board, clean them with an eraser.
to wipe until they are shiny.
Activity
III. Perform the extraction, cleaning, and installation of a RAM memory. Evaluate
your performance.
Step Yes No Observations
Did I unscrew the bottom cover? YES It was hard for me, but I did it.
UNSCREW
I decoupled each module with YES NONE
the lever?
I cleaned with a cloth YES IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFICULT
moistened in alcohol
isopropyl?
I installed the RAM and the items YES NONE
of fastening?
¿Verifiqué que el sistema YES AT FIRST I DON'T IDENTIFY IT
operational identified the I HAD TO INSTALL THE DRIVER
RAM?
I replaced in case of bad. It was not only a change for DDR4
functioning? THE OTHER DDR3 MEMORIES STILL
SERVE
IV. Perform the review and cleaning in case there is dust present in the
disk reading unit; similarly, perform the review and cleaning
in case there is rust on the connector. List the steps that
you realized.
Dust in the laser Oxide on the connector
Activity
V. En la siguiente tabla, escribe 5 características de las tarjetas de video
dedicated to video games and 5 characteristics of video cards
dedicated to design.
Graphics card for video games Graphics card for design
Graphics chip: GeForce 8500GT Rear connections
Video Memory: 512MB DDR2 Cooling unit
Video frequency: 500 MHz Vram
Memory Frequency: 900 MHz FPS
Port: PCI Express X16 Memory modules
[Link] the watts of the following power supplies using their
voltage and current.
Volts and amperes Watts
15W
5V and 3A
24W
12V and 2A
24W
24V and 1A
25W
5V and 5A
18W
12V and 1.5A
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