HARDWARE
1. List down different kind of motherboard for the pc.
ATX and AX motherboard
2. What is the different between AX and ATX motherboard? Sketch the layout of the two
motherboards.
Ax Motherboard is the old type of motherboard while the ATX is the new type of
motherboard.
The position of CPU for an AT motherboard is in series to the expansion slot where as
for an ATX, it is in parallel to the expansion slot.
The position of the expansion slot for an AT motherboard is it is parallel to the wide edge
of the motherboard where as for an ATX , it is parallel to the narrow edge of the
motherboard.
RAM slot
SA slot
PCI slot
IDE
connector
CPU
socket
Floppy
connector
Power
connector
AT motherboard
PCI
slot
Floppy
connector
AGT
slot
IDE
connector
CPU
socket
AT X motherboard
RAM slot
Power
connector
3. List the pins number of various kind of connector on the motherboard and at the back
of the PC.
On the motherboard :
IDE connector – 40 pins
ATX power connector – 24 pins
floppy connector- 34 pins
At the back of PC:
USB – 4 pins
P/2 – 6 pins
serial port – 9 pins/15 pins
firewire 1394 – 6 pins
VGA – 15 pins
4. What are the DC voltages we can find from the DC power supply?
+12V
5. List down the electrical problem we are facing when operating our PC?
electrical problems can come from outside the PC entirely (a frayed power cable, a bad
socket, a dying UPS battery) or from within it (a failing system power supply, a faulty
soft switch)
6. What are ESD, EMI and RFI?
ESD-Electro static discharge
EMI-Electric machine industry
RFI-Radio Frequency identification
7. List different kind of PC storage.
RAM,ROM, Floppy disk
8. List various kinds of RAM and their pin numbers.
SDRAM-168Pins
DDRRAM-184pins
OPERATING SYSTEM
1. What is the function of OS?
Operating system is an interface between hardware & user which is responsible for the
management and wordination of activities & sharing resource of computer
2. List down some of the OS that we can use in a small computer?
GUI, Multi-user, Multiprocessing, Multitasking and Multithreading
3. What is the different between text based and graphic base OS?
A text based OS is an OS which doesn't have desktop just text. to let the OS do
something, you need to type the command.
graphic based OS has a desktop and isn't just text on your screen. Windows 3.1 was the
first graphic based OS.
4. List down some of the internal and external command of the text based and briefly
explain the function of these command.
Internal
cd- change directory
dir- list the directory
cls-clear screen
External
Fdisk-create set,delete and display partition
Format-format primary partition
Setup-inatall operating system
5. What is FDISK used for and then list down the menu that we can find under FDISK.
Fdisk is used to create or delete partition in the hard drive.
Create, set and display partition menu can be found
6. Explain briefly what File System is.
File system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they
contain to make it easy to find and access them
7. What is the different between physical and logical drive?
Physical disk is the actual tangible unit of hardware of a disk
Logical disk is a device that provides an area of usable storage capacity on one or more
physical disk drive component in a computer system.
8. List down the complete steps on how to install Windows 98 OS?
i.
1.start up win98
ii.
2.press key to the BIOS setup
iii.
3.By pressing F2
iv.
4.Detect Drive
v.
5.Select 2)Boot from CD,
vi.
then set the setting to
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1.Hard disk drive
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2.From floppy A;
6.Click F10 to save
7.On the screen
8.enter Fdisk for partitioning
9.select from the menu,
1.create
10.Then choose from list
to create a primary disk drive
11.Then setup the no.of
drive u want it to have,
12.Then save, then partition is made
13.Then set the partition to be set active
14.Then restart the program by clicking ctrl+Alt+Delete
15Then go to D:\ then to f:\
16.enter format,to format your disk
17.Then the win98 is etup
9. What is the different between basic and dynamic disk?
Basic disks are the ones that IT pros are most familiar with, and the typical terms and
technologies apply.
Dynamic disks support new features and sport new terminology.