Assignment: Students will work in groups to identify parts on their computer,
and tor research technical information for their computer.
Instructions
1. Photograph the back of your tower/desktop. The photo should be close up
and clear enough to identify each port on the back of the unit.
a. Take a good quality picture
b. Using Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint or some similar software, fully
and clearly label each port on the photograph.
c. Create a folder to store all your work for this class, and save this
picture. Call it something relevant, like “computer ports”.
2. Open up your desktop/tower to have a look at your motherboard. Find the
identifying information and write it down. This will be the model number,
and possible a serial number. At this point you have two options:
a. Take a picture of your motherboard and label all the major
components such as ram, expansion slots, onboard ports, etc.
Or:
b. Research your motherboard by going to google and doing a search
with the model number or serial number. Find a photograph that is
already labeled. If you find pictures, but none are labeled, then just
save one of the pictures and label it.
c. Save your image into the folder you created. Call it “labeled
motherboard”.
3. As part of your google search, find the technical data for the motherboard.
This is information that includes chipset, processor type, ram capabilities,
etc.
a. Find the specs for your motherboard.
b. Save them in a convenient format. If you find the info in a PDF
document, save the PDF. If not, try copying and pasting into a word
document.
Grading
 You will be graded on the completeness of your images. Any port or part
not labeled will count off of the overall score.
 You will receive points for finding your motherboard specs.
Back Panel image with port labels
Motherboard image with labels
Motherboard specs
40 pts
40 pts
40 pts
Total assignment
120 pts