1. Lesson 4: Computer Hardware Basic Maintenance

2. to set up the input and output devices correctly state the steps to connect the peripherals to system unit powering the system At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

3. This module contains 5 activities: Activity 1: Naming the peripheral port on the system unit Activity 2: Connecting the Monitor to the system unit Activity 3: Connecting the Keyboard and mouse to the system unit Activity 4: Connecting the Speaker to the system unit Activity 5: Powering the System

4. Activity 1: Naming the Peripherals Port 1. Power port 2. PS2 port (Mouse) 3. PS2 port (keyboard) 4. USB port 5. Parallel port (printer port) 6. Port (Modem) 7.VGA port (Monitor display) 8.Game port 9,10,11(Speaker,headphone and microphone) No: Label of the ports

5. Activity 2: Connecting the Monitor to the system unit Steps: 1.Plug the VGA cable of the monitor to the display device port as in Figure 2. 2.The VGA cable is blue in colour must be connected to the display that has the same colour. Students must connect the tiny pin on VGA cable carefully.

6. Figure 2: Connecting VGA cable to monitor port

7. Activity 3: Connecting the Keyboard and mouse to the system unit 1.Plug the PS2 cable of the keyboard (purple nozzle) and mouse (green nozzle) to the device port as Figure 3.1. 2. Students also need to be extremely careful to attach the keyboard and mouse to their respective PS/2 port. For keyboard and mouse that have USB toggle use Figure 3.2.

8. Figure 3.1: Connecting keyboard and mouse to the PS2 ports

9. Figure 3.2: Connecting keyboard and mouse to the USB ports

10. Activity 4: Connecting Audio and Microphone Devices to the system unit 1.Plug the cable of the speaker (green nozzle) and microphone (blue nozzle) to the device port as figure 4.

11. Figure 4: Connecting peripherals Audio and Microphone to the Audio ports

12. Activity 5: Powering the System Steps: 1.Plug in the power cord and switch the power supply switch to the‘On’ position. 2. Press the power button. If everything is connected as it should be, all system fans should start spinning. You should hear a single beep, and after 2-5 seconds, the computer will start to boot.

13. Figure 5: Connecting the power cable

14. Basic Computer Setting

15. BASIC COMPUTER SETTING

16. At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: customize settings for display customize settings for mouse customize settings for sound customize settings for date and time regional and language options

17. This module contains 5 activities: Activity 1: Customizing settings for display. Activity 2: Customizing settings for mouse. Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound. Activity 4: Customizing settings for date and time. Activity 5: Customizing settings for regional and language options.

18. Activity 1: Customizing settings for display 1. Click Start button, then click Control Panel Control Panel

19. 2. Control Panel window will appear as shown below. Then click Appearance and Setting. Appearance and Setting

20. 3. Click Display Display

21. 4. Display Properties window will appear as shown below. Themes

22. In the Themes option, you can change the themes of your computer by choosing from the drop down menu. Choose Window XP and click OK. Drop down menu

23. 5. Click Desktop tab. You can change your desktop background. Choose Bliss in the Background menu and than click OK. Desktop Background menu Ok

24. 6. Click Screen Saver tab. Screen Saver

25. You can change your screen saver by choosing from the dropdown menu. Choose 3D Flying Objects and click OK. Drop down menu

26. 7. Click Appearance tab. In Windows and buttons, Appearance

27. You can change the appearance of windows and buttons, colour schemes and font size by choosing from drop down menu. Windows and buttons Colour scheme Font size

28. choose Window XP style. In colour scheme choose Default(blue). In Fontsize choose Normal. Then click OK. Windows and buttons Colour scheme Font size OK

29. Activity 2:Customizing settings for mouse 1.In the Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes. Appearance and themes

30. 2. Appearance and Themes window will be displayed, then click Mouse Pointers. Mouse Pointers

31. 3. The Mouse Properties window will appear as shown below. Choose Pointer tab option. You can customize the mouse pointer by choosing from the customize Drop down menu. Choose Normal Select and click OK. Pointers Customize Drop Down menu

32. 4. Click Pointer Option tab. You can select the pointer speed by moving the motion slide indicator. Click OK. Pointers Options Motion Slide Indicator

33. Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound 1. In the Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices. Then click Adjust the system volume. Sound, Speech and Audio DevicesAdjust the System Volume

34. 2. Choose the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator. Volume Slide Indicator

35. 3. For advance volume control setting, click Advanced. A window will appear. Adjust the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator. Advanced Volume Slide Indicator

36. Activity 4. Customizing settings for Date and Time 1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. Date,Time,Language and Regional Options

37. Then click Date and Time. Date and Time

38. 2. Click Date and Time tab. Choose day, month and year from the Date options.Change the time in the time option.Then click OK. Month Day Date and Time Time Option Year

39. 3. Click Time Zone. Time Zone

40. Choose the time zone from the drop down menu according to the country you stay. Choose (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and click OK. Drop down menu

41. Activity 5: Customizing settings for Regional and Language Options. 1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. Date,Time,Language and Regional Options

42. In the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options window, click Regional and Language Options. Regional and Language Options

43. 2. Click Regional Options tab. IRegional option will set how some programs format numbers, currencies, dates and time. Drop down menu Regional Options

44. Then, click the drop down menu. English (United States) is commonly use. Choose English (United States) and click OK.

45. 3. Control Panel window will appear as below. Close the Control Panel Window. Close

46. 4. The interface will be shown as below.

47. Current Development of Hardware Technology

48. 1.Blu-ray and HD (2008 – 2009) 2.Netbook ( 2007-2009) 3.3G, WiFi and WiMax (2006-2008) 4. Intel: The Latest Processor Intel Itanium siri 9100 (2002- present) 5. HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer (2009)

49. Blu-ray and HD Blu-ray HD-DVD

50. Blu-ray Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). HD DVD HD DVD (short for High-Definition/Density DVD) is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high- definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisaged to be the successor to the standard DVD format

51. Wireless Technology – 3G, WiFi dan WiMax Networking

52. 3G International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation. WiFi Wi-Fi is a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards.

53. WiMax WiMAX, meaning Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point- to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access.

54. The technology provides up to 10 Mbit/s [ broadband speed without the need for cables. The technology is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard (also called Broadband Wireless Access)

55. Netbooks Netbooks (also called mini notebooks or subnotebooks) are a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web-based applications.

56. The Latest Processor Intel Itanium siri 9100

57. Itanium is a family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64). The processors are marketed for use in enterprise servers and high-performance computing systems.

58. HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer

59. Aside from the never-ending name, the HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer looks good and prints high-quality photos at competitive speeds.