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1. Creat
eoper
ati
onalpr
ocedur
edoc
umentt
oas
sembl
eand di
sas
sembl
ea
comput
er.

Di
sas
sembl
ingt
hePC
Youshouldlabelal
lcomponent
sast
heycomeoutoft
hePC.Thi
sisi
ncaseyoufor
getwhere
theygo.Tryplaci
nganumberonastic
kynot
eoneachcomponentandonitsc
orr
espondi
ng
connecti
onsforeasyrecal
l.

1.Bootupt hePCandc hec kt hatt hePCi soper ational .Thi sisfundament al;ot herwiseyou
won’ tknowwhet hert hePCwor kedi nt hefi rstpl ac ewhenyour eas s
embl ei t
!
2.Di sconnec tpowerfr omyourPC.
3.Di sconnec tallcablesatt hebac koft hePC( us es t
ickynot esifneededt or emember
wher et heygo) .
4.Ident i
fyhowt hePCc as ec omesoff.Ifyouhav eamanualt hatc amewi tht hePC,t his
willtellyou.Ifnot ,manyc asesar es ecur edwi t hscr ews ,thumbs crewsandot hersar e
simpl ysec uredus ingl at ches .
5.Remov et hePCc ase.
6.Di sconnec tallcablest hatgot ot hemot her boar di nc ludinghar ddi skdrive( HDD)and
floppydi skdr i
ve( FDD) ,power ,et c.Remembert olabelev eryt hi
ng.
7.Remov et heHDD,CDROM,andFDDandanyot hers tor agedev ice.
8.Remov eal ljumper -c onnec tedwi resfr omt hemot her boar d.Fori ns tance,HDDac ti
vit
y
LED,Res ets wit
ch,powers witchesands oon.Remembert olabelev erythi
ng.
9.Undoanys crewssec ur ingt hemai nboar d.S omeboar dswi llhav ear ounds ixormor e
smal lscrews .Bec ar efulnott odamageanydel i
cat ec omponent sort oex ertt oomuc h
pres sureont heboar d.
10.Remov et heac tualmai nboar dfr omt hec has sis.Bev eryc arefulwhendoi ngt his.Trynot
tor ubt heboar dagai nstanyot hermet allicc omponent soredgesast hisc oulds c
r atch
thes ystemboar dc aus ingdamaget ot inypr int edc irc uitry.Pl acet heboar donal arge
ant i-stat i
cbag( t
hebagsmot her boar dsc omei n)oras oft ,pac kingfoams heet.
11.Remov et hememor ymodul efr omt hemai nboar d.
12.Remov et heCPUfr omt hemai nboar d.S omeCPUsar eeas ilyr emov edbys i
mpl yli
ft i
nga
leverandpul li
ngt heCPUout .Howev er ,s omear ehel di npl aceus ingv eryt i
ghtfi tti
ngs.
13.Ins pectal lthec omponent sandi dent ifyeac hoft hem.

Re-as
sembl
ingt
hePC
Nowyouar
egoingtoc
ar r
youtthepr
eviouspr
ocedur
einr
ever
se.
1.MounttheCPU(takegr
eatcare!
).

2.Mountt heRAM.
3.Mountt hemai nboardonthecase’sc
has s
is.Us
ethes amepr ec
autionsasyoudi
dwhen
remov i
ngit.
4.Securetheboar dusi
ngscr
ews.Makes ur
et hattheboar dal
ignsperfectl
y.Ot
her
wis
e
youc oul
dbes hort
ingouttheboardandpot enti
allydamagingit.
5.InstalltheHDD,FDD,CDROM,otherstoragedevices,et
c.
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6.Rec onnectallj umper -c onnec tedwi rest otheboard( egHDDLED,Res et,et

c).
7.Rec onnectthepowerc abl e(s
)t ot hemai nboar d.
8.Rec onnectthedat ar i
bbons( cables )t otheHDDandFDDc ontrol
lers
.Youmi ghtalso
needt oreconnec tserialandpar al leldat aconnectionsi
fus i
nganol dersystem.
9.Rec onnectstoragedev icest othei rdat aandpowerc onnect
ion.
10.Chec kthatev erythingi sc onnec t
edc orrectl
y.
11.Chec kagain.
12.Repl acethec aset opbutdonots ec ureyet .
13.Re-c onnectc ablesandc onnect i
onsatt hebac kofthePC.
14.Rec onnectthepowerandt urnont hec omput er.
15.Doesi twork?Ifi tdoes ,t urnofft hec omput er,dis
connectthepower ,andsec ur
ethe
topwi thscrews.
16.Ifitdoesnotwor k,revisitallofyours teps.Payat tenti
ontot hePOSTs c
reen.This
screenwi l
lgiveyouv aluabl einfor mat i
on.
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5.Dis
assemble and assemble the comput
er based t he
operati
onalpr
ocedur
epr epar
edontheaboveques
tions
.
S
tep Remov
ethec
aseoft
hes
yst
emuni
t

1. Turnofft hecomput er
.
2. Unplugthepowerc ordfromt hewallout
let.
3. Dis
connec tt
hepowerc ordfr omyourc omputer
.
4. Removet hescrewsfromt hesidesandbac kofthes
yst
emuni
t.
5. Removet hecaseoft hesystemuni t
.
6. Putonyourant i
-stati
cwr i
sts t
rapandc onnec
titt
othec
has
sisoft
hePC.

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6.Ins
tal
li
ngoper
ati
ngs
yst
ems
oft
war
e
S
tep1

Tobegi
ninser
tyourWi
ndowsXPProfess
ionalCDandrebo
otyo
urcomputer
.Ames
sag
e"Pr
ess
anykeytobootfr
omCD..
..
."wi
llappear,pres
sthes
pacebartoc
onti
nue.

S
etupwi
llno
wins
pec
tyo
urc
omput
erhar
dwar
eandc
onfi
gur
ati
on.

S
etupno
wpr
epar
esyo
urc
omput
erfo
rins
tal
l.
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Fr
omt
hismenupr
ess"ENTER"t
obeg
int
hei
nst
all
.

Windo
wsXPLicens
eagr
eement
,read,andifyo
uag
reepr
ess"F8"t
oco
nti
nue,pr
ess"ES
C"i
f
yo
udisag
ree.Ifyoudi
sag
rees
etupwil
lfi
nis
h.

Par
t2
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Thenex
tst
epi
stodel
etet
hepar
tit
ion,pr
ess"D"t
odel
etet
hes
elec
tedpar
tit
ion.

No
wpr
ess"ENTER"i
fyo
uar
esur
eyo
uwantt
hepar
tit
iondel
eted.

No
wisyo
urfi
nalc
hanc
e,pr
ess"L"t
oco
nfi
rmdel
eti
on.
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Nowyouhavet
osel
ectwher
etoi
nst
allXP.Pr
ess"ENTER"t
oco
nfi
rmt
hepar
tit
ionyo
uwantt
o
i
nstal
lint
o.

Nowyouneedtofo
rmattheharddri
ve,NTFSisrec
ommended,butyo
ucanal
sous
e
FAT32.Makeyo
urdec
isi
onusi
ngthearrowkeysandpres
senter.
 
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Thehar
ddr
ivewi
llno
wfo
rmat
.

  Par
t3
Andt
hens
etupwi
llbeg
int
oco
pyfi
les
.

S
etupno
wini
ti
ali
zest
heWi
ndo
wsXPc
onfi
gur
ati
on.

Itisno
wtimet or
est
artWindowsXP,pr
ess"ENTER"t
ospeeduppr
oces
s,o
ther
wis
eWi
ndo
ws
wil
ldoiti
tsel
fin15sec
onds.
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Bootwil
lreco
gni
zethatt
heXPCDi
sint
hedr
ive,DONOTpr
essanykeys
,lets
etup
bypasstheCDbo
ot.

Wi
ndo
wsi
sno
wbo
oti
ng.

 
Thei
nst
allpr
oces
sco
nti
nues
.
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Par
t4

Nowyourr
egi
onalandl
ang
uag
eopt
ions
.Yo
urmo
uses
houl
dno
wbeac
tiv
e,s
ocl
icko
n
"CUS
TOMIZE".
 

No
wsel
ectyo
urS
tandar
dsandFo
rmat
s,pl
usyo
url
ocat
ion,t
henc
lic
k"OK".
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No
wcl
icko
n"DETAILS
".

Par
t5

Nex
tsel
ectyo
urdefaul
tlang
uag
e,c
lic
k"OK"whendo
ne.

No
wthatyo
uhav
emadeal
lnec
ess
aryc
hang
esc
lic
kon"NEXT".
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Nowi
tist
imetopers
onali
zeWindows.Fi
lei
nyournameandi
fyo
uwi
shyo
ucanal
sofi
lei
n
t
heOr
ganizat
ions
ecti
on.Cl
ick"NEXT"whenready.

Nowitisti
mefo ryourproductkey.Thepr
oductkeywillbeonthepackagi
ngthatXPwas
suppli
edwith.Itis25digi
tsl
ong.SomeOEMc o
mput er
swi l
lhav
eas t
ickeront
hes i
deorbac
k
withyourproductkey.Inputthekeyandpress"NEXT".
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Nowsel
ectyourc
omput
ernameandyo
uradmi
npas
swo
rd.Co
nfi
rmt
heAdmi
npas
swo
rdand
pr
ess"NEXT".

Dat
eandTi
mes
ett
ing
sar
enex
t,c
hang
easneedbe,t
henpr
ess"NEXT".
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Wi
ndo
wswi
llt
henc
ont
inuei
nst
all
ing
.

 Ifanet
wor
kcar
dhasbeendet
ect
edt
henyo
uwi
llg
ett
hefo
llo
wingmenu.S
elec
t"TYPICAL
SETTINGS
"andpr
essnex
t.Thi
sco
nfi
gur
edl
ateri
nWi
ndo
ws.
Part6
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Mo
renet
wor
kco
nfi
gur
ati
on,c
hang
ewo
rkg
roupnamei
fneedbeandc
lic
k "NEXT".

Wi
ndo
wswi
llc
ont
inuei
nst
all
ing
.

Wi
ndo
wsi
nst
allwi
llno
wfi
nal
ize.
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Itisnowti
metorest
artWindo
wsXPagai
n,pr
ess"ENTER"t
ospeeduppr
oces
s,o
ther
wis
e
Windowswi
lldoi
tit
selfi
n15seco
nds.

Windo
wswi
llc
ont
inuel
oadi
ng.
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Windo
wswi
llno
wadj
ustyo
urr
eso
lut
ion,c
lic
k"OK"t
oco
nti
nue.
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Ifyouarehappywi
tht
hec
hang
es,c
lic
k"OK"o
ther
wis
epr
ess"Canc
el"t
oret
urnt
otheo
ld
set
ting
s

Wi
ndo
wswi
llno
wappl
ychang
es.Bepat
ient
.
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Wi
ndo
ws"WELCOME"s
creen.

andfi
nal
lyt
heWi
ndo
wsXPDes
kto
p.Wi
ndo
wsi
sno
wins
tal
led.

Ifyouareluc
kyyouwil
lhav
enodri
ver
stoinst
all
,butc
hanc
esaret
henex
tst
epwil
lbeto
ins
tal
lthem.Chec
ko utdevi
cemanagerforunknowndevi
ces
,li
kel
yit
emsareNetwork
Cards,SoundCards,Pr
int
ers
,Sc
anner
s,Gr
aphi
csCar
ds,Di
git
alCamer
as,pl
us any
otherit
emyo uhave.
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6.Desi
gns ys
tem ar
chi
tec
tur
eon a paper fo
rthe i
nter
nals
yst
em uni
t
components
.

CPU
Clo
ck
Graphi
cG
se
Cn
are
dr
ator FS
B
Memo
ryS
lot
Sl
ot Hi
ghS peed Memo
r
Graphi
csBus Nort
h
yBus
(AGPor Br
idge
PCIE)

Int
ern
alBus

PCIBus Gr aphic
s
PCIBus South Cont r
oll
e
Bri
dge r
Cables&ports
leadingoff
PCIS
lot
s board

Supe
LPC rI/O
Bus

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