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Information
and Communications
Technology
Computer Systems Servicing
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING
COMPUTER SYSTEMS (ICCS)
Learning Activity Sheet 1
What This Module is About

This module contains information and suggested learning

activities on Computer Systems Servicing. It includes training materials
and activities for you to complete.
This module consists of learning outcomes:

1.1 Plan unit assembly to ensure OHS policies and

procedures are followed in accordance with systems
requirements

1.2 Prepare unit assembly to ensure OHS policies and procedures

are followed in accordance with systems requirements

1.3 Identify materials necessary to complete the work in accordance

with established procedures and check against system requirements

1.4 Obtain materials necessary to complete the work in accordance

with established procedures and check against system requirements

1.5 Obtain tools, equipment and testing devices needed to carry out
installation work in accordance with established procedures and
check for correct operation and safety

1.6 Assemble computer hardware in accordance with established

procedures and system requirements

1.7 Perform BIOS configuration in accordance with hardware requirements

Completion of this module will help you better understand the

succeeding module on Computer Systems Servicing. After completing this
module, submit your portfolio to your teacher for the checking of your
achievement of knowledge and skills requirement of this module.

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises
diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Lesson ASSEMBLE COMPUTER
1 HARDWARE

What I Know

You will be challenged to dig deeper into your prior knowledge and
previous experiences about computer hardware servicing.

SKILLS TEST

Direction: Listed below are some of the most important skills that you must gain in order
to render quality service when you enter the real world of Computer Hardware
Servicing. Read the skills carefully. Check “YES” if you are familiar with the skill and “NO”
if not. Feel free to answer each skill.

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 What I Need To Know?

Read and find out how much you can remember. Do Activity 1 to know how much you have
learned.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

During installation and initial test, careful planning and
preparation are to be done. To avoid personal injury and damages to
wiring due to sharp pins on connectors and printed circuit assemblies,
rough chassis edges and corners, and hot components.

Adhere to warnings and limitations regarding accessibility into

areas designated only for authorized technical personnel.

SOME BASIC PRECAUTIONS AND PROCEDURES:

o Before starting the installation, read carefully the

documentation and procedures on any hardware and software
settings that may be required.
o Failure to do the proper jumper setting may cause damage
to your CPU.
o Without an effective cooling fan, the CPU can overheat and
cause damage to both CPU and the motherboard.
o Each bank must have the same size and type of memory
installed in pairs.
o Before adding and removing any other system
components, make sure that you unplug your power supply.
Failure to do so may cause damage to your motherboard and in
the system component.
o Test the computer, ensuring that it meets the necessary
system requirements before booting up.
o If the computer does not pass any of the power on self-test
(POST), the computer will receive an irregular power on self-test.
An irregular POST is a beep code which is different from the

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standard beep which can either be no beeps at all or a
combination of different beeps.

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EFFECTS OF COMPUTERS
Some effects of computers relating to the violation of privacy, the impact
on the labor force, health risks, and the impact on the environment.

1. Violation of Privacy

Nearly every life event is stored in a computer somewhere--in medical

records, credit reports, tax records, etc. It is crucial that personal and
confidential records be protected properly. In many instances, where these
records were not properly protected, individuals have found their privacy
violated and identities stolen.

2. Impact on Labor Force

Although computers have improved productivity in many ways and

created an entire industry with hundreds of thousands of new jobs, the skills of
millions of workers and managers have been replaced by computers. Thus, it is
crucial that workers keep their education up-to-date. A separate impact on the
labor force is that some companies are outsourcing jobs to foreign countries
instead of keeping their homeland labor force employed.

3. Health Risks

Prolonged or improper computer use can lead to injuries or disorders of

the hands, wrists, elbows, eyes, necks, and back. Computer users can protect
themselves from these health risks through proper workplace design, good
posture while at the computer, and appropriately spaced work breaks. Another
health risk, called computer addiction, occurs when someone becomes
obsessed with using the computer. Once recognized, computer addiction is a
treatable disorder.

4. Public Safety

Adults, teen, and children around the world are using computers to share
publicly their photos, videos, journals, music, and other personal information.
Some of these unsuspecting, innocent computer users have fallen victim to
crimes committed by dangerous strangers. Protect yourself and your
dependents from these criminals by being cautious. For example, do not share
information that would allow others to identify or locate you.

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 5. Impact on Environment

Computer manufacturing processes and computer waste are depleting natural

resources and polluting the environment. The amount of resources required to
manufacture a personal computer equals that of a mid-sized car. When computers are
discarded in landfills, they release toxic materials and potentially dangerous levels of
lead, mercury, and flame retardants. Strategies that can help protect the environment
include recycling, regulating manufacturing processes, extending the life of computers,
and immediately donating replaced computers.

What’s In

Exercise:

In your workplace or in the laboratory, do you apply any operational health and
safety standards? In what way?

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ACTIVITY 1
A. IDENTFICATION
Direction: Identify the Precautions and Procedures in working with computers.
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is wrong.

1. Failure to do the proper jumper setting may cause damage to your CPU.
2. After adding and removing any other system components, make sure
that you unplug your power supply.
3. Test the computer, ensuring that it meets the necessary system
requirements before booting up.
4. With an effective cooling fan, the CPU can overheat and cause damage
to both CPU and the motherboard.
5. After starting the installation, read carefully the documentation and
procedures on any hardware and software settings that may be required.

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 B. MATCHING TYPE

Direction: Select your answer on the choices below that will correspond on the
statement. Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

A. Violation of Privacy
B. Impact on the Environment
C. Public Safety
D. Health Risk
E. Impact on Labor Force

_1. Computer manufacturing processes and computer waste are depleting

natural resources and polluting the environment.

_2. Although computers have improved productivity in many ways and created
an entire industry with hundreds of thousands of new jobs, the skills of millions of
workers and managers have been replaced by computers.

3. It is crucial that personal and confidential records be protected

properly.

4. Adults, teen, and children around the world are using computers to share
publicly their photos, videos, journals, music, and other personal information.

5. Prolonged or improper computer use can lead to injuries or disorders of the

hands, wrists, elbows, eyes, necks, and back.

What I Need To Know?

Read and find out how much you can remember. Do Activity 2 to know how much
you have learned.

Basic Hardware Components of Computer System

A computer is an electronic machine, operating under the control of
instructions stored in its own memory, that can be programmed to accept data
(input), process it into useful information (output), and store it away in a
secondary storage device (store) for safekeeping or later reuse. The
processing of input into output is directed by the software but performed by the
hardware. Figure below shows some common computer hardware
components.

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Common Computer Hardware Components

Computer system hardware components include devices that perform

the functions of input, processing, data storage; output; and communication.
The devices responsible for these five areas are as follows:

Input devices. Input devices allow you to enter data or

commands in a form that the computer can use; they send
the data or commands to the processing unit. Commonly
used input devices include keyboard, mouse, microphone,
scanner, digital camera, and PC camera.

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Output devices. Output devices show people the processed data--information -
-in understandable and useful form. Four commonly used output devices are a
printer, a monitor, speakers, and a portable media player. Input/output devices
are playing an increasingly significant role in our lives. The number and variety
of input/output devices are expanding.

Processing devices. Processing devices are the computer electronic circuitry

housed in the system unit. The processor, formally known as the central
processing unit (CPU), has electronic circuitry that manipulates input data into
the information people want. Computer instructions are actually executed in the
central processing unit. Memory is a series of electronic elements that
temporarily holds data and program instructions while they are being processed
by the CPU. Both the processor and memory consist of chips. A chip is an
electronic device that contains many microscopic pathways designed to carry
electrical current.

Storage devices. Storage usually means secondary storage that can store data
and programs outside the computer itself. Storage devices hold data,
information, and programs permanently. Common storage devices include a
hard disk, USB flash drives, CDs, DVDs, and memory cards.

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Communications devices. Communications devices provide connections
between the computer and communications networks, and enable computer
users to communicate and to exchange data, information, and programs with
other computers. Communications devices transmit these items over
transmission media such as cables, telephone lines, satellites, and cellular
radio. A widely used communications device is a modem.

What I Can Do

ACTIVITY 2

Differentiate INPUT DEVICES and OUTPUT DEVICES.

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What I Need To Know?

Read and find out how much you can remember. Do Activity 3 to know how
much you have learned.

THE SYSTEM UNIT AND ITS COMPONENTS

Hardware Components Image Description
1. System Unit The main part of a
microcomputer, sometimes
called the chassis. It includes
the following parts:
Motherboard, Microprocessor,
Memory Chips, Buses, Ports,
Expansion Slots and Cards.

2. Motherboard It is the main circuit board of a

/Mainboard/System board computer. It contains all the
circuits and components that
run the computer.

It is the main “brain” or “heart”

3. CPU (Central Processing of a computer system. It
Unit) / Microprocessor performs all of the instructions
and calculations that are
needed and manages the flow
of information through a
computer.

It is the computer's working

4. Main memory or memory storage space that holds data,
instructions for processing
and processed data
(information) waiting to be
sent to secondary storage.
Physically, primary storage is
a collection of RAM chips.

5. Expansion Bus A bus is a data pathway

between several hardware
components inside or outside
a computer. It connects the
parts of the CPU to each
other and links the CPU with
other important hardware.

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6. Adapters Printed-circuit board (also
a. LAN card called interface cards)
b. sound card
c. video card enables the computer to use a
peripheral device for which it
does not have the necessary
a b connections or circuit boards.
They are often used to permit
upgrading to a new different
hardware.

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7. Power Supply Unit
(PSU) It converts 120vac
(standard house power) into
DC voltages that are used
by other components in the
PC. It is installed in the
back corner of the PC tower
case, next to the
motherboard.
8. Hard Disk Drive Also known as hard drive, it is
(HDD) a magnetic storage device
that is installed inside the
computer. The hard drive is
used as permanent storage
for data. In a Windows
computer, the hard drive is
usually configured as the C:
drive and contains the
operating system and
applications.
It is a type of computer disk
9. Optical Drive drive that reads and writes
data from optical disks
through laser beaming
technology.
It allows a user to retrieve,
edit and delete the content
from optical disks such as
CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray disks.

10. CPU Fan and These components help in

Heat sink reducing the heat from the
processor so it will not
shutdown automatically.

11. EIDE (Enhanced It is used to connect EIDE

Integrated Drive type Hard Disk Drive to the
Electronics) data motherboard.
cable

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 12. S-ATA data
cable It is used to connect S-ATA
type Hard Disk Drive to
motherboard.

ACTIVITY 3
Write the importance of each of the following computer components written
below:

1. System Unit

2. Power Supply

3. Optical Drive

4. Motherboard

5. Memory

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