BASIC CONCEPTS IN

COMPUTER HARDWARE
SERVICING

The primary purpose of computer system

servicing is to provide you with the knowledge
and skills that will help you become computer
service and repair technicians.
 COMPUTER SYSTEM
A computer system consists of set of electronic and
electromechanical components able to accept some
form of input, process this input in a way that can be
specified by means of a set of instructions, and
produce some type of output. All computers follow
the same fundamental sequence:
 FUNDAMENTAL SEQUENCE
OF ALL COMPUTERS
1. They accept instructions and data. This represents
the input.
2. They process the data according to a set of instructions.
3. They produce results in the form of information or actions.
This represents the output.
 COMPUTER HARDWARE
Hardware represents the electronic
circuits and/or electromechanical
components from which the computer is
constructed.
 THE BASIC COMPUTER
• Devices such as a keyboard, mouse, and display through which we interact with
the computer.
• In this respect we provide input to the machine via the keyboard and mouse and
observe the results of the computational process by means of the display screen.
• A central processing unit (CPU), which is able to follow (‘execute’) a series of
instructions and controls most of the activities that take place within the machine.
• A collection of memory devices able to store instructions and data during the
operation of the computer.
• Various storage devices able to store instructions and data even when the
computer is turned off.
 PC (PERSONAL COMPUTER)
• The most common form of computer in use
today.
• This was the name given to a computer
configuration that evolved during the 1970s
and which is a desktop machine.
 COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Software is a term that is used when referring
to programs in a general way, and encompasses
instructions that are to be acted upon by a
computer and the data that may be needed by
these instructions.
 COMPUTER CAPABILITIES
• It can perform calculations at a very high
speed.
• It has the ability to support the storage and
rapid retrievals of enormous volumes of data.
• It has the ability to make ‘decisions’ during the
execution of instructions.
 COMPUTER CAN HANDLE INSTRUCTIONS IN
THREE GENERAL WAYS:
• It can execute a sequence of instructions. A computer
has the ability to execute a list of instructions.
• It can execute instructions by iteration. A computer
can execute a series of instructions repeatedly.
• It can execute instructions by selection. A computer is
also able to select the next instruction that it should
execute according to some condition.