Computer hardware component. ppt

Computer Hardware
Components

Computer Hardware
components

Motherboard
CPU
Keyboard
Mouse
RAM
Monitor
Floppy drive
CD-ROM drive
Hard disk drive
DVD Drives

Central Processing Unit

The microprocessor consists of
three sections:
1.Arithmetic Logic Unit
2.Registers
3.Control Unit

MOTHERBOARD
 Main circuit board inside your
computer is called a
motherboard.
 The motherboard contains the
connectors for attaching
additional boards, such as the
CPU, BIOS, memory, mass
storage interfaces, serial and
parallel ports, expansion slots
and all the controllers that are
required to control standard
peripheral devices such as the
display screen, keyboard, and
hard drive.

MOTHERBOARD

 Here we see a diagram
and a photo of a
motherboard (or main
circuit board).
This one is suitable for a
Pentium CPU

PCI SLOTS
 PCI slots This
board has 4 slots
for the newer PCI
boards for
peripherals like
video cards,
sound cards,
internal modems,
etc

MEMORY SLOT
 Memory slots
There are 4 short
slots for SIMM
memory.
This board has
two long slots for
a new kind of
memory called
DIMM DRAM.

MOTHERBOARD
 Keyboard plug :This is where the keyboard attaches, thru the back of the
computer.
 Power Connections This is where the power supply connects to the
motherboard

 Processor socket What is visible here is the place where the processor
plugs into the motherboard. When the processor is installed, you still can't
see it because on top of it is a heat sink and fan to keep the processor cool.
Hot processors make mistakes or even melt important parts on the chip.
Different processors are different sizes. So the socket on the motherboard
has to match the processor. Also, the circuits in the motherboard itself must
be different for different processors.

RAM
 RAM, or Random-Access-
Memory, is a type of memory that
accesses faster than main memory
(like a hard drive), but that only
stores data while the computer is
turned on. It is normally used to
store the program that your
computer is currently running,
and any data that program needs.
 RAM is divided into small blocks
of data, each of which can be
accessed by a unique number,
called an address.

Monitor
The computer
screen is used
for outputting
information in
an
understandable
format.

Floppy drive
 Storage Devices -- "How it saves data and
programs“
- - Hard disk drives are an internal,
higher capacity drive which also stores the
operating system which runs when you power
on the computer.-

"Floppy" disk drives allow you to save
work on small disks and take the data with
you.

FEATURES:- FLOPPY DISK
Diskettes (Floppy Disks)
Speed:
Very slow!

Capacity:

.
Normally 1.44 Mbytes

Cost:

Very cheap .

Hard Disks
Hard Disks
 Speed:
Very fast!
The speed of a hard disk is often quoted
as "average
access time" speed, measured in
milliseconds. The
smaller this number the faster the disk.
 Capacity:
Enormous! Often 40/80 Gigabytes. A
Gigabyte is
equivalent to 1024 Megabytes.
 Cost:
Hard disks costs are falling rapidly and
normally
represent the cheapest way of storing
data.

CD-ROM drive

 They are disc drives which read
Compact Discs (CDs). They are
transportable and can be used
to perform various tasks such
as reading data from the
computer and listening to audio.
 Data is written on a CD by
burning pits into the disc to
produce non-reflective areas.

DVD Drives

 Computer DVD drives can be
used to watch DVD video, play
audio CDs and store
information on DVDs and CDs.
DVD drives are now being
installed in new computers
instead of CD drives.
 Computer DVD drives are able
to read data stored on CD-
ROMS and DVDs and can play
both video and audio DVDs.
CD-ROM drives cannot read
DVDs.

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