Lab 7-3

Project 7-3

1.  The maximum amount of memory the slots on the motherboard will accommodate is 1Gb. There is two slots on the motherboard for memory. The maximum memory for the motherboard is 2 Gb.

2. The motherboard supports DDR2 533 or DDR2 667 DIMM memory.

3. There are two modules installed on the motherboard with 1 Gb of memory per module for a total of two Gb of memory .

4. My banks are already filled to capacity at 1 Gb per module. However, if I had to replace them it would cost about $38

Chapter 5 lab

1. The ports that come directly from the motherboard are the PS/2 ports for the keyboard and mouse, a VGA port, a serial port, a parallel port, 4 USB ports, a LAN port and a 3 audio ports consisting of microphone, line in and line out ports.

2. There was a modem card in the one of the PCI slots.

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6. The motherboard is an ECS 945GCT-M3 motherboard.

7.click on this link to view the manuel for the motherboard  http://download.ecsusa.com/dlfileecs/manual/mb/eng/p4/945GCT-M3v3.0/23_945GCT-M3%20(3.0A)-low.pdf

Lab 6-1 and 6-2

Christina Costley

CTS 155

September 14, 2010

Chapter 6 labs

Project 6-1

1. The motherboard installed on my lab computer is a viotech3100+

2. The CPU is a VIA C7-D 1.6

3. The socket is a VIA V4

4. The cooler assembly consists of a large heat sink and several case fans.

Project 6-2

1. The mother supports only a VIA C7-D 1.6 or 1.8 GHz processor.

2.  The processor comes with the motherboard because it is an integrated processor. There is only one type of processor like this for this board.

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=via+c7-d

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5775117&sku=B450-1022&srkey=via%20c7-d

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-VIO-31%2B&title=Biostar-VIOTECH-3100-VIA-C7-D-1-6GHz-CN896-DDR2-A-V-L-MATX-Motherboard-w-CPU-Fan

3. 3. I would recommend the 1.8 GHz because it is faster than the 1.6.

Lab 4-1

For this lab we had to take a computer apart and then put it back together. I took a part my computer at school and put it back together and I am going to discuss the steps I did. I also toke a computer apart that I had at home That I plan to rebuild.
1. The first steps in taking the computer apart was that we had to take out any adapter cards that were plugged into the motherboard as well as take out all the RAM that was in the motherboard.
2. I then disconnected all the IDE cables and power cables from the motherboard.
3. I then proceeded to take out the screws to remove the power supply from the case.
4. I then removed the CPU fan and then the heat sink from the motherboard. The one I had at home also Had a heat sink over a chip on top of the mother board.
5. I then unscrewed the motherboard from the case and lifted it out of the case.
6 I then removed the hard drive, floppy drive and optical drive from the case.
7 On the computer I have at hope I removed all of the case peripherals so that I could thoroughly clean the case.
Ones I finished I reassembled the computer at school opposite the way I took it apart.
Hear are some pictures that show how this was done and the end result.

Lab 3-1

1. My strongest social skill is being able to listen to others. This is a good asset when dealing with deskside support.
2. I take everything people say to heart. Een if their problem is not with me. This would not be good when dealing with customers who are upset.
3. I need to learn how to be empathetic to someones problems without letting them get to me on a personnal level. I need to be able to distance my feelings away from the job.
4. I don't like dealing with people on the phone however in the past when having to deal with people in a support position over the phone my strength is being able visualize the screen in order to help someone figure out what went wrong. Ones again my weakness is angry customers who scream and holler and cus at me.
5. I would enjoy going and traveling to different buildings and departments and meeting new people however I am also kind of self concious. That can distance me away from people sometimes.

Lab 2.2

4a. The operating system is Microsoft Windows 7 Professional version 6.1
4b The CPU speed is 1596 MHz
4c.The Bios was Manufactured by Acer and is using version 1.00
4d. I was unable to locate information on the video adapters for this computer using this software.
4E. C:\windows\system32\drivers\USBstor.SYS

5a. The MSinfo32 system was alot easier to me to use than the Fresh Diagnose software. I was able to find the answers quicker with the MSinfo 32.
5b. The Fresh Diagnose gives more information about the system than the MSinfo32 utilities does.
5c. The system Information is already installed on the computer.
5d. The fresh diagnose utilities provides more information than the system information does.
5E. I still prefer to use my system utilities rather than having to download yet another program to my computer.