2nd ASSIGNMENT HARDWARE

1. List down different kind of motherboard for the PC.

Ans: ATX & AX motherboard
2. What is the different between AX & ATX motherboard? Sketch the
layout of the motherboard. Ans:
AX motherboard is the old type of motherboard while ATX is
the new type of motherboard.
The position of CPU for an AT motherboard is in series to the
expansion slot whereas for an ATX, is in parallel to the
expansion slot.

3. List the pins number of various kind of connector on the

motherboard and at the back of the PC. Ans:
On the motherboard:
IDE connector - 40 pins
ATX power connector - 24 pins
Floppy connector - 34 pins
At the back of the PC:

USB - 4 pins
P/2 - 6 pins
Serial port - 9/15 pins
Firewire 1394 - 6 pins
VGA - 16 pins

4. What are the DC voltages we can find from the DC power supply?
Ans: +12V

5. List down the electrical problem we are facing when operating our
PC?
Ans: Electrical problems can be from outside of the PC entirely (a
frayed power cable, a bad socket, a dying UPS battery) or from
within it (a failing system power supply, a faulty soft switch).

6. What are ESD, EMI and RFI?

Ans:
ESD -Electro Static Discharge
EMI - Electric Machine Industry
RFI - Radio Frequency Identification

7. List Different kind of PC storage.

Ans: RAM, ROM, Floppy disk

8. List various kinds of RAM and their pins number.

Ans:
SDRAM - 168 pins
DDRRAM - 184 pins

OPERATING SYSTEM

1. What is the function of OS?

Ans: Operating System is an interface between hardware & user
which is responsible for the management and wordination of
activities & sharing resource of computer.

2. List down some of the OS that we can use in a small computer.

Ans: GUI, Multi-user,
Multithreading.

Multiprocessing,

Multitasking

&

3. What is the different between text based and graphic base OS?
Ans: A text based OS which doesn't have desktop just text to let the
OS do something, you need to type the command. Graphic based OS
has desktop has a desktop and isn't just text on your screen.
Windows 3.1 was the first graphic based OS.

4. List down some of the internal and external command of the text
based and briefly explains the function of these commands.
Ans:

Internal cd - change directory

dir - list the directory
cls - clear screen External
Fdisk - create set, delete & display partition.
Format - format primary partition
Setup - install operating system

5. What is FDISK used for and then list down the menu that we can
find under FDISK.
Ans: FDISK is used to create or delete partition in the hard drive.
Create, set & display partition menu can be found.

6. Explain briefly what File System is.

Ans: File System is a method for storing and organizing computer
files and the data they contain to make it easy to find it and access
them.

7. What is the difference between physical and logical drive?

Ans: Physical disk is the actual tangible unit of hardware of a disk.
Logical disk is a device that provides an area of usable storage
capacity on one or more physical disk drive component in a
computer system.

8. List down the complete steps on how to install Windows 98 OS?

Ans:

Start-up Win98
Press key to the BIOS setup
By pressing F2
Detect Drive
Select & then boot from CD
then set the setting to
Hard disk drive
From Floppy A
Click F10 to save
On the screen

Enter FDisk for partitioning

Select from the menu
create
Then choose from the list
to create a primary disk drive
Then set up the no. of drive you want to have
Then save, then partition is made
Then set the partition to be set active
Then restart the program by clicking Ctrl + ALt + Delete
Then go to D:\ then to F:\
Enter format, to format your disk
Then the Win98 is setup

9. What is the difference between basic & dynamic disk?

Ans: Basic disks are the ones that IT pros are most familiar with, and
the typical terms and technologies apply. Dynamic disks support new
features and spot new terminology.