The document discusses components of a laptop motherboard and how to remove certain parts including the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard. The motherboard is the main circuit board that connects all internal parts of a laptop. It comes in various shapes and sizes depending on the laptop model. Common ports and components attached to the motherboard are the hard drive connector, CD/DVD drive connector, RAM slots, battery connector, and video chip. The document then provides step-by-step instructions for removing the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard.
The document discusses components of a laptop motherboard and how to remove certain parts including the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard. The motherboard is the main circuit board that connects all internal parts of a laptop. It comes in various shapes and sizes depending on the laptop model. Common ports and components attached to the motherboard are the hard drive connector, CD/DVD drive connector, RAM slots, battery connector, and video chip. The document then provides step-by-step instructions for removing the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard.
The document discusses components of a laptop motherboard and how to remove certain parts including the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard. The motherboard is the main circuit board that connects all internal parts of a laptop. It comes in various shapes and sizes depending on the laptop model. Common ports and components attached to the motherboard are the hard drive connector, CD/DVD drive connector, RAM slots, battery connector, and video chip. The document then provides step-by-step instructions for removing the battery, hard disk, RAM, and keyboard.
Objective:To identify the components of a Laptop Motherboard
Procedure: A system board also known as motherboard or main
board is the main circuit board in any laptop. Unlike desktop PC system boards, laptop system boards come in thousands of different shapes and sizes. Laptop motherboards are modelspecific. In other words, you cannot remove motherboard from a Toshiba laptop and stick it into a Dell laptop. All parts inside a laptop are connected to the system board, either directly via a connector mounted on the system board or through a cable. In a typical laptop the following ports and components are permanently attached to the system board and cannot be easily removed and replaced without soldering: 1. Hard drive (HDD) connector. 2. CD/DVD drive connector. 3. Memory (RAM) slots. 4. Battery connector. 5. Keyboard connector. 6. Audio (headphone and microphone) jacks. 7. Volume control wheel. 8. USB ports. 9. Ethernet (RJ45 aka network) port. 10. IEEE 1394 (Fire Wire) ports. 11. Video chip and some other components and ports. System board, processor (CPU) and LCD screen are the most expensive parts in any laptop. In some cases, when one of these three parts fails, its cheaper to buy a brand new laptop than replace the failed part. But each case is different so do your research. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Laptop Servicing Objective 1. Remove the battery and Hard disk 2. Removing the Ram
3. Removing the keyboard
Procedure:
Removing the battery
1. If your laptop is plugged in, either unplug it or disconnect the power cable. 2. Turn your laptop over so the bottom is facing up. 3. Locate the battery latch on the bottom of the computer. The image to the right shows some of the more common battery latches found on laptops. 4. To remove the battery, slide the latch switch to the opposite side and hold it in that position until the battery is released. 5. On some laptops, the battery pops out on its own. On others, you'll need to pull it out gently with the tips of your fingers.
Removing the Hard disk
6. The exact method used to secure a hard drive differs a bit from one laptop to the next, but most use between two and four screws. They will be apparent, as they are in the picture above, and probably Phillips-head. Just unscrew them. 7. Now lift up on the tab attached to the hard drive. You will first need to slide the drive out a half-inch so that it detaches from the SATA socket, then you can lift it away. The drive will still be sitting in its hard drive cage, so you need to unscrew it before completely removing it.
Removing the Ram
1. Turn off your laptop and unplug from power source and remove battery. 2. Remove memory access panel. 3. Memory modules are held into place by spring or wedge style clamps on each side of the modules. Open these before you attempt to pull the existing modules out (if any are to be removed).
Removing Keyboard 1. Turn off the laptop if it is running. Removing the keyboard while the laptop is running may cause accidents.
2. Determine the location of the keyboard cover. This is a plate for
covering the screws of the keyboard. The keyboard cover usually contains LED lights indicating if the laptop is running or charging. It is commonly located on the top of the keyboard and just below the monitor. 3. You can remove the cover by using a flathead screwdriver. Place the screwdriver in the right slot. Use the screwdriver as a lever to pull up the keyboard cover. There may be cases when the cover is attached to the hinge cover. There are screws attaching the keyboard cover to the hinge cover. Unfasten each screw at the back of the computer. Do this before pulling up the cover with the use of flathead screwdriver. 4. The screws holding the keyboard on the holding board will be visible after removing the cover. There may be 3 to 4 screws holding the keyboard in place. Carefully remove each screw using the screwdriver. Place these screws into different containers assigned for each of the screw slot. This is because sometimes, the screws are different in size from one another. 5. Gently lift the keyboard in the direction of the laptop screen. This is to view all the wires and cable connected to the keyboard and the system board. 6. Properly remove the data cable from the motherboard. Do this by gently pulling on the cable plug in a vertical direction. 7. Look for other wires attaching the keyboard to the laptop after removing the data cable. Remove these other wires properly from the system board. 8. Lift the keyboard from the laptop completely. Make sure there are no wires connecting the keyboard and the system board before completely removing the keyboard. Network Cabling Objectives 1. To identify the types of cables available. 2. To identify how the cables are used in networking. 3. Making Network cable using UTP Cable and testing. Procedure 1. Commonly used network cables are a. Coaxial cable b. Unshielded Twisted Pair c. Fiber Optics
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3. Steps for Making Network Cable
a. Strip 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) of the outer skin at the end of the cable wire by making a shallow cut in the skin with a utility knife. Run the knife around the cable, and the jacket should slide off easily. There will be 4 pairs of twisted wires exposed, each of them a different color or color combination. b. Fold each pair of wires backwards to expose the core of the cable. Cut off the core and discard. c. Straighten the twisted wires. d. Arrange the untwisted wires in a row, placing them into the position, running from right to left, in which they will go into the RJ-45 connector. e. Trim the untwisted wires to a suitable length by holding the RJ-45 connector next to the wires. The insulation on the cable should be just inside the bottom of the RJ-45 connector. The wires should be trimmed so that they line up evenly with the top of the RJ-45 connector. f. Insert the wires into the RJ-45 connector, making sure that they stay aligned and each color goes into its appropriate channel. Make sure that each wire goes all the way to the top of the RJ-45 connector. If you don't make these checks, you will find that your newly crimped RJ-45 connector is useless. g. Use the crimping tool to crimp the RJ-45 connector to the cable by pressing the jacket and cable into the connector so that the wedge at the bottom of the connector is pressed into the jacket.
h. Follow the instructions above to crimp an RJ-45 connector
to the opposite end of the cable. i. Use a cable tester to assure that your cable is working properly when both ends are crimped.