Inside Case
Front Panel Connectors
Organize Your Work
ESD and Such
More Power, Scotty!
Laptops
100

remove loose clothing and jewelry

Step 1 - What is Plan and Organize Your work

100

Shows hard drive activity

What is Hard Drive LED

100

Store small screws in this

What is a magnetic cup or bowl?

100

connect your ESD strap to this.

What is the computer case or chassis.

100

Main power connector

What is the P1 connector?

100

These are closely guarded by laptop manufacturers.

What is service manuals?

200

take pics

What is - Step 1: Plan and Organize Your Work

200

Allows you to restart the computer immediately

What is Reset Switch

200
You should do this when you handle circuit boards.

What is hold by the edges?

200

To discover the purpose of a cable...

What is follow it to the source

200

Number of pins on the aux power.

What is four.

200
To get service for your laptop, you might need these two items.

What is receipt and warranty?

300

Back up important data

Step 2 - What is Open the Computer Case and Examine the System.
300

Starts up the computer

What is the power button?

300

To protect the chips, never use this.

What is a magnetic screwdriver?

300

The connections on the front of the case connect here.

What is the front panel header.

300
Number of pins for PCIe power connectors.

What is 6 and 8.

300
These three companies provide documentation for servicing their laptops.

What is Dell, Lenovo and HP?

400

press and hold the power button for a moment

Step 2 - Open the computer case and examine the system

400

Shows that the computer is plugged in.

What is the Power LED?

400

To prevent cuts you should always.

What is avoid the sharp edges of the case.

400

To remove an expansion card.

What is rock from end to end.
400

Connector for hard drives.

What is the four-pin molex connector?

400

Name four laptop manufacturers.

What is Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung or Toshiba.

500

remove the cables, small wires and connectors for the lights, switches and ports.

Step 3 : Remove Expansion Cards

500

Indicates pin one on a connector

What is a small triangle?
500

You should consider the monitor and power supply to be this.

What is a "black box?"

500

Device that holds the motherboard off the computer case to keep it from shorting out.

What is standoffs.

500
Name of the location to connect the power cord for the CPU fan.

What is the CPU Fan Header?

500

This example of diagnostic software is included with several manufacturer's laptops.

What is PC-Doctor?

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