Title: Lab 1 Build & Configure
Course: Personal Computer Hardware > Section: Labs

You'll be supplied with components and required to build a correctly configured system.

Step 1:

Identify components
Setting up the motherboard
Installing the processor and heat sink
Installing RAM
Connecting power

Step 2:
Test the motherboard outside the case
Check BIOS for temps and voltages

Step 3:

Install motherboard in case
Hook up front panel connectors
Test power switch, reset and USB ports (if applicable)

Step 4:
If everything is correct, at this point you'll get more components.

Install drives and cables
Makes sure drives are configured correctly in BIOS

Step 5:
Install Windows XP and updates.
Check network connnections
Defragment hard drive.

Step 6:
Install antivirus, anti-malware and firewall.
Update device drivers from manufacturer's site.
Manage Windows services using info from the web. (blackviper.com or other)

Step 7:
Submit for grade