COMPUTER SIMULATIONINSTALL

RYAN PARISH

STEP 1First place the power supply in place find the power supply place in the case and push it up to the case frame

Then it should look like this

STEP 2

Then add the screw at the points to hold the power supply in place

STEP 3Then unclip the arm and lift up the bracket to install the CPU line up the little arrow on the CPU and on the socket and drop it in with zero insertion force

STEP 4

After you have placed it in lower the bracket and lower the are to lock the CPU in place

STEP 6

When you have finished it should look like this

Then next apply thermal paste

STEP 7

Then place the CPU cooler over the CPU and then lower it onto the CPU then press down the 4 points on each corner until they click into place

STEP 8Then plug in the CPU cooler power into the motherboard this plug should be next to the CPU

STEP 9Next get the memory modules and line up the notch with the memory socket

Then push the lever up to lock the memory module inplace

STEP 10Then place the motherboard inside the case remember to use standoffs to prevent the motherboard from breaking

Then after screw the motherboard in place so it cant move

STEP 10Then take off the expansion slot cover to install the NIC card line it up with the socket then add a screw to hold it in place

STEP 11Next install the wireless NIC then screw it into place

STEP 12Next install the graphics card and screw it into place

STEP 13Next slide the hard drive into the drive bay

Then screw the hard drive into place to stop it from moving around

STEP 14

Then install the disk drive some cases will let it click into place and some others you will have to screw it into place

STEP 15

Then install the floppy drive into the bottom floppy drive bay

STEP 16

Then after you have slide it into the bay then screw it into place

STEP 17Then plug in the ribbon cable into the motherboard

And plug the other end into the disc drive, make sure to line up the notches on the ribbon cable

Then get the other ribbon cable for the floppy disk drive and plug one end into the motherboard

And then plug the other end into the floppy drive

As you can see the cable has got a pin missing so you cant plug it the wrong way

STEP 18

STEP 19

Then get your SATA cable and plug one end to the motherboard

And the other end into the HDD drive

STEP 20Then you have installed all the internal components now you can place both side panels back on the case and screw them on

STEP 21After plug in your DVI cable into the back of the motherboard

STEP 22Then plug in your ps2 cable for your mouse but if you have a USB mouse you will need to plug in the USB cable

STEP 23Then plug in your ps2 cable for your keyboard but if you have a USB keyboard you will need to plug in the USB cable

STEP 24Then plug a Ethernet cable into the NIC card at the back of your case

STEP 25After you have finished it should look something like this

STEP 26

Then last of all plug in the power cable (DO THIS LAST)

Then you have finally finished you computer installation

WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION

STEP 1First put the windows xp disk in the drive and then read the onscreen information after you have done that press enter to continue onto the next step.

STEP 2Now read through the information and then if you agree or disagree, if you agree press F8 and if you do not agree press ESC

STEP 3Then choose the storage device that where you want the windows XP to be installed on after you have chosen press enter to continue.

STEP 4

Then choose what file you want to store it on then after press enter to continue

STEP 5Then wait for windows to install into your computer

STEP 6

Then wait for the files to copy

STEP 7Then you can choose

STEP 8

STEP 9

STEP 10Then here you give your computer a name and type in a administrator password after you have done that click next

STEP 11

Here you can choose the date and time based on where are are then once you are done click next

STEP 12

Then choose out of typical (automatically sets up your network) or custom (allows you to create your own network manually)

STEP 13

Then you can make it a work group or a home computer then click next

STEP 14Then you have completed the windows xp installation