Find a seat, get ready for class! Viking Kittens – Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
Viking 1 & 2, 1975 - Two tape recorders on each orbiter capable of storing 1280 Mb (160MB).
Computer Components The Basics
Dell Optiplex Mini-Tower
Optical Disk Drive A drive used to read Optical Media. Optical drives have lasers that read bumps and dips as ones and zeros, which the computer can understand.
Optical Drive Installation
Cables – IDE and Power
Floppy Disk Drive A device used to read Floppy Disks.
Power Supply Also called a power supply unit or PSU, the component that supplies power to a computer.
Power Supply Connectors (Molex)
Computer Case (Chassis) A computer case (also known as the computer chassis, box or housing) is the enclosure that contains the main components of a computer
Motherboard The main printed circuit board in a computer that carries the system buses.
CPU Heatsink A component designed to lower the temperature of an electronic device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air.  Passive – No fan Active – CPU Fan
Heatsink Installation
Hard Disk Drive HDD - The mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk.
Peripheral Components
Identify the parts
See you tomorrow!
Finis

Computer Component Presentation