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Originally posted by blade
It's not colour coded The keyboard/mouse/etc are colour coded, but to build a PC from scratch at your level would be suicide
Umm, alot of the stuff is colour coded these days. Where you plug the power button and pc speaker wires in to the jumper socket on the motherboard, most manufacturers now colour code them. Things like RAID sockets are colour coded green these days too, and you'll get some ATA cables which are green too, I wonder where they go
Same with IDE cables, SATA cables, the power connectors
As for "his leve" anyone can build a PC. It is pretty much self explanitory, where things will fit and where they wont. All he needs to do is read is motherboard book and it contains a full set of instructions.
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Originally posted by blade
(FYI I run a computer building company if you're interested and I can build custom machine .)
My honest opinion: I don't think you have the knowledge to be running a computer building company. You need a very good amount of knowledge to be able to run one successfully, not some garage business.
Back to the USB ports, are they onboard ones on the motherboard or are they provided with an extra card which connects to the mother board?
Windows should automatically detect them, however in some cases if it does not then you should have received a set of CD's with your PC which will install the USB Root hub drivers and drivers allowing you to make proper use of the USB ports.
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Originally posted by blade
C) What's the min. voltage you should have for a 64-bit system's Power Supply?
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Minimum voltage? Don't you mean power rating? (Watt's?) And it always varies depending on the motherboard and any other components you have in the system.
Blade, what does an ALU do?
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Originally posted by blade
E) True or False: You should NEVER ground yourself before installing computer parts?
(True) (False)
It isn't compulsory. I've only grounded myself a few times, one a few occassions installing RAM etc. If you know what you're doing then you don't really need to. I've never had any part of mine or someone elses damaged because I wasn't grounded.
