Topics in Computer repair

 

Operating System

RAM Random Access Memory ddr ddr2 pc100

Boolean logic

Charles Babbage

Linus Torvalds

Bill Gates

Jon Von Neumann

Steve Jobs

Hard Drive

Graphics Card

Cooling systems

Physics Card

Mouse

Mother Board

CD Drive

Keyboard

DVD Drive, optical drive

Processor - CPU

Flash memory

Zip Drive

USB

Network Card

Wireless Network

Local Area Network

Fire Wire

XP

Vista

Ubuntu

overclocking

Windows

Bios

Microcomputers

microprocessor

CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer

RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Power Supply

Linux

hardware Drivers

software, open source and corporate controlled

 

Building and Repairing Computers

Computer Components

 

For this project you will work with a partner to choose two computer hardware components and explain what they are, how they work, the history of their development and common problems and solutions.

The product you will create will be informative material that helps you, your classmates and members of the school community understand the workings of the computer.

The information resources you will use for this project will be information that you currently know, books on the topic, internet sites, and people around you.

Products:

Web based: A series of web pages that concisely explain the answers below. The web documentation should be saved on either a wiki or in a blog. Each partner should take parts of the project and link to the other's work.

Class presentation: Each group will present to the class the information they find about the part of the computer they are working on.

Display: Using the information that you have gathered, combine pictures, text and physical objects to make a display for viewing in the school community. This display will be designed so that the rest of the school can better understand how their computer works. There are cardboard display tri folds that you can use to give the display some form.

Questions:

What is it?

What does it do?

How does it work?

Where are they manufactured/made/developed?

What is the timeline of its development?

How is it controlled?

What are the common problems for it?

What are common solutions for the problems?

What are examples for the devices?

Where is there more information on this topic?