Computer Disassembly Project

In disassembling a Compaq DeskPro computer that was assigned to each team of two, we learned what basically lurked inside a computer and what made it tick. Not all teams had the same type of structure because we were given a Compaq computer of a Pentium 1, 2, or 3 varieties. Thus we had the opportunity to discover those different designs that made up the computer when we asked our classmates for help. Now to get down to business, in addition to the computer that was assigned to us we were also given a repair kit case. Inside this repair kit case were the tools that allowed us to take apart the computer and a yellow cylinder tube (collector tube) that allowed us to store all the screws we took out. First we disconnected the obvious “Power and Data Connectors”, we then also took out the “Network Card”, “Sound Card”, “Riser Board”, “Hard Drive”, “CD-ROM”, “Floppy Drive”, “Speaker”, RAM: number of “sticks”, “Motherboard”, “Front panel”, “CPU cooling fins”, “CPU”, “Power Supply”, and the “Backup battery”. We took shots of all these parts and then we reassembled the computer back together and tested it to work; and finally in the end it worked with the assistance of our teacher and a classmate to help us close the lid of the computer (front panel) properly.