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    Directorate of Technical Education, Goa State: (Co301) Computer Hardware

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    Directorate of Technical Education, Goa State

    (CO301) COMPUTER HARDWARE


    Rationale:
    This course in computer hardware is meant to give the student an in depth exposure to the
    working of a typical computer system. The physical structure and working of all that goes
    inside the system unit is dealt with in this course. Students will be able to understand the
    maze of events that take place inside the hardware ranging from the power supply to
    motherboard and all peripherals.

    TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME:

    Course Code Examination Scheme


    Periods/
    & Week Total
    Theory Marks Total
    Credit Practical Marks
    (In Hours) Marks
    Course Title

    CO301 L T P C TH TM TW PR/OR
    COMPUTER 175
    HARDWARE 3 - 2 5 75 25 25 50

    DETAILED COURSE CONTENTS:

    UNIT I
    1 Personal Computer and Motherboard (15 Marks)
    1.1 Main System Unit and Motherboard.
    1.1.1 Front and Back panel of system unit its indicators, ports, connectors, jacks, sockets
    and switches.
    1.1.2 Motherboard and its Components
    1.1.3 Different forms of motherboards- Intel and AMD
    1.1.4 Motherboards, selection criteria and form factor.
    1.2 Process Technologies-Dual Independent Bus Architecture, Hyper-threading Technology.
    Processor Socket and Slots
    1.3 Chipset Basics - Chipset Architecture, North/South Bridge Architecture, Hub
    Architecture.
    1.4 Overview and Features - PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), PCI-X (Peripheral
    Component Interconnect Extended), PCI-Express, PCMCIA-(PC Card), AGP
    (Accelerated Graphics Port) or (Advanced Graphics Port), Processor Bus (Front-Side
    Bus), PCI versus PCI-Express.
    1.5 BIOS- BIOS Basics, CMOS Setup basics

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    UNIT II
    2 Memory and Storage Devices and its Interfacing (15 Marks)
    2.1 RAM, ROM types and physical organization (Simms, Dims, Rimm)
    2.2 Cache Memory- cache memory, cache levels (L1, L2, L3, and L4).
    2.3 Flash Memory
    2.4 Construction and Working of Hard Disk drive-Sides or Heads, Track, Sectors, Cylinder,
    Cluster, Sector Interleaving
    2.5 Recording Techniques-Frequency Modulation (FM) Recording Techniques- MFM
    Recording
    Technique, RLL Recording (Run Length Limited)
    2.6 Landing Zone, MBR (Master Boot Record), Zone Recording, Write Pre compensation
    2.7 Hard Disk Drive Interface-IDE, SCSI, Parallel AT Attachment, Serial AT Attachment
    2.8 Optical Storage: DVD-Digital Versatile Disc- Construction, Recording on DVD
    2.9 Blue-ray Disk Specification.

    UNIT III
    3 Display Devices and Interfacing (15 Marks)
    3.1 CRT Color Monitor and Characteristics, Advantages and Disadvantages
    3.2 LCD Monitor (Liquid Crystal Display) - Functional Block Diagram of LCD Monitor,
    Working
    Principle or Working of LCD Monitor, Advantages and Disadvantages, Types of LCD,
    Important Characteristics of LCD
    3.3 Touch Screen Display
    3.4 Plasma Display Technology
    3.5 Video Accelerator Card

    UNIT IV
    4 Input and Output Devices (15 Marks)
    4.1 Keyboard- Keyboard Operation, Keyboard Electronics, Types of Key switches,
    Construction
    and Working, Keyboard Interfacing, Keyboard Connectors.
    4.2 Mouse- Types of Mouse, Construction of Mouse, Mechanical Mouse, Opto-Mechanical
    Mouse
    Optical Mouse
    4.3 Scanner-Types of Scanner, Construction and Working of Scanner,

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    4.4 Modem-Types of Modem, Specifications of Modem


    4.5 Printer - Classification of Printer, Characteristics of Printer, Dot Matrix Printer, Inkjet
    Printer,
    Laser Printer

    UNIT V
    5 Power Supply and other Interfaces (15 Marks)
    5.1 Block Diagram and Working of SMPS, SMPS Output Usage, Signal Description and
    Pinout.
    Diagram of AT and ATX Connectors, Power Supply Form Factor, Power Supply
    Characteristics.
    5.2 Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) -Types of UPS, Power Rating of UPS.
    5.3 USB- USB Connectors, USB Features.
    5.4 RS-232 (Recommended Standard - 232) -Different Voltage Levels used in RS-232, RS-
    232
    Signal Description, RS 232 Communication.
    5.5 Centronics Interface-Signals from PC to Printer, Signals from Printer to PC
    5.6 Bluetooth, Bluetooth Specifications.

    Suggested List of Practicals:

    Identification of front panel indicators and switches in a computer system of table


    1.
    top/ tower case model and also identification of rear side connectors.

    Draw a Computer system layout and Mark the positions of SMPS, Mother Board,
    2.
    FDD, HDD, and CD-Drive/DVD-Drive add on cards
    Study of Motherboard: Draw the layout of Pentium IV or Pentium Dual core or
    Pentium Core2 DUO motherboard and mark Processor, Chip set ICs. RAM, Cache,
    3.
    cooling fan, I/O slots and I/O ports and various jumper settings. (Latest Chipset of
    PC-Intel P67 Chipset, Intel H67 Chipset, G31 chip set, G45 chip set.)
    Study of CMOS Setup Program: 1. Changing the Standard settings 2. Changing
    4.
    advanced settings (BIOS and Chipset features)
    5. Study of various cards used in system.

    6. Study the installation and Re-installation of HDD.

    7. Study the installation and Re-installation of CD ROM Drive

    8. Study of SMPS Unit. Check and measure various supply voltages.

    9. Study of Keyboard and mouse


    Study of Display system.
    10.

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    Study of Printer Installation & scanner installation


    11.
    Study of RS232 serial interface, Centronic
    12.
    Assembling a PC: Assemble a Pentium IV or Pentium Dual Core Pentium Core2
    13. Duo system with necessary peripherals and check the working condition of the PC.

    Text Books:
    1) PC Hardware: The Complete Reference 1st Edition , Author: CRAIG ZACKER,
    Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION (INDIA) LTD (2001)
    2) Modern Computer Hardware course by Manahar Lotia, Pradeep Nair,Payal Lotia
    3) COMPUTER HARDWARE & MAINTENANCE by Author: Sunita Velapure,
    Snehal Rane

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