Wiley Pathways PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual - Softcover

Groth, David; Gilster, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470114118 ISBN 13: 9780470114117

Publisher: Wiley, 2008

Synopsis

You can get there

The PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental PC hardware concepts. You will develop the core competencies and skills you'll need in the real world, including how to:

• Use System Properties to determine basic PC configuration
• Remove and replace drives, drive cables, and expansion cards in a PC
• Locate the various components of a motherboard, and identify its type and form factor
• Use the Device Manager and System Information utility to resolve system resource conflicts
• Perform hard disk drive setup and maintenance activities
• Install and configure various I/O devices on your computer
• Share devices over a network
• Upgrade a laptop's internal components

With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, the PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses and is an excellent companion to Groth's PC Hardware Essentials ISBN: 978-0-470-07400-8.

Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals

The texts and project manuals in this series offer a coordinated curriculum for learning information technology. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.

About this title

About the Author

Russell Polo holds degrees in computer science and electrical engineering. He has designed, implemented, and managed Microsoft, UNIX, and Novell networks in a number of business firms since 1995. He is currently the Network Administrator at Azimuth Interactive.

David Groth is a full-time author and consultant. He is the author of the Sybex's bestselling Network+ Study Guide as well as I-Net+ Study Guide and Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring. Groth holds many technical certifications, including A+, Network+, Server+, Security+, MCSE, and CNI.

Ron Gilster (CCNA, CCSE, i-Net+, Network+, A+, MBA, and AAGG) has been involved with Cisco networking and internetworking since 1993 as a trainer, teacher, developer, merchant, and end user. He has more than 35 years of total computing experience, including more than 15 years involved with the networking of computers. He also has extensive experience consulting in computer-related areas, including working on mainframes, minicomputers, and virtually every type of personal computer and operating system that exists. He has held consulting and management positions with several high profile companies. Ron is semi-retired, writing and teaching the occasional college course. He is the author of CCDA For Dummies, Cisco Networking For Dummies, A+ Certification For Dummies, Network+ Certification For Dummies, Server+ Certification For Dummies, and i-Net+ Certification For Dummies, plus several books on networking, including wireless networking, the Internet, computer hardware, computer and information literacy, and programming.

From the Back Cover

You can get there

The PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental PC hardware concepts. You will develop the core competencies and skills you'll need in the real world, including how to:

• Use System Properties to determine basic PC configuration
• Remove and replace drives, drive cables, and expansion cards in a PC
• Locate the various components of a motherboard, and identify its type and form factor
• Use the Device Manager and System Information utility to resolve system resource conflicts
• Perform hard disk drive setup and maintenance activities
• Install and configure various I/O devices on your computer
• Share devices over a network
• Upgrade a laptop's internal components

With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, the PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses and is an excellent companion to Groth's PC Hardware Essentials ISBN: 978-0-470-07400-8.

Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals

The texts and project manuals in this series offer a coordinated curriculum for learning information technology. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.

From the Inside Flap

You can get there

The PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental PC hardware concepts. You will develop the core competencies and skills you’ll need in the real world, including how to:

• Use System Properties to determine basic PC configuration
• Remove and replace drives, drive cables, and expansion cards in a PC 
• Locate the various components of a motherboard, and identify its type and form factor
• Use the Device Manager and System Information utility to resolve system resource conflicts
• Perform hard disk drive setup and maintenance activities
• Install and configure various I/O devices on your computer
• Share devices over a network
• Upgrade a laptop’s internal components 

With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, the PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses and is an excellent companion to Groth’s PC Hardware Essentials   ISBN: 978-0-470-07400-8.

Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals

The texts and project manuals in this series offer a coordinated curriculum for learning information technology. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.

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Wiley Pathways PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual

By David Groth Ron Gilster Russel Polo

John Wiley & Sons

Copyright © 2007 David Groth
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-470-11411-7

Chapter One

HARD DRIVES

PROJECTS

Project 7.1 Examining Drive Geometry

Project 7.2 Removing an IDE Hard Drive

Project 7.3 Installing an IDE Hard Drive

Project 7.4 Installing a SATA Hard Drive

Project 7.5 Installing a SCSI Host Adapter Card and Device Driver

Project 7.6 Replacing a SCSI Hard Drive

Project 7.7 Partitioning and Formatting a Hard Disk Drive

Project 7.8 Defragmenting a Hard Drive

1. Examine the hard drive to locate a section labeled Parameters (Figure 7-1).

2. Enter the information you find:

Cylinders: _________________________________________________________________

Heads: ____________________________________________________________________

Sectors: ___________________________________________________________________

3. Calculate drive geometry using the formula: Cylinders x Heads x Sectors x 512 = Drive Capacity. __________________________________________________________________________

4. Convert the result above into MB by dividing by 1,000,000 or into GB by dividing by 1,000,000,000. __________________________________________________________________________

5. What is the storage capacity of the drive? __________________________________________________________________________

6. What is the storage capacity of a drive with the following drive geometry: 15690 cylinders, 16 heads and 63 sectors per track. ___________________________________________________________________________

1. If necessary, turn on the computer, and access the CMOS setup routine (also referred to as the BIOS setup program or BIOS screen). The CMOS setup routine is available for only a short time during the book sequence. Most computer manufacturers tell you how to enter the CMOS startup screen as the computer is booting, typically by pressing a specific key combination, such as F2 or Ctrl + F1. The initial screen typically displays a menu of configuration categories, each of which lead to one or more additional menu screens and options (Figure 7-2). Select the Drive Configuration option and press the Enter key. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

2. When you have finished recording the information, press the Escape key and allow the computer to finish booting.

3. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cable, along with any external peripheral cables.

4. Carefully remove the computer case. Note: As soon as the cover is removed, put on your antistatic wrist strap to protect the computer from ESD.

5. Prepare a sketch that shows where each expansion card goes in the motherboard expansion slots and where any cables or wires are connected to the expansion card. On this sketch, note the pin 1 edge (the edge that has a stripe) on the cables and the colors of individual wires attached to the expansion card. ___________________________________________________________________________

6. If any of the expansion cards are obstructing your access to the hard drive, you will need to remove them. Disconnect the wires and cables that are connected to the expansion card, remove the mounting screw, grasp the expansion card with both hands, and pull upward while gently rocking the board from front to back (Figure 7-3). Note: As soon as the expansion card is out, place it on an antistatic mat to protect against ESD.

7. The power cable plug on the hard drive is keyed so it fits only one way, but the ribbon (data) cable can be accidentally reversed if it is not keyed. To keep this from happening, note the pin 1 position of the hard drive so you can later match it with the striped edge on the data cable when the drive is reinstalled. After you've done this, disconnect the data cable (ribbon cable) and power cable from the hard drive.

8. Physically remove the hard drive from the computer. Unbolt the hard drive from the drive bay and then remove the drive from the computer.

9. In another sketch, draw the hard-drive jumper block and show the current jumper settings.

Note: The jumper settings should be master or single if this is the bootable drive. If the jumper settings do not match the installation, the drive will not function. Hard drive jumpers found in various locations on hard drives set the installation options. If any hard drive jumper is moved, the hard-drive configuration is changed. Sometimes it is very difficult to find documentation for jumper settings. Hard drives may be configured as master, single, slave, or cable select. The hard-drive configuration must match the drive's usage. The cable select status permits the computer to automatically select the master or slave status, but it requires a special hard-drive cable that is identified by a notch or hole in the cable.

1. Research the settings for the new hard drive and record the jumper and CMOS setup information in the space provided:

Jumper settings: ___________________________________________________________

Cylinders: __________________________________________________________________

Heads: ______________________________________________________________________

Sectors: ____________________________________________________________________

Note: Newer hard drives have diagrams of their jumper blocks on their labels.

2. If necessary, shut down the computer. Remove the power cable from the computer and carefully open the computer case. Locate an available drive bay, and identify where the cables will connect.

3. Set the jumpers on the new hard drive so they have the same function (master, slave, or cable select) as the drive you removed from the computer. The jumper blocks may be very different.

Record how you set the jumpers. ____________________________________________

4. Insert the new hard drive into the drive bay, securing it with mounting rails or screws.

5. Attach the ribbon cable (Figure 7-4) to the hard disk drive and motherboard or the hard disk controller, with the striped edge of the ribbon cable on pin 1 of the plugs. On early hard drives and on most new hard drives, the drive that is attached to the end of the ribbon cable is the BLDBLD: drive. For some systems, the drive position on the ribbon cable does not matter. 6. Connect a power cable from the power supply to the drive.

7. Reassemble the computer (replace the expansion cards if you removed any and the cover). 8. Start the CMOS setup sequence and make sure the settings match those of the new drive. Usually the hard drive is automatically detected; however, if the computer BIOS does not automatically detect the drive, you must set the heads, cylinders, and sectors manually. Sometimes a hard drive is detected with the wrong settings. The wrong settings may cause the hard drive to be installed with the wrong size specified. 9. Exit the CMOS setup. The computer will reboot.

10. Boot to a startup disk in the A: drive and then type A:\>C: to attempt to access the hard drive you just installed.

11. If you see the message INVALID DRIVE SPECIFICATION, the drive needs to be formatted. Type A:\>FORMAT C: to format the new drive.

12. When the format is complete, type A:\>C: to access the hard drive.

13. If the C: prompt is displayed, the installation is a success.

1. Back up the data on existing hard disks in your PC.

2. Review the documentation included with your motherboard or third-party SATA expansion card. If necessary, install a PCI SATA expansion card if the motherboard does not include onboard SATA support.

3. Find an empty drive bay for the SATA drive; or rearrange the positions of existing storage devices, removing the old hard drive, if necessary.

4. Insert the SATA drive in the drive bay and secure it in place.

5. Attach the 4-pin side of a Molex-to-SATA power cable to a Molex cable from your power supply and attach the 15-pin side to the SATA power connector on the SATA drive (Figure 7-5). (A PC that includes direct SATA support may include a power supply with a native 15-pin power cable.)

6. Connect the 7-pin data cable to the SATA connector on the drive and to the SATA-1 header on the motherboard or PCI expansion card.

7. Reconnect any drives, expansion cards, and internal cables that were disconnected during the drive installation. Reconnect the external video cable and power cable so that you can power on the computer and confirm that the system BIOS detects the drive properly. If the PC doesn't boot, the drive is either misconfigured or not detected at all. Remove and reattach cables as necessary.

* Part A: Install a SCSI host adapter

1. If necessary, shut down the computer and unplug it. Disconnect any external peripherals attached to the PC.

2. Carefully remove the computer case. Note: As soon as the cover is removed, use the antistatic wrist strap to protect the computer from ESD.

3. Locate an open expansion slot compatible with your host adapter.

4. If you are installing an older ISA host adapter card, you may need to configure jumpers or DIPswitches on the card before installing it. Check the manufacturer's documentation for any required settings. Most modern host adapters (Figure 7-7) are Plug and Play, however, so this is likely to be unnecessary.

5. Remove the slot cover from the back of the computer, and carefully insert the card into the available slot.

6. Secure the card in the slot with the case screw.

7. Reconnect the power cable and any other peripheral cables you disconnected.

8. Turn on the computer. As the computer starts, look at the monitor. Most SCSI host adapters display a start-up message with a prompt (a set of keystrokes) that allows you to enter the SCSI setup system. Note what you see. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

9. If there is an option to enter the SCSI setup system, type the prompt. In the SCSI setup, review and record the options offered. Refer to the host adapter card's manual for any details about the SCSI setup options. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

* Part B: Confirm installation of the SCSI host adapter device driver

1. Most host adapter cards today are Plug and Play. When you restart the computer, Windows should detect the presence of the adapter card and prompt you through the process of installing the host adapter's drive. Do so.

2. Once the driver is installed, use Device Manager to confirm that this software was properly installed. To open Device Manager in Windows XP, right-click My Computer in the Start menu, and select Properties on the shortcut menu to open the Systems Properties dialog box. Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button to open the Device Manager. You should see an entry for your host adapter under SCSI and RAID Controllers.

* Part A: Remove the current SCSI hard drive

1. If necessary, turn on the computer, and access the CMOS setup routine (also referred to as the BIOS setup program or BIOS screen). The CMOS setup routine is available for only a short time during the book sequence. Most computer manufacturers tell you how to enter the CMOS startup screen as the computer is booting, typically by pressing a specific key combination, such as F2 or Ctrl + F1. The initial screen typically displays a menu of configuration categories, each of which lead to one or more additional menu screens and options. Select the Drive Configuration option and press the Enter key. Record the information that appears. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

2. When you have finished recording the information, press the Escape key and allow the computer to finish booting.

3. Shut down the computer and unplug it. Disconnect any external peripheral cables.

4. Carefully remove the computer case cover. Note: After you remove the cover, use the antistatic wrist strap to protect the computer from ESD.

5. Prepare a sketch that shows where each expansion card goes in the motherboard expansion slots and where any cables or wires are connected to the expansion card. On this sketch, note the pin 1 edge (the edge that has a stripe) on the cables and the colors of individual wires attached to the expansion card.

__________________________________________________________________________

6. If any of the expansion cards are obstructing your access to the hard drive, you will need to remove them. Disconnect the wires and cables that are connected to the expansion card, remove the mounting screw, grasp the expansion card with both hands, and pull upward while gently rocking the board from front to back. Note: As soon as the expansion card is out, place it on an antistatic mat to protect against ESD.

7. The power cable plug on the hard drive is keyed so it fits only one way, but the ribbon (data) cable can be accidentally reversed if it is not keyed. To keep this from happening, note the pin 1 position of the hard drive so you can later match it with the striped edge on the data cable when the drive is reinstalled. After you've done this, disconnect the data cable (ribbon cable) and power cable from the hard drive.

8. Physically remove the hard drive from the computer. Unbolt the hard drive from the drive bay and then remove the drive from the computer.

9. In another sketch, draw the hard-drive jumper block and show the current jumper settings and terminating resistor. The jumper settings should be a binary number from 000 to 111. The boot hard drive is usually set to binary 0, which is indicated by no SCSI ID jumpers being set. The first and last devices on the cable are terminated with a resistor bank.

___________________________________________________________________________

* Part B: Install a SCSI drive

1. Verify the hard-drive CMOS settings. The CMOS should be set to SCSI or NO DRIVE. Record the information. ___________________________________________________________________________

Note: Newer hard drives have diagrams of their jumper blocks on their labels.

2. Set the jumpers on the new hard drive to have the same SCSI ID number as the drive you removed from the computer. Set the terminating resistor if it was set on the hard drive you removed.

Record how you set the jumpers: ________________________________________________

3. Place the new hard drive in the drive bay and secure it with screws or mounting rails or screws.

4. Attach the SCSI ribbon cable to the hard disk drive and the SCSI host adapter, with the striped edge of the ribbon cable on pin 1 of the plugs (Figure 7-8).

5. Attach a power cable to from the power supply the drive.

6. Reassemble the computer (replace the expansion cards if you removed any and the cover).

7. Boot the computer and press Ctrl + A. You should see the message Press Ctrl+A for SCSI Select. The SCSI hard drive should appear in the SCSI scan.

8. Boot to a startup disk in drive A: and then attempt to access the hard drive you just installed by typing A:\>C:

9. If you see the message INVALID DRIVE SPECIFICATION, the drive needs to be formatted. Type A:\>FORMAT C: to format the new drive.

10. When the format is complete, type A:\>C: to access the hard drive.

11. If the computer shows a C: prompt, the installation was a success.

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470114118
• ISBN 13: 9780470114117
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240