The motherboard is the most costly personal component so be sure to treat and handle it with great care.There are a few things you ought do to ensure no motherboard damage occur as you prepare for the installation.
Be sure you have a clean,well lit,and level work place.Relax your mind and make this task both fun and educational.You will require such tools as a phillips screwdriver,maybe some needle nose pliers and the manual that came with the board.
Most importantly you must remove any and all electrical static discharge from your body and clothes.Static electricity is a huge problem and will swiftly damage chips on your untried board.
PREPARING FOR THE INSTALLATION
Preparing to work on your system envolves work area,lighting, and much more.One great danger is the chance of electrical static charge.But this will be no problem when this static buildup is properly removes.
Remove this danger by grounding yourself.Touch the metal case of the system unit or improved yet,touch a door nobt in your work area to remove all electrical static charge.
Set down and carefully read your user’s manual and familiarize yourself with your untried motherboard and its layout.Taking this time will boost your motherboard installation performance ike you never thought.
Study your untried motherboard and keep the box it came in.Remove it from its protective wrap very carefully and without damaging the wrap.This is done merely in case you require to return the motherboard.
You might require to return the motherboard if you made any mistakes in the purchase.Does the holes of your untried motherboard line up with the holes in the case?If there are any reason to return the board,you can simply put it back in the box to return.
Make the installation of your untried motherboard fun and prepare well.Go to www.ultimatepcrepair.com and click on the pictures page to familiarize yourself with all of the components in the cmputer.Follow these procedures as a guildline to install your untried motherboard.
REMOVING THE OLD MOTHERBOARD
First Turn on your personal and access your cmos setup. This is done as the personal counts its memory.Press the combination of keys to access your bios.once inside your bios,select “Standard CMOS Setup” and write down all information about your computer’s drives.
Make sure you get the density of your floppy drives and the type of hard drive you have. Once you have this, turn off and unplug the personal and remove the case.
Second Study your system unit layout and you might desire to take notes as your remove components and connections so that it will be easier when it comes to re-installing these components or connections.
Go about unplugging the wires that are connected to your old motherboard.Remember to label any and all connections to make re-installing them easier later.Here’s where its very key to take awhile to study your old and untried boards before disconnecting anything.
Third Carefully disconnect all drives and label the connectors if needed.Remove the drives and set them out of the way in a safe place.Place all small screws in a cup or something where them will not get lost.
Carefully grasp the motherboard and give it a gentle tug upwards to be sure on connections,screws,or other devices are not interferring with the board’s removal.
Once you are certain there are no obstruction for the board to be removed,lift the board out of the system unit.Look to see if such components as the memory require to be installed onto the untried motherboard.
INSTALLING THE NEW MOTHERBOARD
Installing the untried motherboard is the reverse order of removing the old motherboard.Be sure you remove all electrical static discharge from you body and clothes.Inspect the untried board for damage and to be certain it is the right motherboard for your computer.
Carefully align the untried motherboard with the system unit case and secure the board.Be careful not to secure the screws too much.Install the CPU chip if it is not installed on the board from the manufacturer.
Connect the massive power connector from the power supply the the motherboard connector.Take care in not forcing the connector which might bend a pin.
Install RAM Memory into their sockets and check to be sure they are puched in completely.Re-connect all other devices such as controllers,expansion cards and finally the drives.
Check the sound,and videos cards for appropriate installation. Did you install your internal modem,or scanner adapter card? Connect the leads to the On-Off switch as well the hard drive indicator.
After all connections and components are installed,stop and go back to check again,and then,check some more.Replace the system unit cover once you know all is well.
Your system ought today be ready to go.The motherboard might come with a cdrom containing device drivers and other software utilities that might be required to be installed.
Now try turning on the personal and if the POST finished without a hitch,you’re there.If you experience problems,go back and check all connections and devices.
Ita that simple to install or upgrade not only the motherboard,but almost each other component in the system unit.Get busy understanding your personal today and save huge on future Computer repair costs.
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