Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Connect Hardware Peripherals

Timeline:
If this is your first time disconnecting and re-connecting the hardware then approximately it will take 20 mins.
If you have disconnected and re-connect these hardware before then it will take about 10 mins at most.

Disconnecting Peripherals
Step 1: Turn off all of the power points.
Step 2: Disconnect the mouse via the USB port follow the cord to the back of the tower and pull it out from there.
Step 3: Disconnect the keyboard via the USB port follow the cord to the back of the tower to the USB ports and pull it out from there.
Step 4: Disconnect the Monitor via the USB port follow the cord to the tower, also you will need to disconnect the power plug.
Step 5: Disconnect the Speakers power supply and disconnect the USB port follow the cord to the back of the tower.
Step 6: Disconnect the Printer from the USB port and power supply follow the cord.

Connecting Peripherals
Step 1: Connect the mouse via the USB port on the back of the tower where the USB ports are located.
Step 2: Connect the keyboard by the USB port on the back of the tower.
Step 3: Connect the Monitor via the USB port, connect the power and the wire running to the back of the tower then turn the power point on.
Step 4: Connect the Speakers power supply and connect the USB port.
Step 5: Connect the Printer with the USB port and power supply.
Step 6: Turn on all power points.

Testing Peripherals
Power-
To see if the powers working then just try turning the computer on if that doesn’t work then check that all the power cables are in the socket or not, then just try again.
Keyboard-Once the power is on then try typing something into a word document and see if it comes up on the monitor.
Printer-
First you will need to turn the printer on and see if it is plugged in. After you have turned it on then open up a word document and click the print button. Watch the printer to see if it prints or not (maybe open the printer queue on your computer to see your document preparing).
Mouse-
Drag the mouse to see if it moves on the computer screen.
Speakers-
First you will need to open a media player (Windows Media) then either try playing a song or video and check to see if the speakers are on and the volume is up. Also you might need to turn the volume on from your computer this may help.

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