My Computer

[Ramseur]

Hi Folks
I am a recently retired Math teacher. Last year I purchased my first computer.
I feel that I know the machine: but I do not know about the machine.
I feel that it is time start having a look around and inside.
Any advice would be welcome.

Ramseur

[KAknight]

Your question is a little vague, but I take it you are wanting to learn more about the internal componets. You might want to try and buy a Dummy's Guide on Computer Hardware or something of the like. Or even more detailed you could buy an A+ certification study guide. That would give you quite a bit of information about hardware and operating systems. If you are just feeling like opening you case and looking around, unplug the PC and take a look.

NEVER OPEN A POWER SUPPLY UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTALLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

Other than that, have fun. Welcome to the board. It is the best one around in my opinion.

[muno]

Yep, getting to know stuff is best in practise. Get some old 486dx machine and explore it thoroughly =) When you get to know the components and what they do, you're quite adequate to know them in the newer machines, not much changes over the years. By this I mean that the end user doesn't have much change in the tech level. Of course they have all those new neat gadgets and connectors, but it's quite enough to know what everything does, rather than how it does it =)
Those '<x> for dummies' books are quite good actually, not too childish and bring enough information about =)
//edit Oops, double signature =)
-M

[This message has been edited by muno (edited 06-21-2001).]

[Bsdboy]

Take a look here (http://www.karbosguide.com/)

Bsdboy

[Haggis2001]

I'm the same as you as far as just starting out but have found this site to be one of the best places to find out anything that you need to know.
the only addvice that I have to offer is always ask any question that you have no matter how small it may seem this can save you alot of heartache natter down the road and try this site you may know the info on the site already but i found that it helped me and still is
http://whatis.techtarget.com/whome/0,289825,sid9,00.html

hope this helps.
Haggis http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Haggis2001]

Great site Bsdboy.

Haggis http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[hallam2003]

if you get comfortabel with componets, one of the best ways to learn more about computers, is to build your own, you can do it pretty cheap right now, and get something new to play with, hehehe, it's pretty darn fun too, and not hard either. anyway, i agree with the previous posts, open it up, look around, try not to touch stuff, but as long as your careful, you can't really hurt it, remember to unplug it, and don't mess with the power supply, and don't go taking stuff out and touching it all untill you know what your doing, but you can't hurt it by just looking. might want to learn a little about ESD too, it's a killer.

Hallam

[jl123]

Here you go bud http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

The PCguide (http://www.pcguide.com)

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~Joel

[Ramseur]

TO:
KaKnight
Muno
Bsdboy
Haggis2001
hallam2003
jl123
Thank you to you all. Your information is much appreciated.

Ramseur