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How to install hardware components inside a desktop computer

How to install hardware components inside a desktop computer

From the course: IT Hardware Essentials: Desktop Support and Troubleshooting by Pearson

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How to install hardware components inside a desktop computer

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All right, here we are. We have arrived at the time that we are going to take apart this awesome computer. So how are we going to get into it? We know that before we take it apart, there was something that I always want to do that I mentioned in the previous lesson, and that is that we want to plug it into a power outlet. If you look on the back of this computer, you can see, if I can get over to it, that there is a power supply. And in this power supply, you have your off and on button. This is off, and this is on. And what that does is that allows you to have power into the computer itself. So this goes into the wall, but that also gives us a ground again. So remember we're grounded when we're touching some of these different components. All right, that all being said, I will put this back down. And what we're gonna do is we're gonna get inside this computer by taking apart this glass. We're going to take these screws out, and there's four of them in totality, and we will pull these…

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