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how do you started learning assembling your computers and learn about hardware?
i'm a newbie to computer, what i can do only taking components out like ram and hard disk and plug it back nothing more than that... i hope i would be able to know more hardware stuffs...
what's the best route to learn? buy a book ?
This site will teach you the basics
http://www.cheap-computers-and-cheap...-Computer.html
and this one
http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/
There are many different ways to learn about computers and hardware. Some people could teach themselves, with the aid of books, and of course an old computer to practice on, others may begin at school these days, and go on to college and or university. .computer assembly, repair and maintenance is also a hobby for many others.
If you search the internet you will find many sources of information, and tutorials on the subjects you are interested in, also obtain some old equipment to practice on, the more the better
i have been in those hardware forums for quite a long time.. hmm i only know how to set jumpers on hdd master/slave... take out rams...
the terms they use... like voltage blah blah... and how they compare graphics cards... which one is the best value for...
i have a old amd k7 600mhz system
been upgrading my computers part by part... buying new ram sticks... buying a new gfx card, a hard disk to my computer ... what i can do only plug them in... :p
There are two really good ways to learn about hardware. The best of which is to start from scratch and build your own pc. Go to diff sites and compare values, specs, etc. Try www.tomshardware. www.mwave.com www.pricewatch for prices on things. Then buy and build.
If you want to learn about terms and specs, google for them. Like differant kinds of RAM http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram4.htm
Oh yeah, go out and buy you an A+ certification book and read it. It will cost you 30 dollars. That will pretty much teach you all the in depth stuff. And if you are really serious, pluck up 100 to take the test and get certified.
If you want to screw around and see what you can and can't do with hardware, go to a college or university and ask for their surplus, say you are a student and are doing computer archive research.
Then you can try learning about obsoulete hardware...(I promise it is fun).
Just a few ideas, all of which will help you one way or another.
Best way to learn about hardware.. like software.. make mistakes.. the more mistakes you make the more you learn....
That is not a joke.. Yes.. listen to the advice above.. Yes get a box to play with.. be prepared to blow a few bits.. that is why you don't use your main machine initially.. But read tutorials.. Go to the Hardware help sites and read up on others problems.. another i would recommend is www.virtualdr.com yes it is Jupmedia site.. but you will find that OS, Application and Hardware are covered.. You will find that answers to some of the problems you encounter will be a bit of everything.. ... Also comb the tutorials on this site.. there are some good tuts that will help you..
But most importantly be prepared to make some mistakes..
Cheers
If you are serious about learning computers, how they work and fixing them. You might want to look into getting an A+ certification. Any A+ book you get will teach you about computers from the beginning.
--PuRe
i learned alot about hardware today... i knew nothing before lol
I knew comp hardw iniatialy when i start my first year in university.
The key is knowing vocabulary (words) that use in hardware, this is my experience.
At the first time i dont know what the memory, procesor, hard drive, motherboard and so on..
then i ask my friends, buy some magazines that related with computer hardware. Base on that i try to 'touch' those things. The habit and desire to know more about computer makes me familiar with them.
I consider that need much time to know more abot computer hardware and another thing also.
The knowledge of computer (hardware and software) so dynamic, then i think cant mastering all of that :),,i have to focusing on some subjects that i love for instance hardware or networking.
ill have to agree get a A+ cd or book, you can get it at your local bookstore , or local libary, or try www.amazon.com . Also i would like to add that, their nothing better that hands on learning. Get some cheep computers from a surplus, yard Sale, Salvation Army, maybe a friend has an old whant thats just occupaing space. But don't forgtet to have a fully working computer so that if you get stuck and need help you cuold ask here or search in other places to try to get the asnswers.
Good luck with your learning expirience :D
the way i learn hard ware assembling was by trial and error method , umay try this but make sure that u r all dry and not a single drop of water falls on the mother board as u may short circut it ( which i accidently did in this summer and it is still waiting to be repaired )
books r a neat way to lerning hard ware but u need to use ur own intelligence in innovation
;-)
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don't be afraid of messing up the coputer, remember you learn more from doing things wrong. Practices makes the master.
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hi there,
i had no any knowlage about computers 11 months ago, exept they have mouse,keyboard monitor and box next to them. Well i decided to buy a computer and i asked one of my friends (computer wizz) to come with me and show me what to buy as i had no idea. He sugessted to me to go to computer swap and buy parts and he will put it together for me.like this we can pick any parts we like and it will be cheaper few fundreds dollars.
so we did one sundey and he put it together in 1 and a half hours.To tell you that i was impressed would be understatment.
When i saw thet he put it together in short time i got really really interested to do it myeslf.
I am tertiary educated and had approach that if he can do it i wopuld be able to do it myself.
I got one old computer from work.hired some books from library and i was on the mission.I dismantled everything in mieces and put it together again.Of course didnt work after lol.
So after so many calls to my friend i started to gewt better.As the other people suggested it is so many sites which actually show you in pictures to build computer from scrach.
I found too which noone mentioned yet that you can benefit greatly if you join computer clubs.
They have special interest groups and they have hardware groups and they teach you and show you how to do it or help you if you get stuck half way.You can bring your pc in parts on this meetings.
So i strongly recomend to you to join any pc club.Nice fun and heeps experience guys to learn from all willing to do it for free.
You can buy lot of this books how to build or how to upgrade for a few dollars in bookshops.
Enjoy it as i do it is lot of fun. I never imagined 12 months ago that i would help build computers to my friends
good luck
This site wouldn't be bad to start out with either:
http://www.footefamily.org/train/howdo.htm
In my personal experience as a technician, i work primarily around hardware.. and i have NEVER picked up a manual or instruction book on a piece of hardware with the intention to learn anything from it. except in cases of jumpers with mainboards etc....
Everything i learnt, i did by listening to ppl above me like my boss etc, and learning from my own mistakes...
The best thing for you to do as a newbie... is get an old 486x machine..... something thats broken or isnt worth much
pull it apart slowly (unplug devices and ram etc) and remember where they go what they look like. put it back together etc... and just learn from mistakes... generally these are cables arent pushed in far enough of a pin is bent...
i know this sounds a lil rough, but in the end its the most effective way of learning.
some of my friend learn through internet, some said they just assemble the pc through those instruction manual... now i'm in teritary education... learning IT stuffs like website stuffs like html, css, dhtml, javascript... and some programming skills basic level java, c++. and networking..
i was really curious about how computers works (especially security things... )... i love programming my own applications... how data in transfer across networks... but what a shame an IT student doesn't even know how to assemble his machine...
i think i would grab a old A+ book that would cost cheaper and make it as a reading material for me to learn technical terms... to plug in things in out and putting it back it's fairly simple just remember how it is slotted in the cables attach. i was scared to make my machine blow
is there sites that teaches you things like what to look out for if you want to buy a new gfx card or hdd blah blah... :p
this holiday gonna start learning CCNA :D
hmm.. there's something i notice... why does software geeks doesn't really interested in hardwares???
I learned hardware over a long period of time, mostly trial and error. Over that time, I have made a lot of mistakes, and I have ruined a lot of good parts. It was a good learning experience, yet costly. Eventually, I took a course at UNM that covered hardware and basic DOS structure. Although I had already taught myself the majority of what this class had to offer, I did learn something new.
What I learned, is that Sybex makes, by far, the best books available. While costly, they are VERY detailed, and VERY easy to understand. I highly recommend buying 'The Complete PC Upgrade & Maintenance Guide' by Mark Minasi, published by Sybex. This is an invaluable tool that I use whenever I'm stumped.
The Sybex website can be found at http://www.sybex.com/
Hi everyone,
I'm working as a PC- system engineer, and still working on a tutorial in english about "how to assemblate a pc". I wrote it in Dutch :p my language already.
Gimme just some time.
Greetz,
Me
Ps: You have any questions about hardware or something? Just ask me in a private message or somehting