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A+ Guide to Managing
and Maintaining Your PC
Fifth Edition
Chapter 4
Electricity and Power
Supplies
You Will Learn…
How electricity is measured
How to protect your computer system against
damaging changes in electrical power
About different form factors and computer
cases
How to detect and correct power supply
problems
About Energy Star specifications
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Measures of Electricity
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AC and DC
Alternating current (AC)
Direct current (DC)
Cycles back and forth
Economical
Travels in only one direction, from hot to ground
Required by most electronic devices
Computer power supply functions as both a
transformer and rectifier
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Computer Power Supply
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Hot, Neutral, and Ground
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Hot, Neutral, and Ground
(continued)
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Hot, Neutral, and Ground
(continued)
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Common Electrical Components
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Protecting Your Computer
System: General Precautions
Make notes so you can backtrack
Remove packing materials from work area
Keep components away from hair and clothing
Keep screws and spacers in an orderly place
Don’t stack boards on top of each other
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Protecting Your Computer
System: General Precautions
(continued)
Don’t touch chips on motherboard or
expansion cards
Don’t touch chip with magnetized screwdriver
Don’t change DIP switch settings with a
graphite pencil
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Protecting Your Computer
System: General Precautions
(continued)
Have classroom instructor check your work
before putting cover on and powering up
Turn off a computer before moving it
Keep disks away from magnetic fields, heat,
and extreme cold
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Protecting Yourself Against
Electricity
Turn off power and unplug computer
Always use a ground bracelet
Never touch inside of a computer while it is
turned on
Never remove cover or put your hands inside
monitor or power supply
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Static Electricity (or ESD)
Can cause catastrophic failure or upset failure
Protection against ESD
Ground bracelet or static strap
Ground mats
Static shielding bags
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Ground Bracelet
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Ground Bracelet with a Ground
Mat
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Static Shielding Bags
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EMI (Electromagnetic
Interference)
Caused by magnetic field produced as side
effect when electricity flows
Protection against EMI
Cover expansion slots
Do not place system close to or on same circuit as
high-powered electrical equipment
Use line conditioners
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Surge Protection and Battery
Backup
Surge suppressors
Power conditioners
Uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs)
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Uninterruptible Power Supplies
Benefits
Condition line for brownouts and spikes
Provide backup power during a blackout
Protect against very high potentially damaging
spikes
Considerations
Cost
UPS rating
Degree of line conditioning
Warranty and service policies
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UPS
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The Computer Case and Form
Factors
Form factor describes size, shape, and general
makeup of a hardware component
Use same form factor for motherboard, case,
and power supply
Decision driven by motherboard
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Case, Power Supply, and
Motherboard Form Factors
AT
ATX (most popular)
LPX
NLX
Backplane systems
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AT and Baby AT Form
Factors
AT Form Factor
Baby AT Form Factor
Used on older motherboards
Difficult to install, service,
and upgrade
Uses two power connectors:
P8 and P9
Problematic position of CPU
in relation to expansion slots
No longer produced by most
manufacturers
Industry standard from
1993-1997
Small; fits into many types of
cases
Problematic position of CPU
unresolved
Drives/devices not close to
connections on motherboard
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AT Motherboard
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Power Connectors on AT and
ATX Boards
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ATX Form Factor
Open, nonproprietary spec (Intel 1995)
Easier to add and remove components
Greater support for I/O devices and processor
technology
Lower costs
Improved positioning of components
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ATX Form Factor (continued)
Smaller
Uses one power connector: P1
Soft switch feature
Better air circulation
Other types: Mini-ATX, MicroATX, FlexATX
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ATX Motherboard
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NLX Form Factor
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Other Form Factors
LPX and Mini-LPX
Backplane Systems
Riser card similar to
NLX systems
Used in low-cost systems
Difficult to upgrade
Cannot handle size and
operating temperature of
processors
Proprietary issues
Not a true motherboard;
board sits against back of
proprietary case with
slots for other cards
Active backplanes
Passive backplanes
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Types of Cases
Desktop cases
Tower cases
Minitower
Midsize tower
Full-size tower
Notebook cases
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Desktop Case
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Tower Case
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Tower and Desktop Cases
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Upgrading Your Power Supply
Sometimes necessary when you add new
devices
Easiest way to fix a power supply you suspect
is faulty is to replace it
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Introduction to Troubleshooting
Isolate the problem
Problems that prevent PC from booting
Problems that occur after a successful boot
Learn as much as you can by asking questions
of user(s)
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PC Problem Solving
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Troubleshooting the Power
System: General Guidelines
Any burnt parts or odors?
Everything connected and turned on? Loose
cable connections? Computer plugged in?
All switches turned on? Wall outlet good?
If fan is not running, turn off computer:
Connections to power supply secure? Cards
securely seated?
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Troubleshooting the Power
System: General Guidelines
(continued)
Check for correct wire connections to
motherboard
Remove nonessential expansion cards one at a
time
Vacuum entire unit
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Troubleshooting an ATX Power
Supply
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Troubleshooting the Power
System
Power supply itself
Power supply fan
Power problems with the motherboard
Overheating
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Preventing Overheating
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Preventing Overheating
(continued)
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Energy Star Systems
(The Green Star)
Satisfy energy-conserving standards of the US
EPA
Generally have a standby program that
switches device to sleep mode when not in use
Apply to computers, monitors, printers,
copiers, and fax machines
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Power Management Methods
Advanced Power Management (APM)
AT Attachment (ATA) for IDE drives
Display Power Management Signaling
(DPMS) standards for monitors and video
cards
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI)
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Power Management Features
Green timer on the motherboard
Doze time
Standby time
Suspend time
Hard drive standby time
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Power Management Setup
Screen
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Energy Star Monitors
Most adhere to DPMS specifications
Allow video card and monitor to go into sleep
mode simultaneously
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Changing Power Options
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Summary
Measurements of electricity
Form in which electricity comes to you as
house current
The power supply, backup power sources, and
how to change a defective power supply
Form factors
How Energy Star saves energy
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