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Installing Power Supply or Power Supply Unit (PSU)
Installing Power Supply Unit involve the connection of cables to the computer components inside the computer case, this is to generate the power needed to enable all of the computer components to run in the Computer system.Every Computer system or in this case the computer case, has a power supply. The power supply of the computer function by converting the Alternating Current (AC) which comes through the connection from the wall outlet (using the 3 pin plug) into a Direct Current (DC) format. The conversion from AC to DC is essential for the computer to power up. The power supply for a computer needs between 5 Volts and 12 Volts. 5 Volts is needed to run the circuit boards of the computer and 12 Volts to run the Hard Drives and ROM Drives (CD-ROM & DVD-ROM). Some computers nowadays can currently run at lower voltage requirements. Now comes the guide on "How installing power supply of the computer is done?" There is only one place commonly used on the computer case. When buying a computer case, they are usually provided with readily installed supply of their own power. In this guide, we will show you how the connection of the cables that runs from the power supply to the rest of the components in your computer system. Every power cables that runs from the power supply can only be connected to a specific components in the computer system.
You can start by plugging the power connector cable for the motherboard. If you don't know which cable to use for the connection to the motherboard. Look for the widest connector cable that runs from the power supply.
The power connector which has a 24 pin connection head can only fit in one connection to the motherboard (find the connection that fits to the motherboard). The power cable is used to run the circuitry for the main motherboard. The other connection for the cable is the 12 Volts connection that is going to be plug into the motherboard. This cable provide the power to run the CPU (Processor). The common place where this usually connected is near the edge of the motherboard (close to the location of the CPU).
Note:
A 4 pin/12 volt power connector is used for a Pentium 4 version on a Motherboard whereas 8 pin power connector is used for the latest Motherboard that support Dual Core Processor.
Next is the 4 pin Molex power cable for the ROM Drives. Either for the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, it doesn't matter since they are connected the same way. It is connected at the back of the ROM-Drives. Now comes the power connection for the Hard Drives. The Hard Drive can be connected using the 4 pin Molex power cable or the Serial ATA cable (if the Hard Drive you are using supports Serial ATA power), you can only use only one type of connection. It is also fitted to the back side of the Hard Drive. Then, connection of the power cable to the Floppy Drive using a smaller 4 pin Molex Power connector. This is also connected to the back of the Floppy Drive. Congratulations!!! You have just finish installing power supply and connected all of the power cables for the devices in order for the Computer System to run. For more detail instructions, you can watch the Video Guide below!!
'Do Not Be Alarmed' if you found that you have extra power cables that are not connected yet. It is just that the extra cables are for additional hardwares that you might want to add in the future such as Cooling Fan, Extra Hard Drives or ROM Drives and others.
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