Identifying parts of the system unit - Aptiva 2196, 2197

This computer system has 3 bays; each bay has a factory-installed drive in it. The
devices are 3.5 Diskette, 40X CD-ROM drive and 5.0 GB hard disk (some models may
have hard disk of 10 or 15 GB capacity).
Diskette drives in this unit use the standard diskette advanced technology (AT) Interface.
Hard disk and CD-ROM drives in this unit use an integrated drive electronics (IDE) AT
interface. This computer supports the American National Standard Institute (ANSI)
standard for AT attachment disk drives and CD-ROMs.
This system has 3 interface cards slots for adapter card expansion. All of them are
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interfaces.
This system has 1 video bridge expansion slot adjacent to the PCI slots. All models of
this system have a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port on board.

Identifying Description Additional information

number

1 Power supply This is a 95-watt switching power supply

2 Expansion slots On the rear panel of the system unit are 3 slot openings for
installation of adapter card

3 Modem card This system may include a V.90 Data/Fax modem.

4 Diskette drive This machine has a factory-installed 3.5 1.44MB floppy

drive.

5 PCMCIA drive No additional information

6 CD-ROM drive This machine has a factory-installed 40X CD-ROM drive.

This machine has a factory-installed 5.25 4 (6 or 8) GB

7 Hard disk drive
hard disk drive.

8 System board No additional information

PCMCIA drive
9 No additional information
adapter card
Input is the acceptance of data by the computer. It is done by means of an input device.

Input Devices

There are two types of input method: indirect and direct methods.

Indirect methods

Indirect methods of data input involve preparing data into a form that the computer can
read before inputting. For example, punched cards and paper tapes are indirect input
methods. They have to be punched and verified before feeding into the computer.
Therefore, extra work is required and many errors can be introduced during the data
preparation stage. Today, these indirect methods are used less often.

IBM80-column punched card format in early

1800s

Direct methods

The computer reads data directly from the source without any additional keying in. These
methods are much quicker and transcription error is eliminated as there is no need to do
any copying.

Input Devices

1. Keyboard

The most common method of inputting data into a computer is by typing on a keyboard.
Not only the one you use at home , but also you can see the special keyboard in a
McDonald's restaurant ! There are many designs of keyboards, some are with trackball so
that users need not to move their hands away from the keyboard when accessing a
pointing device. There are also wireless keyboards, making use of the infrared
technology.
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2. Magnetic card reader

This device can read the magnetic stripes on

the back of bank cards or common stored
value tickets. The magnetic stripes are
encoded with data appropriate for the
application.

For example, your ATM card has the account number stored on it. The magnetic card
reader is commonly used as an input device in the easy pay system (EPS).

3. Bar-code scanner

Hand-held scanner Light-pen scanner Desktop

scanner

A bar code is a set of parallel black and white lines of different thickness which represent
a number. The number is also printed below the bars.

A bar-code scanner is the input device used in the point-of-sale (POS) terminal, for
example, at a supermarket. Light pen, laser scanner, both are types of bar-code scanner.
Both are sensitive to the amount of reflected light.

4. Optical mark reader (OMR)

This device can sense the presence of a pen or pencil mark. It is commonly used for
processing large quantities of simple, repetitive data such as marking multiple-choice
questions
 This kind surveys or test answer forms are usually process by
OMR

5. Optical character reader (OCR)

This device can recognize characters that are printed in a specific type font. The optical
character reader can distinguish one character from another by its shape. Handwriting can
also be recognized if the characters are well formed.

It can optical character reader scans the document and converts the shape sensed into a
pattern of electronic signals. The sensed pattern is compared with the stored patterns of
the characters. If a match is found, the character sensed is identified. If a match is not
found, that part of the document is rejected.

>> Advantages :

Data are held in a form that can be read by both humans and machine. The data are given
directly to the computer. So it is a fast and accurate data entry method.

There is some OCR that allows blind people to read books. The optical scanner reads
and converts them to Braille using a Braille display device.

This Braille reading code was originally published by

the
Royal National Institute for the Blind

6. Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)

Characters are printed with an ink containing a substance that can be magnetized. The
character shapes are recognized by the magnetic ink character reader.

MICR is used mainly in banks. Each cheque is printed with the cheque number, the
bank's identification number, and the customer's account number.
The advantage for bank to use this kind of input device is that the cheque can still be read
even if the cheque is folded or overwritten with signature.

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An example of an MICR character

set

7. Joystick/game paddle

This input device allows the user to interact with the computer
program, usually a game.

8. Mouse

The mouse is a mobile switch that controls the position of the cursor on the screen. A
ball underneath the mouse electronically transmits the direction of movement. The cursor,
under the control of the mouse, can be used to select one of several options displayed on
the screen. The option is selected by pressing a button on the mouse.

A new type of mouse

( using laser beam to replace the ball

underneath )

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9. Image scanner

This device allows direct entry of both pictorial information and text-based information.
An image scanner uses laser technology to scan and digitize an image. It is the most
common type of scanner for home-users.
10. Light pen

A light pen is a pen-shaped device that is sensitive to the presence of reflective light, just
like the light pens can be used to read bar codes. It uses optical technology to work
closely with the monitor. It reads the light emitted from the monitor as input and converts
it back into digital signals to be fed into the computer.

11. Speech recognition devices

Speech recognition devices convert spoken commands into sequence of electronic

signals. When the computer hears a word, it then looks for a match and if it finds one, it
displays a written version. The most successful devices are speaker-dependent. They are
'trained' to respond to the speech of a particular individual.

One very useful application of this technology is to aid handicapped people who have
poor control of their body's movement.

New type of speech recognition devices which

Voice Calculator
can recognize Cantonese !

¡@12. Digital camera

Digital camera becomes increasing popular nowadays. The photo that is taken by the
digital camera is digitalized and save in the memory card. The files are transferred to the
computer and can be seen on the screen.

It is believed that the digital camera will replace the traditional

camera in the coming future!

¡@13. Chinese hand writing recognition device

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This kind of input device is usually with a
writing pad for inputting the words. The
program can recognize the handwriting and
convert to words that are presented on the
screen. It is widely used in inputting Chinese
characters, instead of English characters as the
low input speed.

A common brand of Chinese hand writing

recognition device, »X«ïµ§

Specifications
CPU + Northbridge Support
Supported Processor: Intel Core i7
Processor Socket: Intel Socket B (LGA 1336)
System Chipset: Intel X58 Express
Maximum Number of Processors: 1

Memory Support
Number of Memory Slots: 6
Max System Memory: 24 GB
Memory Technology: DDR3

Connectors
Interface Connection: Audio - Bass/Center Audio Out Jack |
Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini) | Audio -
Line Out (1/8" Mini) | Audio -
Microphone In (1/8" Mini) | Audio -
Optical (S/PDIF) | Audio - RCA Digital
Coax (S/PDIF) | Audio - Rear Surround
Audio Out Jack | Audio - Side Surround
Audio Out Jack | Ethernet - RJ45
Twisted-Pair (XBaseT) | IEEE 1394 - 6
pin Powered | Keyboard - 6 pin mini-
DIN (PS/2) | Mouse - 6 pin mini-DIN
(PS/2) | Serial ATA - 7 pin | USB -
Universal Serial Bus 2.0
On-Board Headers: Clear CMOS | Floppy - 34 pin Header |
Front Audio | IDE - ATA/EIDE/ATAPI
40 pin | IEEE 1394a | S/PDIF
Connector | Serial ATA - 7 pin |
Surround Audio | USB 2.0
Number of IDE Headers: 1
Number of Serial ATA Headers / Ports: 10
Number of Fan Connectors: 4
Number of PCI Slots: 2
Number of PCI-Express x1 Slots: 1
Number of PCI-Express x4 Slots: 1
Number of PCI-Express x8 Slots: 1
Number of PCI-Express x16 Slots: 2

Additional Features
Controller Type: Floppy Controller | IDE (Ultra ATA 133)
Controller | RAID Controller | SATA
3Gbps (Serial ATA II)
Video Bus: PCI Express 2.0 x16
Multi GPU Support: nVIDIA SLI
Network Interfaces Included: Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC889A
Supported Audio Channels: 7.1 Channels

Physical Specifications
System Board Style: ATX
Width: 12.2 in
Depth: 9.8 in