Installing and Maintaining Hardware
Installing and Maintaining Hardware
A. understand the benefits and implications of installing and maintaining hardware in technology systems
B. plan installation and maintenance of hardware in a technology system
C. install, maintain and test hardware in a technology system
D. review the modified technology system
In this unit, we learnt about installing and maintaining hardware. We learnt about components of the computer. For example, what a GPU is etc. As part of the unit, we removed and installed the BIOS battery, RAM, Hard drive and DVD Drive. We learnt to identify and repair faults.
For the assignment, we recommended what hardware to install and maintain within a limit budget. For this unit, I achieved distinction overall. There are 2 assignments based on one write-up and one based on practical.
These are some of the photos of my installing and uninstalling hardware into a computer and the computer is running correctly.
This is my work for assignment 1 for this unit. I was working for an IT company that specialises in maintaining technology systems. My brief was to advice the client about repairing and maintaining hardware for two existing systems. I had to write about why maintaining hardware is important and then recommend 3 upgrades for each system. For the merit, I had to review the implications for installing and maintaining hardware for various topics. For the distinction, I had to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of maintaining hardware for one system. I needed to have at least 2 points for each strength and weaknesses.
For this assignment, I was asked to upgrade and maintain the hardware in one system. To do this, I had a budget of £500 overall to upgrade components. The system had many problems, such as, showing the wrong date and time, the computer freezing and problems connecting to the internet. With the budget, I needed to solve these. In this assignment, I also had a table suggesting alternative ideas to fix issues and a test plan. for the distinction, I had to evaluate what I have done.
These are some of the coursework we did to prepare for the 3 unit assignments.