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1. Power up
2. Processing parts prepare for action
3. User provides input
4. Input commands are processed
5. CPU send output information to your output devices
6. Output devices show you the results
7. Repeat steps 3-6 until complete
8. Save your work
9. Power down the computer
Computers have a piece of hardware called a
power supply that plugs into some kind of
power source, like an AC outlet on a wall
Once power is applied the power supply
delivers voltage to system components to
initialize them
The power supply connecting to devices
The Power Supply is vital to the operation of
many components inside the system -
If there is a problem it can effect the system in
many ways
◦ If the power supply is completely dead obviously the
entire system would not operate
◦ If the required voltage levels expected from the
power supply were incorrect it can effect
components differently
A good rule to follow is to suspect the easy
things first, if the system is dead, is it plugged
in?
There are five main parts that handle processing:
CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Hard drive, and Operating
System - Here's how they are initialized:
The hard drive is a storage device, holding the
operating system and programs
The CPU can't work with the software directly from
the hard drive because the hard drive is too slow
The CPU needs to load the operating system into
special high speed memory called random access
memory (RAM) to be able to work with the OS
All software used by the computer has to load into
RAM before it can be used
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