Re: pc circuit boards

From: Kalo (kaloalex_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/01/04


Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:18:15 -0700


species8350 wrote:
> I would like to undertsand something of the circuit boards in pc's.
>
> Has anyone come across a suitable url which explains the
> technicalities (suitable for a beginner).

http://www4.tomshardware.com/howto/20010810/

>
> Thanks
>
> ps. Supplementary question.
>
> Does anyone know how modems can be tested for integrity (if the
> circuit is working or not). Most people I have talked to say the only
> way is by substituing the circuit into a pc which is known to work.
> But surely the manufacturers have a method.

Sure they do. Basically, they have a working computer without a case.
They plug in the modem and run very specific software that injects known
commands into the modem and measures its responses. Could you set up a
bench test bed of nails to test a given modem? Certainly. But, by the
time you knew what to put where, you'd learn very little from thae
actual test.
HTH
Kalo

>
> Any references to the component parts (what does what and how) also
> appreciated
>
> thanks
>
> Sp.



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