P5 – Connect Hardware Safely to a Computer
- 1. P5 – Connect Hardware safely to a Computer System By James Bennett
- 2. First we looked to see how much RAM the computer already had.
- 3. Second we replaced the RAM to add more memory. Always wear a anti-static wristbands to avoid shocking yourself when handling the internal parts of the Computer
- 4. This shows that we have added more memory to the computer.
- 5. This picture also proves that we have installed more RAM to the computer.
- 6. This is a Test for the RAM after we installed it.
- 7. We now started to install the Linksys Wireless Adapter
- 8. We then followed the setup wizard to install the Wireless adapter.
- 9. We now read the Software License Agreement and then proceeded with our installation.
- 10. We now power down the computer and then connected the adapter to the internals of the computer, always wear Anti- static gear to protect yourself from being shocked.
- 11. Next we installed a wireless NIC to be able to connect wirelessly to Networks, again always wear anti-static wristband use an anti-static mat.
- 12. Here is the Wireless NIC now installed.
- 13. This picture shows the connector which is where the Wireless NIC will be installed.
- 14. Here is the Wireless NIC now placed into the connector
- 15. The green light shows that the Wireless NIC in functional.
- 16. We then powered back up and entered the IP Address into the internet. This then brought up the Router settings in which we changed the name, pre-shared key and security.
- 17. Here we changed to security to a more secure security mode and changed the Pre-shared Key.
- 18. This is the before picture of when we changed to Name of the adapter.
- 19. This picture shows we have changed the name of the Adapter.
- 20. We went to device manager to check if the Linksys Wireless Adapter was locating.
- 21. This picture shows we have added a security mode and a password for the Wireless Adapter.
- 22. This picture shows we now have a full wireless connection to the internet.
- 23. We now perform a full backup to backup all files and settings.