10 Department of Education

National Capital Region

SCHOOLS DIVISON OFFICE
MARIKINA CITY

TLE-Information and Communication Technology

Computer System Servicing

First Quarter-Module 1
Computer Hardware Disassembly and Assembly

Writer: Elenette B. Maala

Cover Illustrator: Christopher E. Mercado
Layout Artist: Jee-jay B. Canillo
 What I Need to Know
Good day grade 10 ICT-CSS learners! After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. explain the importance of OHS policies and procedures

2. differentiate disassemble from assemble;
3. enumerate the steps in computer hardware disassembly and assembly;

Lesson
Occupational Health and Safety
1 Policies and Procedures
In this lesson, you will learn the importance of Occupational Health and Safety which is a
multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work.

What I Know
Identify the type of hazards. Match Column A with Column B. Write only the letter of each
correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Column A Column B
1. cables running across the floor A. mechanical hazard
2. hot components or sharp edges of computers B. physical hazard
3. inkjet printer cartridge C. electric shock hazards
4. exposed power cable D. chemical hazard

What’ s In

This module is intended to give you some guidelines and advice on common areas of health
and safety problems in the computer industry and to help you gain a general awareness of your
responsibilities as user and technician in a safe environment.

What’ s New

Safety practices should be learned early and always adhered to when working with any
electrical device, including personal computers and peripherals. This is for the protection of not only
the people working with them, but also for the devices themselves. The basis for this process begins
with your Occupational Health and Safety Policies.
 What is It
Occupational Health and Safety is a planned system of working to prevent illness and injury
where you work by recognizing and identifying hazards and risks. Health and safety procedure is the
responsibility of all persons in the computer and technology industries. You must identify the hazards
where you are working and decide how dangerous they are. Eliminate the hazard or modify the risk
that it presents.

There are three steps used to manage health and safety at work:

1. Spot the Hazard (Hazard Identification)

A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else.
Examples of workplace hazards include:
 frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
 boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
 noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)

During work experience, you must remain alert to anything that may be dangerous. If you see,
hear or smell anything odd, take note. If you think it could be a hazard, tell someone.

2. Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment)

Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm someone and how
serious the harm could be.
Whenever you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking yourself two questions:
 How likely is it that the hazard could harm me or someone else?
 How badly could I or someone else be harmed?
Always tell someone (your employer, your supervisor or your health and safety
representative) about hazards you can't fix yourself, especially if the hazard could cause serious harm
to anyone.
For example:
 Ask your supervisor for instructions and training before using equipment.
 Ask for help moving or lifting heavy objects.
 Tell your supervisor if you think a work practice could be dangerous.
If you are not sure of the safest way to do something during work experience, always ask your
work experience supervisor.

3. Make the Changes (Risk Control)

It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you may be able to fix simple
hazards yourself, as long as you don't put yourself or others at risk.
For example, you can pick up things from the floor and put them away to eliminate a trip hazard.

Common hazards encountered by computer technicians and users

A hazard is a situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm the health and safety
of people or to damage plant and equipment. The situation could involve a task, chemical or
equipment used. Hazard management is a continuous process that can be used to improve the health
and safety of all workplaces.
Physical Hazard:
One of the most common physical hazards
involving computer technicians is cables running across
the floor. If someone trips, falls, and hurts himself because
of a cable you ran across the floor, someone (you, your
employer, or your customer) has a serious legal negligence
problem. If you need to temporarily run a cable across the
floor, place a Danger sign similar to those "wet floor" signs
used by cleaning services.
For cables that are temporary but will need to run
across the floor for a longer period of time, use "gaffers
tape". Gaffers tape is a heavy tape with strong adhesive to
stick to the floor. It comes in a wide range of colors, from
unintrusive matte black to hazard warning red. Although it has strong adhesive, it can be removed
easily and cleanly.
For long term cable routing there is a wide variety of cable organizing devices like cable ties,
cable wraps, and cable raceways which can be used to run cable safely along the wall or ceiling.
Other common physical hazards include leaving tools on top of ladders and placing electronic
equipment in precarious positions or on support that is not sturdy enough or not designed for holding
electronic equipment.

Mechanical Hazard:
When working on electronic equipment, ask
yourself "Is there any way this equipment could hurt
me?. You might stick your hand in a printer and suddenly
the paper feed arm moves, feeding not only paper
through the printer, but a piece of your finger too.
You might move your hand past a computer
chassis and lose a chunk of flesh because it is razor sharp.
When working on electronic equipment always be alert
to any possibility of being hurt by moving parts, hot
components, or sharp edges.

Chemical Hazard:
There is a wide array of chemicals used with
electronic equipment. There are display cleaning
chemicals, keyboard cleaning chemicals, compressed
gas dirt and dust removers, and many cleaning
solvents. Some of these chemicals can be harmful if
accidentally swallowed, get on bare skin, or get in
eyes. Before using any chemicals for electronic
equipment always read the warnings and instructions
on the label.
Also be very careful when dealing with inkjet
printer cartridges, or laser printer toner cartridges. Ink
and toner can stain skin, clothing, and carpet.
Electric Shock Hazard:
Inside computers and electronic equipment, there is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to 25
volts, most of these are harmless. But at the power supply, you'll find line voltage, which is a lethal
220 volts.
Most of the time while working inside computers and
electronic equipment, you'll want them unplugged from the
wall socket. If you need to work on equipment while it is still
plugged in or powered up, remove all jewelry and wrist
watches.
If you must work inside a line power distribution box,
wear an electrician’s rubber insulated gloves and safety
glasses. You might think you don't need these safety devices
because you are going to be extra careful, but one little slip
could cause a flaming explosion that could take off your hand,
embed shrapnel in your eyes, or conduct electricity through
your heart, where it takes only 10 milliamps (0.01) to kill a
human.

What I Have Learned

In this lesson, we focused on occupational health and safety policy. State what you have
learned by answering the following questions:

1. What are the safety precautions to undertake before working on a computer?

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2. In your own words, explain the three steps used to manage health and safety at work:

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For Online and Offline Learners:

Analyze the given task and answer the worksheet that follows.
1. Choose an industry or type of workplace e.g. computer laboratory, computer manufacturing, or a
computer shop.
2. Make a list of hazards that may be present in that workplace e.g. slippery floors from spilt water,
oil etc; uneven floors from changing floor level. Use the Table below.
3. Describe the risks.
4. Write down ways to control the risks.

Spot the Hazard Assess the Risk

A Hazard is anything that could hurt you or Work out how likely it is that the hazard will hurt
someone else someone and how badly he/she could be hurt
List the hazards: Describe the risks:
1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

RUBRICS
CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1
1. Number of 5 hazards or 4 hazards 3 hazards 2 hazards 1 hazard
hazards more
2. Description 5 hazards 4 hazards 3 hazards 2 hazards 1 hazard
of Risks completely completely completely completely completely
and and and and and
accurately accurately accurately accurately accurately
assessed assessed assessed assessed assessed
3. Suggested 5 Complete 4 Complete 3 Complete 2 Complete 1 Complete
ways of and correct and correct and correct and correct and correct
controlling ways of ways of ways of ways of way of
hazards controlling controlling controlling controlling controlling
hazards hazards hazards hazards hazards
 Assessment

Modified True or False:

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if not, change the underlined word/s to make
the statement correct.
____________ 1. Health and safety procedure is the responsibility of all persons in the computer and
technology industries.
____________ 2. Spotting the hazards means working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm
someone and how serious the harm could be.
____________ 3. If you need to temporarily run a cable across the floor, place a “danger sign” similar
to those "wet floor" signs used by cleaning services.
____________ 4. Assess the risk is anything that could hurt you or someone else.
____________ 5. Inkjet printer cartridges, or laser printer toner cartridges are hazardous to users.

Lesson

2 Assembly
In this lesson, you will learn the step-by-step procedures on how to disassemble and
assemble computer hardware. Assembling a computer seems like a difficult job, however,
once you get used to it, you will realize that it’s easier done than said

What I Know

You will be challenged to dig deeper into your prior knowledge and previous
experiences about computer hardware servicing. This phase will guide you in assessing
yourself by answering questions and many other types of evaluation for you to further
explore the basics of computer system servicing.

SKILLS TEST

Listed below are some of the most important skills that you must gain in order
to render quality service when you enter the real world of Computer System Servicing.
Read the skills carefully. Then write “Not much”, if you are not really familiar, “A little”
and “A lot”, if you are familiar with the skill. Feel free to answer each skill. Write your
answers in your notebook.
 Skills in Computer System Not A A lot
Servicing Much little
1. I can open a computer case.
2. I can connect the mouse.
3. I can connect the keyboard.
4. I can connect the monitor.
5. I know how to use the Philip driver.
6. I know how to use the anti- static wrist strap.
7. I know how to use the lint free cloth.
8. I can apply occupational health and safety
precautions while working.
9. I can remove the system fan.
10. I can detach the power supply from the system
unit.
11. I know how to remove the RAM from the
motherboard.
12. I can remove the hard drive from the system unit.
13. I can install the power supply.
14. I know how to install the motherboard.
15.I can install the internal drives in a system unit.
16.I know how to attach RAM in the memory socket.
17.I can install CD / DVD drives.

What’ s In

One of the basic skills that you must acquire in computer system servicing is to independently
assemble and disassemble a personal computer or simply setting up a PC. After knowing the
importance of occupational and health procedure, I believe that you are now ready to gain another
experience by going through this lesson.

What’ s New
When referring to hardware, assemble is the act of connecting together the different
parts of a computer. Disassemble is the process of breaking down a device into separate parts
to help determine a problem, to replace a part, or take the parts and use them in another
device or sell them individually.
 What is It

Personal Computer Disassembly

1. Make sure you prepare the tools needed like long Philip screw driver, rubber eraser, soft wide
bristle brush and container to keep the screws in and of course paper and pen for documentation
when you want to put things back together.

2. Before you open the system case, make sure to turn off the
system unit. Turn off and unplug the AVR from the wall
socket. After that, unplug all the cables connecting at the
back of the system unit. After clearing all the connected
cables, put the system unit on an empty working table or a
clean working space area.

3. Touch the unpainted part of your system unit with your

bare hands to remove the electrostatic discharge of your
body. This is an important part before opening your system
case. You might destroy your RAM, Chipsets and other
components of your motherboard.

4. Remove all the screws of the side cover opposite to

the side where the ports are. By most system cases, if
you are facing the back of the system unit the right-side
cover is to be removed. Return the screws back to the
screw holes or put it in a container to avoid losing them.

5. Once the side cover is removed, turn your system side

down where the opened side of the system unit should
be facing upward where you can comfortably look down
on the inside of your system case.

6. Now, we are ready to remove the components

inside of the computer. The first thing we need to
do is remove the power supply. To be able to
remove the power supply, remove first the molex
connectors (the plastic connector at the tip of the
wires of the power supply) or the motherboard
power connector, drive power connectors, the
floppy drive power connector, the sata power
connectors and the four pin 12-volt motherboard
connector. With all power connectors are
removed from the motherboard and drives, the
power supply is now ok to be removed as well.
Place the removed components in a remote and safe area from where you are performing computer
disassembly.
7. After the power supply removed, the data cable
should be removed next. This includes IDE, SATA, and
floppy drive cables. Secure the removed data cables.

8. Next to remove are the RAM, Video Card and other card peripheral components. Again have them
secured in a safe place and put the screws back. Clean the connector edges of the card peripherals
by rubbing the gold colored edge moderately with a rubber eraser then brushing off the shredding.
Do not attempt to clean the edge by blowing or brushing it off with your fingers. Our body is acidic
and you might only cause the edges to tarnish faster.

9. Remove all drives. This will include your hard drive, cd/dvd drives, and the floppy drive.

10. Since all peripherals where removed, the next thing to do is to remove the front panel
connectors. This will include the USB, Front Panel (FP) and Audio header. If you are not sure of which
connector is being match to, write down or document the connections and orientation of the
connectors before removing them from the headers. Remember that not all motherboards have the
same header configuration so be careful and watchful while documenting.
11. After removing the header connectors,
we are now ready to remove the
motherboard. To remove the motherboard,
locate first all the screws and lightly
unscrew all screws alternately. With this
technique, we are reducing the risk of
warping or bending our motherboard. It
may not have a large impact on the bending
of the motherboard but still it does have
even a little. Upon lightly loosening all
screws, remove all screws then. Remove
the motherboard by carefully and lightly
pulling it away from the I/O shield. Why?
because we need to free the ports that are fitted from the holes in the I/O shield. After freeing the
motherboard ports from the I/O shield holes, lift up the motherboard and put it on the safe place.

12. Clean the system unit chassis with your brush, also clean your motherboard and the rest of the
peripherals being removed.

Personal Computer Assembly

1. Given that all peripherals are clean and ready.

Before you start to assemble the computer, take
an inventory. Do not begin assembling your
computer if you don't have everything you
need. Begin the step-by-step process once you
are ready with everything you need. In
assembling back your computer, what we have
done during disassembling is just doing the
reverse order to assemble it. Since the
motherboard was last to be removed, it should
then be the first to put back. Remove the retaining screws from the standoff screws of the
motherboard and let the motherboard seat on it with the ports facing out towards the I/O shield.
Lightly push the motherboard to set its ports to the holes of the I/O shield. Put the retaining screws
on the motherboard screw holes but do not tighten it yet. Be careful in doing this one and if this is
your first time doing it, it is best if you lend a hand for assistance. Lightly push the motherboard
towards to I/O shield and lightly tighten the motherboard retaining screws alternately until all
screws are tight enough but not too tight. This is to ensure that your ports are protruding correctly
out of the I/O shield.

2. Once the motherboard is secured, put back the Front

Panel, Audio, and USB header connectors as you will be
using your documentation for reference.
 3. Connect back the drives to the correct drive bays.

4. Put back the RAM, Video Card and other card peripherals
to its proper slot inserting it properly and some cards will
require screws to be secured.

5. The data cables like IDE, SATA, floppy cable should be

connected to its proper headers and drives. Remember the
proper configuration of the placement of the cables specially if
you are dealing with the IDE cables.

6. After the data cables are properly connected, put back

the power supply and secure it with the screws then
connect the power connectors to the drives and the
motherboard.

7. Once all peripherals are connected properly, have a

final inspection by visually checking for loose
connection or improper connection. Once the system
unit connections are thoroughly checked then that is
the time to connect the keyboard, monitor, and the
power connector then power up the computer. This
initial powering up of the computer while the side cover
is open to ensure that everything is ok before putting
back the side cover. In case something goes wrong, we
can accessibly correct the problem right away. If
everything is fine shutdown the computer, unplugged the AVR and remove the cables connected to
the back of your computer. Put the side cover back.

8. Put the assembled computer back to its place and connect the rest of the cables and connectors.
Turn it on and see if there are unusual effects of your disassembling/assembling procedure done
earlier.

Remember SAFETY. Do not neglect it. Neglect can cause catastrophic effects.
 What I Have Learned

In this lesson, we focused on the computer hardware PC disassembly and assembly. State
what you have learned by answering the following questions:

1. In your own words, what do you mean by assemble and disassemble?

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2. What is your perspective why the power cable should always be the last on the
procedure of attaching parts?

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For Online Learners:

Using the internet, research the actual do's and don’ts in computer hardware disassembly and
assembly

For Offline Learners:

Based on the learning content or your own idea, enumerate the actual do's and don’ts in computer
hardware disassembly and assembly.

Assessment

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

1. Before you open the system case, make sure to _______________the system unit.
2. _______________ all the cables connecting at the back of the system unit.
3. To be able to remove the power supply, remove first the _______________connectors.
4. Place the removed components in a remote and _______________from where you are
performing computer disassembly.
 5. Since all peripherals where removed, the next thing to do is to remove the _______________
connectors.
6. After removing the header connectors, we are now ready to remove the _______________.
7. Clean the system unit chassis with _______________, also clean your motherboard and the
rest of the peripherals being removed.
8. Before you start to assemble the computer, take an _______________.
9. In assembling back your computer, what we have done during disassembling is just doing
the _______________ order to assemble it.
10. Since the motherboard was last to be removed, it should then be the _______________ to
put back.
11. Once the motherboard is secured, put back the Front Panel, Audio, and USB header -
_______________ as you will be using your documentation for reference.
12. Connect back the _______________ to the correct drive bays.
13. Put back the RAM, Video Card and other card peripherals to its proper _______________
inserting it properly and some cards will require screws to be secured.
14. After the data cables are properly connected, put back the _______________and secure it
with the screws then connect the power connectors to the drives and the motherboard.
15. Once all peripherals are connected properly, have a _______________by visually checking
for loose connection or improper connection.

Answer Key

Lesson 1: Occupational Health and Safety Policy

What Can I do
Answers may vary

Assessment
1. True
2. Assessing the risk
3. True
4. Spot the hazard
5. True

Lesson 2: Computer Hardware Disassembly and Assembly

What Can I do
Answers may vary

Assessment
1. turn off 6. motherboard 11. connectors
2. Unplug 7. brush 12. drives
3. molex 8. inventory 13. slot
4. safe area 9. reverse 14. power supply
5. front panel 10. first 15. final inspection
Book
TLE – Computer Hardware Servicing (depedbataan.com/resources/9/k_to_12_entrep-
based_pc_hardware_servicing_lear ning_module.pdf)

K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education Learning Module

Online Sources:
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/disassem.htm
http://docshare01.docshare.tips/files/23068/230689273.pdf

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Elenette B. Maala (THS)

Editors: Bernie R. Riñon (Dept. Head – BHS)

Uriel B. Teodoro (School Head – SNNHS)

Internal Reviewer: Joseph T. Santos (EPS-EPP/TLE)

External Reviewer:
Illustrator: Christopher E. Mercado (CIS)
Layout Artist: Jee-jay B. Carillo (NHS)
Management Team:

Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Eliza O. Cerveza
Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Joseph T. Santos
Education Program Supervisor – EPP/TLE

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

EPS – Learning Resource Management Section