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Installing and troubleshooting a motherboard

Installing and troubleshooting a motherboard

From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Installing and troubleshooting a motherboard

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- The motherboard is arguably the most important component of a PC, and although it can be a bit cumbersome and a little awkward to install, in the end, it really is not too difficult. However, there is a chance that you will need to do a little troubleshooting along the way. So let's bring back the open and closed case and go through the process of installing and troubleshooting a motherboard together. Now, first thing I want to mention is there are multiple ways to protect against ESD. As usual, I'm standing on an ESD mat so I don't have to worry about too many of them. But for the purposes of this demonstration, I'd like to introduce you two an ESD strapped. Now these are really cool. You actually slide this over your wrist and as long as this metal makes contact with your skin and as long as you have this clip to another piece of metal, you will actually be able to ground or reduce the electrostatic buildup that you have within you. So we're going to go ahead and put this on, and…

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