the back of a PC

exprog

My new PC has loads of slots on the back of the machine for stuff to be plugged into.

Is there an online guide to what all these things are supposed to be for?

I normally just plug stuff in and hope for the best but I'd prefer to have a guide.

dg1dd1ngs_2

Could you take a picture and post it on here? I'm sure there would be loads of people happy to help

RussJK

Here you go:
http://www.misco.co.uk/content/MODULE/DESKTOP-COMPUTING/PC-CONNECTIONS-GUIDE.HTM?bp=1

fwor

RussJK wrote: »

Here you go:
http://www.misco.co.uk/content/MODULE/DESKTOP-COMPUTING/PC-CONNECTIONS-GUIDE.HTM?bp=1

Good find!

JasX

Did your new PC not come with a manual of some kind?

dg1dd1ngs_2

fwor wrote: »

Good find!

Agreed. Very helpful :j

exprog

JasX wrote: »

Did your new PC not come with a manual of some kind?

no



In fact, none of the PCs I have ever had came with any guide as to which bit gets plugged in where.

exprog

RussJK wrote: »

Here you go:
http://www.misco.co.uk/content/MODULE/DESKTOP-COMPUTING/PC-CONNECTIONS-GUIDE.HTM?bp=1

Brilliant. Just what I wanted. :j

googler

They're all colour-coded too, so the colour of the plug on the mouse, keyboard etc should match the colour of the socket on the machine, hopefully.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_System_Design_Guide

I assume by 'slots' you mean the sockets, not the expansion slots for PCI cards, etc. - which are usually covered with blanking plates like these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Slimline-PCI-expansion-slot-blanking-plate-inc-screw_W0QQitemZ150547177024QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=217041495696&rvr_id=217041495696&cguid=2c134cd11290a0aad5344c74ff4837fc#ht_3035wt_1108

exprog

googler wrote: »

They're all colour-coded too, so the colour of the plug on the mouse, keyboard etc should match the colour of the socket on the machine, hopefully.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_System_Design_Guide

I assume by 'slots' you mean the sockets, not the expansion slots for PCI cards, etc. - which are usually covered with blanking plates like these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Slimline-PCI-expansion-slot-blanking-plate-inc-screw_W0QQitemZ150547177024QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=217041495696&rvr_id=217041495696&cguid=2c134cd11290a0aad5344c74ff4837fc#ht_3035wt_1108

Now that you mention it, I also assume I mean 'sockets' - I'm really not good on these things!


Curiously enough, my new PC does not have what I now understand to be called PS/2 Ports, one purple and one green. What it does have is one such Port, half of which is coloured green and half coloured purple. It also has what I gather is called a USB Port next to it.

My green mouse thingy is only a green round thing because it has an attachment to make it so. I'm assuming I can just pop it (without the attachment) into the USB Port and connect my Purple keyboard to the two-colour PS/2 Port. That's what I'll be doing later, anyway.