I need a website for my nephew who is 11 going on 22 when it comes to figuring things out. He is interested in learning about the inside of PC's and how it works. Does anyone know of a website that I could show him ?? thanks
2007-01-17 09:28:26 · 4 answers · asked by shacknc88 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Howstuffworks (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hardware-channel.htm ) is a pretty good starting resource. Spending time at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer ) may also prove fruitful. Actually, one of the best ways to learn about the insides of a computer is to look at it from a perspective of how to build a computer from scratch. You don't actually have to build one, but just approach your reading from such a viewpoint.
Some good sites are Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/index.html ) and whatever Google throws at you (http://www.google.com/search?q=build+own+computer+guide ).
A computer is basically a case, a power supply, cooling systems like fans or water cooling, a motherboard, a processor, a graphics card, a sound card, a network interface card, one more hard drives, and one or more optical drives, and a whole lot of wires. If you understand the function of each component I listed, you'll have a good basic understanding of the guts of a computer.
2007-01-17 09:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by csanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.Techspot.com has a great bunch of people responding to questions. No matter where he learns, what he learns will lead to other questions.
Help him join the forums and let him ask away.
I go to this forum ALL the time when the PC's go South
2007-01-17 09:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by jetero41 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Howstuffworks.com is a great location for things like this.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
2007-01-17 09:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's some good "stuff" at howstuffworks.com
2007-01-17 09:33:30 · answer #4 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋