Week One of My Project (Xiaoran)

I thought I only need to post when the project reaches its mid-point. That is why I haven't posted anything yet. Anyway, I am going to summarize the things I did and what I learned in the first week. In the beginning of my project, a very surprising thing happened which is that my sponsor told me he can only meet me during the weekend. As a result, my original project became a self-studying project. In order to be ready for our first meeting, I need to have some basic knowledge about computer and how is is made so I read lots of information that is related to computer hardwares. Other than the couples links my sponsor sent to me, I also found some resources that contains many very useful articles and I read all of them. By reading those articles, I learned all the components and parts of a computer and their roles in a computer. After a period of reading, I tried to open the case of the desktop and explore what is inside. However, all I can do is to open the side cap which allowed to see the interior structure and how different parts are connected. It is really complex when you first see the inside, but in fact there are only couple big components. As long as you can recognize them, the whole structure will become much clear to you.

I felt the first week was kind of boring, however, I did learn something about computer that will definitely serve me in the future.