Department of Computer Science has organized a 5 day Workshop on Computer Hardware and Maintenance for BCA students from 28th Nov - 2th Dec 2022 in association with GLOBAL Computer Institute, Raipur. Mr. Pramod Pal, Director, Global Computer Institute has given the training to the students in the workshop. Objective of this workshop was making students aware about the internal organization of computer system and internal structure of CPU. Mr Pramod Pal sir also taught how to take care of the computer's physical components, such as its keyboard, hard drive, BIOS setting and installation of software. A hand on practice has also been given to students. Day wise schedule of the workshop was:
- Day-1: Pramod Pal shared his knowledge about physical parts of computer like: RAM, Motherboard, CPU, Processor, Hard Disk etc. He explained functions of all these parts and students got the chance to see physical devices inside the system.
- Day-2:“How to assemble a PC?” was the theme of second day. Students have been given hands on practice for assembling and disassembling process of the computer system, where the steps were monitored by the instructor.
- Day-3:In this session the trainer explained about BIOS. He focused on how to know the status of devices, whether they are properly working or not. He discussed about the BIOS, BIOS types, BIOS setting in detail. Students practically learn how to enter in BIOS setting, make appropriate changes and get information of system from BIOS.
- Day-4:Preparation of system for installation of operating system was demonstrated by the tutor, he explained all the necessary steps like: create disk partition, format disk etc.
- Day-5: Instructor demonstrated installation process like: selection of boot device from BIOS, bootable disk of operating system, installation options in different steps. He cleared the doubts arose by the students.
The session was ended with the vote of thanks by Mrs. Pooja Rathi, HOD, Department of Computer Science. Students reported that they have got good knowledge and this will be very helpful to solve real life problems. They were very satisfied and have demanded more such workshops in future.