Class 6 Power Hook Up and Loading the Operating System

Today, there's just a little more wiring to do. The students are making sure the connections are correct.  The power cables to the motherboard and the graphics card need to be plugged in again:

 

 Now we are ready to do a start-up test with the hardware assembled...And we want to do some wiring clean-up and straightening to make sure the wires don't interfere with the functions of the computer or the cooling fans.

Now, its time for a start-up test.  The computers are plugged in and switched on......

   

SUCCESS!!!  The computers work--there is some re-wiring to do in a few, but basically the computers are up and running and look sharp with their LED-lit blue fans:

A handsome computer :-)

Now we add an operating system. We have available Windows7 (64 bit), so we are adding that.

When Windows is added the hard drive is partitioned.

A few students want to run Ubuntu Linux--and that's good too!  We let the Windows installers run after class so the computer will be ready for driver installation next time.