Chapter 349 The rookie becomes a master

In the end, Wu Dong was persuaded that he decided to buy a computer to invest in his future. He believed that as long as he worked hard enough, as Lin Hong and others said, for himself in the future, the money for a computer is not very good at all.

Zhang Da said happily, "That's the decision. Let's go to the computer market to buy a computer tomorrow!"

Other people are happier with computers than with their own computers.

Wu Dong: "What brand of computer should I buy? What's the configuration?

Zhang Da said, "I personally recommend Lenovo. After all, it is a big domestic brand, and the price is also very affordable.

Li Qi has no problem with this. He will buy it as soon as Wu Dong buys it.

However, Lin Hong has different opinions: "If you want to get familiar with computers quickly, I don't recommend buying a brand-new computer. Buy a second-hand one. The brand is not important, and the configuration is not important, as long as it can be used.

Zhang Da couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the words: "Second-hand?"

"Hmm." Lin Hong nodded, "You both buy second-hand ones. Now the hardware is updated very fast. Maybe this month's advanced configuration will be lagging behind by next month. Moreover, you are beginners, and it is useless to pursue configuration. At present, the most important thing is to learn the relevant knowledge of computers, and second-hand computers can fully meet your requirements and enable you to master the relevant knowledge faster.

Although Wu Dong and Li Qi don't know why second-hand computers can master computer knowledge faster, they still choose to follow Lin Hong's advice and choose second-hand computers.

At Lin Hong's suggestion, Zhang Da helped publish a purchase post in the flea market section of Shuimu BBS, looking for a second-hand desktop. If there is no whole machine, accessories are also good.

Soon, several seniors replied in the post, saying that they had the accessories they had left from previous updates.

Three days later, both Wu Dong and Li Qi owned their own computers. Although the configuration is not high, it has been some years, but after all, it can run normally, and the price is cheap, only about one-fifth of the price of a new computer with the same configuration. Of course, this is mainly because many seniors don't care about such a little money, so they simply sell half and half give it away.

Wu Dong and Li Qi's computers are not complete computers, but compatible machines assembled in pieces.

During the assembly process, they have a deep understanding of the computer's hardware.

This assembly process was carried out with the assistance of Lin Hong. Lin Hong assembled it repeatedly while explaining to them what the accessories in his hand were and what their functions were.

Although they know that there are so many basic components of the computer from the basic textbook, books are books after all. After reading them, they don't feel anything at all.

Zhang Da didn't do much research on this before, because before that, he had bought a brand machine. The brand machine was not allowed to be dismantled by himself, and he lost the warranty qualification as soon as it was dismantled. Therefore, although he has been playing with computers for two or three years, he has never opened the chassis to check what was inside.

This time, when I assembled the computer, I have a more visual and intuitive understanding of the basic components of the computer.

For the first time, they knew that the memory chip was really a small strip that could be unplugged directly. The CPU was so small that it was so expensive and there were so many pins. There is such a slot on the computer motherboard, and it is an anti-dumb design, so there is no risk of plugging in at all.

After Wu Dong and Li Qi had their own computers, they really worked hard for a long time. As long as they had time, they almost stayed in front of their computers, either surfing the Internet or learning basic computer commands.

After Li Qi messed up for a few days, his interest went down. After installing a WINDOWS31, he didn't move much. What he did every day with his computer was to log in to Shuimu BBS and brag about the people on the forum. Soon he got the position of moderator and met several times offline with the managers of the forum. After the interview, he became very familiar with the person in charge of BBS and gradually became one of the main managers of Shuimu BBS, specializing in organizing activities.

And Wu Dong is a restless person.

Because it was a second-hand computer, his computer configuration was slightly lower than Li Qi's at the beginning, but he didn't want to install a WINDOW31 and it would be finished. He knew that Microsoft released a new system last year, called WINDOWS95. Zhang Da happened to have the installation disk of this system in his hand.

Wu Dong then thought about upgrading his system. Recently, he went to the reading room of the school library every day and read some magazines such as Computer Newspaper and Computer Enthusiast. He also saw an article on how to upgrade.

So, he copied the upgrade steps of the article, and then ran to the dormitory and strictly followed this step. After a lot of toss, he actually succeeded. ALTHOUGH IT IS HARD TO RUN WINDOWS95 BECAUSE OF THE LOW CONFIGURATION. IT ONLY takes half a DAY TO TURN ON THE MACHINE, AND THE HARD DISKIGKS AS soon AS IT IS TURNED ON, BUT AFTER ALL, THE INSTALLATION IS SUCCESSFUL. This made him feel a special sense of accomplishment.

After some experience, Wu Dong found that, as mentioned in the computer magazine, there are many WINDOWS3 on WINDOWS95, which is not very new, and the interface is much better.

However, Wu Dong soon found a serious problem, that is, there was no sound in his computer speaker and could not play music.

How could this happen?

Wu Dong felt very strange. He went to the library several times and didn't find out the specific reason.

There was nothing he could do, so he had to ask the boss. The boss has been in school all this period. Like him, he runs to the library every day, but it is easy to find.

As soon as Lin Hong heard his words, he said, "There is a lack of sound card driver."

Sound card driver?

Wu Dong has a little impression of this noun, as if he has read it in that article.

He saw that Lin Hong seemed to be very busy and did not continue to disturb him, but found the article he had seen before based on his memory.

It is an article dedicated to computer accessory drivers, which explains in detail what a driver is and why it should be installed.

Wu Dong had read this article before. At that time, he saw it right and thought it was like that, but he didn't understand it.

This time, he encountered such a problem by himself, and then he suddenly realized that the driver mentioned in the article was like this!

In our life, we will come into contact with all kinds of people and things. The brain will automatically process this information. We are generally impressed by what we are familiar with and understand, but what we don't understand is often just a vague impression.

Wu Dong read this article before. Although he clearly saw the introduction-driven article, he seemed to understand it at that time, but because he had never been in contact with it, he was not deeply impressed at all, and he almost forgot it in a blink of an eye.

And when he encountered the fact that the computer could not make a sound, he suddenly realized that the article was like this! From then on, he completely understood the driver, and he no longer didn't know him as before.

According to the content of that article, Wu Dong copied several driver files from Zhang Da's computer and put them on his own computer. After restarting, the speaker could finally make a sound.

Because his computer runs WINDOWS95 too slowly, it takes half a day to open a software every time. After his freshness passed, he could no longer stand such a state, so he planned to uninstall the system and return to the original system.

But how to uninstall this system?

This is another problem. He went to the library to check the materials. After looking through a lot of computer magazines, he finally found an article.

So he followed the article, entered the boot disk, and formatted the original system.

What he didn't expect was that there was a problem with this formatting. He could no longer install the system because his software failed and could not recognize the floppy disk inside.

What can I do? If the floppy disk cannot be recognized, can't the system be installed?

Wu Dong's computer is relatively old-fashioned. There is no such thing as an optical drive at all. The only device that exchanges data with the outside world is a floppy drive, which can use a floppy disk for system installation and file transfer.

And now, the floppy drive is useless, and the system cannot be installed.

Wu Dong was in a hurry, so he had to consult Lin Hong.

Lin Hong checked the software he gave him and found that it could not be used at all. The software has reached its service life, and it is meaningless to repair it.

Lin Hong gave him several solutions.

Either buy a new floppy drive and install it, or directly remove the software on Zhang Da or Li Qi's computer to make do with it. After installation, uninstall it.

In addition, there is another solution, that is, to use USB. After all, at this time, the interface of U disk has become the standard configuration of mainstream computers, and the use of U disk has also become popular.

Replacing a floppy disk with a USB flash drive is a good solution, and Wu Dong prefers this.

However, he looked behind his chassis and found that although the design of the chassis reserved holes in the expansion card, there was no USB interface.

Is it possible that because it is a previous computer, there is no such connection?

At this time, Lin Hong told him that the standard of the USB flash drive had actually come out a long time ago, and the manufacturer should have reserved such a plug when designing it.

Lin Hong will take apart the computer, and as expected, he saw several needles on the motherboard.

"This is the USB data pin. You can use it by plugging it into the extension cable, but it needs to be shorted here..."

According to Lin Hong's method, an extension cable is connected, and then connected to the U disk. The order of starting the device is selected to start from the U disk, and it really enters the boot system interface.

They have to admire Lin Hong's erudite, and even know this kind of thing.

Later, Wu Dong's second-hand computer continued to have various problems. In order to solve these strange problems, Wu Dong had to consult various materials to find out why such problems occurred.

Unconsciously, Wu Dong gradually changed from a rookie to a master of computer maintenance. No matter who has any strange phenomenon in the computer in the class, he knows what the problem is at a glance. For example, the computer suddenly failed to start and issued an alarm. As soon as he heard the sound, he knew whether the memory was not plugged in or something went wrong.

In the past, he was a rookie who knew nothing about computers, but now, everyone likes to ask him to solve problems with computers.

It was not until this time that he understood why Lin Hong advocated that they should buy a dilapidated second-hand computer first. If they buy a branded computer directly like Zhang Da, and then don't have to worry about anything. If there is a problem, he will send it directly to the official maintenance site for repair. Then he can't have access For strange software problems, he naturally does not have to consult information or ask others to solve these problems, and his computer technology can't improve.