Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today it's how to set up a Desktop PC,
maybe you've moved house and you're putting it all back together again or maybe you've just
bought a brand new Desktop Computer PC and I'll show you all the things that you'll need to plug
in right let's get cracking, things we're going to be doing in this video installing the ethernet
cable for your connection to the internet although your PC may have Wi-Fi connection, the monitor,
connecting the keyboard, connecting the mouse, connecting your speakers, any scanner or printer,
connecting an external hard drive and then connecting a cup of tea with my mouth so it goes
into my stomach! Nearly all modern devices are USB connections that means they will self-install so
you don't really have to run any installation disks or downloads so I'll literally just be
showing you what cables go where, first of all let's get some mains power into the Desktop PC,
plug in your mains cord and then plug it into the mains but don't turn on the computer just yet,
next thing we'll do is plug in the ethernet cable this is so you've got your internet access
plug an ethernet cable into the back of the computer
and then into your Router or into a suitable network socket that you've got in your house
I'm actually going to be connecting this Desktop PC via Wi-Fi so I don't need the ethernet cable so
let's just unplug that, next up is the monitor now hopefully if you've got a modern monitor this will
just be an HDMI lead, so HDMI output from the back of the computer I've got HDMI port 1 here
and then plug the other end into your HDMI monitor if it's a VGA monitor you can use one of these VGA
adapters there's a link above now about how to do that, next is the keyboard now I have had wireless
keyboards before and I don't really rate them that much the batteries don't last very long this is a
USB keyboard so basically find a spare USB port on the back of your computer I've got 4 here
and plug that in, next is the mouse again a USB connection find a spare USB port plug that in and
these will all self install once you power up the computer next we're going to install the speakers
I'm going to plug my two peripheral speakers in, this is a 2.1 setup with a subwoofer so plugging
in my speakers whilst I'm doing that is a link above now about how to switch your Laptop into
Airplane mode the easy way, and then we've got this three and a half millimeter headphone
jack lead plug that into the back of the speaker and this is actually colour coded
so it should match the colour on the back of the computer
and here it is the lime green socket which is the speaker out on the left you've got a blue which is
an audio input and on the right you've also got a mic input this is where you can plug a microphone
or any audio inputs if you want to do any recording so we've got that speaker set up
now now I'm just going to install my printer scanner again nice and easy USB connection
find another spare port on the back, as you can see USB ports run out very quickly so
if you buy a new Desktop PC make sure you buy one with lots of USB ports and I'm also going
to install an external hard drive this is so I can back up my computer whilst I'm doing that
there's a link above now about how to print multiple pictures on one page in Windows 10
the easy way, so now all 4 USB ports on the back are now full up
luckily I've still got 2 USB ports on the front you can
use those for anything else you need to plug in
as usual spent all this money on fancy equipment and it's all wobbly so you
just have to get a piece of paper and put it under one of the legs like you do at a
table when you go to a pub or a restaurant you always get a wobbly table don't you!
Right look at that absolutely fantastic right let's switch it all on
whilst I'm doing that there's a link above now about how to calibrate your monitor in Windows
10 let's just speed this footage up now if you've plugged all these devices in for the first time
it may take a while as they self-install but I've had all these installed before because I've just
moved the computer to a different room let's move the mouse around first good that's all working
let's test the music and this is actually playing
fine obviously I can't play it to you otherwise I'll get copyrighted
let's test the keyboard just going to open up notepad
test the keyboard here all looking good
now I'm just going to connect to the internet
at the moment it's not connected click on this World icon here
select Wi-Fi it's currently turned off because it was connected via a cable click on the Wi-Fi icon
select my Wi-Fi network going to connect automatically so it connects every single time
put in my password click on Next it's now verifying and connecting
fabulous I'm now connected to the Interweb
now I'm going to start getting tons and tons of emails popped through
now let's just do a quick test print whilst I'm doing that there's a link above now about
how to select multiple files in File Explorer in Windows 10. With this scanner printer you
may have had a CD installation disk but most things are now USB installs or you can just
download them off the internet let's just do a quick print make sure this is working
here it comes all the anticipation ah, yes look at that all working absolutely
fantastic we've still got 2 USB ports on the front and an SD card reader and a Headphone socket
I'll tell you what that definitely deserves a lovely cup of tea
if you found that useful there's a video over here about how to print multiple pictures
on one page in Windows 10. On this side there's a video on how to take screenshots
in Windows 10. Thank you for visiting my channel everyone I really really appreciate it. 'Lurgs'