PC HARDWARE TOOLS

So here's a post about PC hardware tools, well its about tools that you need for hardware maintenance on your pc. Why should you get to know them? Cause sometimes you will feel the need to maintenance your pc or laptop by yourself and you need to have the right equipment or tools, i have done it several times before (although i'm just cleaning my laptop's fan). You have to use the right equipment cause you don't wanna mess up your pc or laptop when it is already messed up right?

(note: Low quality pictures, took the pictures with HTC One V. btw.. DONT BUY ANY SMALL HTC PHONES. They suck. Seriously. I've used wildfire and One V. They're not good. I'm not saying HTC are not good, the big ones like One X are pretty decent. I've converted to Samsung btw and maaaaaaaaaan the satisfaction is tooooooo gooooood. Note II beats all.)



Screwdriver

There are many types of screwdrivers, the pictures shown above are different sizes of slotted screwdrivers and philip screwdrivers. They have different sizes because screws have different sizes too. Specific screwdrivers are use to loosen or tighten specific screws. Slotted screwdrivers are used for slotted screws while Philip screwdrivers are for Philip screws. Don't use Slotted screws for Philip screws, slight chances of damaging the screw hole so yeah use the right screwdrivers for the screws. For PC maintenance? To loosen or tighten the screws on your pc or laptop (obviously).

Nut driver

Nut driver is a tool for tightening nuts and bolts. Its similar to screw drivers except that it is use for bolts and nuts.

Soldering Iron

Soldering Iron is a hand tool used in soldering. It supplies heat to melt the solder so that it can flow into the joint between two workpieces. Be careful when you are using this because its very hot. 

Tweezers

 Reverse Action Tweezers and Tweezers. They are both tools used for picking up objects too small to be easily handled with the human hands. Not for plucking nose hair (lol).

IC Extractor

IC Extractor is used to extract chips from the motherboard. Again not for extracting nose hair (double lol)

Needle-Nose Pliers

Needle-nose pliers are both cutting and gripping pliers to bend, re-position and cut wire. It is also known as long-nose pliers, pinch-nose pliers or snipe-nose pliers. Given their long shape, they are useful for reaching into cavities where cables have become stuck or unreachable to fingers or other means.

Spanner

Spanner or Wrench (atau SPANAR nya urg Brunei) is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects usually rotary fasteners such as nuts and bolts. What is shown above is an adjustable spanner.

IC Inserter

IC Inserter is a tool for inserting DIP devices or chip.

3-claw part holder

A 3-claw part holder is used to grab or retrieve small bits or parts. I had a hard time trying to take this picture, my hands are shaky you see. And my phone camera can't focus this thing (bummer).

Spare part tube

Spare part tube is where you store spare parts for your pc or laptop. As you can see in the picture above, there is a spare screw stored inside.

Wire Cutter

Wire Cutter is an accessory that is shaped like a cutting wrench. It allows you to cut and strip off wires.


These are tools that are needed for common PC hardware tools maintenance. Note that please be careful with some of the equipment and try not to injure yourself when doing PC maintenance especially when it comes to soldering. Tweezers are not for plucking nose hair.