Undergraduate Computer Laboratory

Overview

The School’s Undergraduate Computer Lab is equipped with 48 Intel-based high power computers with a regular computer replacement program. Located in the air conditioned, spacious room A207 on the second floor of the Civil and Mechanical Building, the lab consists of three separable bays with 16 PCs in each all connected to a Gigabit network. There is a self-servicing print station that controls three networked laser printers with duplex capability for student to print from any PCs in the lab. Two high-resolution data projectors (one in the North Bay and one in the South Bay) and an amplified audio system with a wireless mic are available for running multimedia presentations in the computer laboratory. There are also plenty of network ports and a wireless access point for students to connect their personal laptops to UWA SNAP network. In addition to the general purpose laboratory there is a number of Intel-based dual-CPUworkstations for computing intensive projects on a shared basis.

Hardware Specifications of Lab Computers

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 650 (3.4GHz/2mb/800FSB/LGA775)
Legend 1GB DDR-2 533 FSB Memory
Sony 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive
Western Digital 120GB SATA II 8MB Cache Hard Drive
Lite-On 16X DVD+/-RAM DUAL LAYER DVD BURNER (with Nero software)
Philips 17" 170B6CB Black LCD Monitor

Further information on various aspects of the lab can be found on the following pages:

• Notice Board
• Lab Usage Regulations
• Lab Accounts
• Lab Software
• Internet Access & Printing
• Connecting Peronal Laptops
• Lab Bookings
• Lab FAQ