A+ Guide to Hardware
A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting maps fully to CompTIA's 2009 A+ Exam objectives. This full-color guide is the most complete, step-by-step book available for learning the fundamentals of supporting and troubleshooting computer hardware. At the same time, it prepares readers to successfully pass the A+ 220-701 and 220-702 exams.
The new edition is formatted to support any learning style, featuring an essentials-to-practical organization within each chapter and inclusion of tabs distinguishing exam content. Further content and live demonstrations with Jean Andrews are available on the accompanying CD, making this new edition a total solution for hardware maintenance and repair.
A+ Guide to Hardware Features:
• This edition maps fully to CompTIA's 2009 A+ Exams.
• A+ exam tabs on each page make it easy to distinguish between content covering A+ 220-701 Essentials and A+ 220-702 Practical Application exams.
• A+ certification icons and A+ Tips highlight all of the material related to the exams, so students can pay close attention to pertinent information.
• Includes extensive features to help reinforce material, such as Applying Concepts, Key Terms, Reviewing the Basics, Thinking Critically, Hands-On Projects, and Real Problems, Real Solutions.
• A+ Table of Contents provides quick reference to all A+ material.
• Updated to include provide stronger emphasis on troubleshooting.
A+ Guide to Hardware Lesson Topics:
1. Introducing Hardware.
2. Form Factors and Power Supplies.
3. All about Motherboards.
4. Supporting Processors.
5. Upgrading Memory.
6. Supporting Hard Drives.
7. Installing and Supporting I/O devices.
8. Multimedia Devices and Mass Storage.
9. PC Maintenance and Troubleshooting Strategies.
10. Networking Essentials.
11. Supporting Notebooks.
12. Supporting Printers.
Appendices.
A.CompTIA A+ Acronyms.
B. Keystroke Shortcuts in Windows.
A+ Guide to Hardware CD Resource Contents:
Video Clips.
CertBlaster Exam Preparation Software.
PC Repair FAQs.
eGlossary.
Troubleshooting Flowcharts.
Sample Reports.
CompTIA A+ 2009 Mapping Grids.
A+ Guide to Hardware Appendices:
ASCII Character and Set and Ansi.sys.
Behind the Scenes with DEBUG.
Calculating Drive Capacity on Older Drives.
Electricity and Multimeters.
FAT Details.
How an OS Uses System Resources.
Installations Using Legacy BIOS.
Introducing Linux.
Introducing the Mac OS.
Supporting SCSI and Legacy Devices.
Supporting Windows 9X/ME.
The Hexadecimal Number System and Memory Addressing.
Windows 9x Me Commands and Startup Disk.
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