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Author(s): Michael Meyers
ISBN(s): 9780072263558, 0072263555
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 79.26 MB
Year: 2007
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0072263555 
ISBN 13: 9780072263558
Author: Michael Meyers

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career Mike Meyers, the leading authority on CompTIA A+ training and certification, has helped hundreds of thousands of people master CompTIA A+ PC technician skills-and now he can help you, too. Completely updated for the new CompTIA A+ standards, Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Second Edition will help you pass the CompTIA A+ certification exams and become an expert hardware technician. Inside, you’ll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Learn how to: Work with CPUs, RAM, and motherboards Install, partition, and format hard drives Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies Install, upgrade, and troubleshoot Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Install sound and video cards Manage printers and connect to networks Implement security measures Understand safety and environmental issues Establish good communication skills and adhere to privacy policies The CD-ROM features: Eight full practice exams covering CompTIA A+ Essentials and Exams 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604 One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Mike Meyers teaching key CompTIA A+ topics Electronic copy of the book Complete exam objective map for all four exams List of official CompTIA A+ acronyms Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians Each chapter includes: Learning objectives Photographs and illustrations Real-world examples Try This! and Cross Check exercises Tech tips, notes, and warnings End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Mike Meyers A Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs 2nd Table of contents:

1. The Path of the PC Tech

  • the importance of skill in managing and troubleshooting pcs

  • the concept of certifications

  • the importance of comptia a+ certification

  • what is comptia a+ certification?

  • who is comptia?

  • the path to other certifications

  • how do i become comptia a+ certified?

  • the basic exam structure

  • help! which exam should i take?

  • help! what chapters cover the help desk and depot technician exams?

  • how do i take the exams?

  • how much does the exam cost?

  • how to pass the comptia a+ exams

  • chapter 1 review

2. The Visible PC

  • historical/conceptual

  • how the pc works (input, processing, output, storage)

  • the art of the pc technician

  • tools of the trade and esd avoidance

  • the complete pc (external connections, devices and connectors)

  • inside the system unit (case, cpu, ram, motherboard, power supply, floppy/hard/optical drive)

  • know your parts

  • chapter 2 review

3. Microprocessors

  • historical/conceptual

  • cpu core components (registers, clock, buses, memory)

  • essentials (modern cpus, manufacturers, packages)

  • pentium-era cpus and early amd athlon

  • processing and wattage

  • installing and selecting cpus

  • the art of cooling

  • know your cpus

  • beyond a+ (overclocking)

  • chapter 3 review

4. RAM

  • historical/conceptual

  • understanding and organizing dram

  • practical dram (sticks, consumer ram)

  • essentials (ram types: sdram, rdram, ddr, ddr2)

  • working with ram (installing, troubleshooting, testing)

  • beyond a+ (future generations)

  • chapter 4 review

5. BIOS and CMOS

  • historical/conceptual

  • talking to the keyboard

  • essentials (setup program, option roms, drivers, post, beep codes, boot process)

  • care and feeding of bios/cmos (losing settings, clearing, flashing rom)

  • chapter 5 review

6. Expansion Bus

  • historical/conceptual

  • pc bus and isa

  • essentials (pci, system resources, dma)

  • installing and troubleshooting cards

  • chapter 6 review

7. Motherboards

  • historical/conceptual

  • how motherboards work (form factors, chipset, components)

  • upgrading/installing/troubleshooting

  • beyond a+ (small form factors)

  • chapter 7 review

8. Power Supplies

  • historical/conceptual

  • understanding electricity and power supply components

  • installing, maintaining, troubleshooting

  • beyond a+ (modular supplies, rail power)

  • chapter 8 review

9. Hard Drive Technologies

  • historical/conceptual

  • how drives work (encoding, geometry, arms)

  • essentials (ata versions, scsi, raid, connecting drives, bios config)

  • troubleshooting installation

  • beyond a+ (spindle speed, hybrids)

  • chapter 9 review

10. Implementing Hard Drives

  • historical/conceptual

  • partitions, disks, formatting, filesystems (fat, fat32, ntfs)

  • partitioning/formatting process & tools

  • maintaining and troubleshooting drives

  • beyond a+ (third-party tools)

  • chapter 10 review

11. Removable Media

  • historical/conceptual

  • floppy, flash memory, optical drives

  • installing and troubleshooting media

  • beyond a+ (high-definition optical)

  • chapter 11 review

12. Installing and Upgrading Windows

  • historical/conceptual

  • os functions and traits

  • preparing and performing install/upgrade (Win2K, XP)

  • troubleshooting installation problems

  • chapter 12 review

13. Understanding Windows

  • essentials (interface, utilities, organization)

  • os versions (XP, Vista, mobile, embedded)

  • boot process

  • chapter 13 review

14. Working with the Command‑Line Interface

  • historical/conceptual

  • command-line syntax and commands (dir, cd, copy, move, batch files)

  • beyond a+ (special keys, compact/cipher)

  • chapter 14 review

15. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Windows

  • essentials (updates, user accounts, disk tools, security, optimization)

  • troubleshooting windows issues

  • chapter 15 review

16. Input/Output

  • essentials (ports: serial, usb, firewire; devices: keyboards, scanners, cameras, biometrics)

  • chapter 16 review

17. Video

  • historical/conceptual

  • displays (crt, lcd, projectors), video cards, monitors

  • installing/configuring/troubleshooting video

  • beyond a+ (SLI, crossfire, TV, etc.)

  • chapter 17 review

18. Sound

  • historical/conceptual

  • audio formats, midi, streaming

  • installing sound cards/drivers/apps

  • troubleshooting audio issues

  • beyond a+ (benchmarking)

  • chapter 18 review

19. Portable Computing

  • essentials (device types, ports, pc cards)

  • maintaining portable pcs (batteries, power, cleaning)

  • troubleshooting and future tech (centrino, ultra-mobile)

  • chapter 19 review

20. Printers

  • essentials (printer types: impact, inkjet, laser, etc.)

  • process, installation, optimization, troubleshooting

  • beyond a+ (dot4)

  • chapter 20 review

21. Local Area Networking

  • historical/conceptual

  • network technologies (ethernet, token ring, usb, wireless)

  • installing/configuring wired/wireless networks

  • troubleshooting networks (osi model, protocols)

  • chapter 21 review

22. The Internet

  • historical/conceptual

  • how internet works (isp tiers, tcp/ip)

  • connection types (dial-up, dsl, cable, lan, sat, wireless)

  • internet tools (web, email, ftp, voip, gaming, chat)

  • chapter 22 review

23. Computer Security

  • analyzing threats (unauthorized access, virus, crash)

  • essentials (backups, social engineering, firewalls, encryption)

  • beyond a+ (vista security)

  • chapter 23 review

24. The Complete PC Tech

  • essentials (how computers work, troubleshooting, customer handling, communication, toolkit, backup steps)

  • chapter 24 review

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