Title:
A+ guide to hardware : managing, maintaining and troubleshooting
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Thomson/Course Technology, 2006
Physical Description:
1v + 2 CD-ROMS
ISBN:
9781418835613
General Note:
Accompanied by compact disc : CP 8006
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Summary
Summary
Written by a best-selling author and instructor expressly for the classroom, the Enhanced edition of A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting, Third Edition, now includes free video clips on CD! Watch Jean Andrews bring concepts and technical topics to life via "live" demonstrations - mapping completely to the textbook! This full-color guide maps fully to the 2003 A+ Core Hardware and OS Technologies certification exams and is designed to be the most complete, step-by-step book available for learning the fundamentals of supporting and troubleshooting computer hardware and software.
Table of Contents
| 1 How Computers Work |
| 2 How Hardware and Software Work Together |
| 3 Electricity and Power Supplies |
| 4 The Motherboard |
| 5 Managing Memory |
| 6 Floppy Drives |
| 7 Understanding and Installing Hard Drives |
| 8 Supporting I/O Devices |
| 9 Multimedia Devices and Mass Storage |
| 10 Supporting Modems |
| 11 PCs on a Network |
| 12 Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs |
| 13 Supporting Printers |
| 14 All About SCSI |
| 15 Purchasing a PC or Building Your Own |
| 16 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Fundamentals |
| Appendix |
| A Error Messages and Their Meanings |
| B Understanding Binary |
| C Electricity and Multimeters |
| D The Professional PC Technician |
| E Supporting Notebooks |
| E Supporting Notebooks |
