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The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook (Charles River Media Networking/Security)
The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook (Charles River Media Networking/Security)
ISBN: 1584503726
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 390
Authors:
Christopher A. Crayton
,
Joel Z. Rosenthal
,
Kevin J. Irwin
BUY ON AMAZON
Table of Contents
BackCover
The A Certification and PC Repair Handbook
Preface
WHAT S ON THE CD-ROM?
Introduction
Part I: PC Repair and Maintenance
Chapter 1: Overview
COMPUTER REPAIR TOOLS
GENERAL ADVICE
IT S NO SHAME TO SEEK ASSISTANCE
Chapter 2: System Configuration and Computer Hygiene
WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL
DEVICE DRIVERS (DRIVERS) OVERVIEW
WINDOWS PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM TOOLS
WINDOWS UPDATE
MS-DOS (DOS) AND THE 2000XP COMMAND PROMPT
OVERVIEW OF VIRUSES AND OTHER HAZARDOUS PROGRAMS
SURGE SUPPRESSORS AND UPSS
HARDWARE HYGIENE
Chapter 3: Motherboards and Their Components
REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF MOTHERBOARDS
DIAGNOSING MOTHERBOARD PROBLEMS
BIOS OVERVIEW
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS (CPUS, PROCESSORS)
SOME COOL-LOOKING FANS DON T COOL ANY BETTER
EXPANSION SLOTS
PORTS (INPUTOUTPUT, OR IO) OVERVIEW
Chapter 4: Cases and Power Supplies
POWER SUPPLIES
Chapters 1 - 4: A Certification Review Questions
Chapter 5: Memory (RAM)
MEMORY INSTALLATION
TROUBLESHOOTING MEMORY PROBLEMS
BIOS MEMORY SETTINGS
Chapter 6: Magnetic Disk Drives
SELECTING A HARD DRIVE
HARD DRIVES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
HARD DRIVES AND MOTHERBOARDS
HARD DRIVE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
TROUBLESHOOTING HARD DRIVES
SAVING DATA
RAID
REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICES
FLOPPY DISK DRIVES (DISKETTE) OVERVIEW
ZIP AND JAZ REMOVABLE DISK DRIVES
Chapter 7: CD and DVD Drives
SELECTING OPTICAL DRIVES
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
BACKUPS ONTO OPTICAL DISCS
MAINTENANCE OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVES AND DISCS
DIAGNOSING OPTICAL DISC PROBLEMS
Booting from a CD-ROM
Chapter 8: Video, Sound, Modems, and Network Adapters
SOUND OVERVIEW
MODEM OVERVIEW
NETWORK ADAPTERS (NETWORK CARDS, NETWORK BOARDS, NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS, NICS, ETHERNET ADAPTERS)
Chapters 5 - 8: A Certification Review Questions
Chapter 9: Input Devices
KEYBOARD OVERVIEW
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting Internet Connections
DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS
YOU CAN CONNECT, BUT YOU CAN T OPEN WEB PAGES
DATA TRANSFER SPEED ISSUES
FIREWALLS
TROUBLESHOOTING E-MAIL
TROUBLESHOOTING AOL CONNECTIONS
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Chapter 11: Troubleshooting
OBTAINING ASSISTANCE
BOOT FLOPPIES
BASIC REPAIRS THAT MIGHT HELP (AND COULDN T HURT)
DIAGNOSING SYSTEM CRASHES AND LOCKUPS
REMOTE TROUBLESHOOTING
TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTING PROBLEMS
ACCESS DENIED (2000 AND XP ONLY)
THE WINDOWS REGISTRY
WINDOWS REPAIR UTILITIES AND PROCEDURES
RESCUING A WET LAPTOP
A FINAL COMMENT
PRACTICAL TROUBLESHOOTING TABLES
Chapter 12: Things Not to Do with a Computer
Chapter 13: Command-Line Tutorial: MS-DOS and 32-Bit Commands: A Practical Tutorial and Reference
USING COMMANDS
COMMAND LIST
CD OR CHDIR
CHKDSK (PRESENT IN ALL VERSIONS, USEFUL IN 2000 AND XP ONLY)
CLS
CMD (2000 AND XP ONLY)
COMMAND
COMP (2000 AND XP ONLY)
CONVERT (XP AND 2000 ONLY)
COPY
DEL OR ERASE
DIR
EDIT (LIMITED USE IN 2000 AND XP)
EXIT
EXPAND (2000 AND XP ONLY)
FDISK (DOS AND 9X ONLY)
FORMAT
MD OR MKDIR
MMC (2000 AND XP ONLY)
MORE
MOVE
PATH
RECOVER
REN OR RENAME
REPLACE
RD OR RMDIR
SCANREG AND SCANREGW (9X ONLY)
SFC (98, 2000 AND XP ONLY)
SHUTDOWN (XP ONLY)
SYS (DOS AND 9X ONLY)
SYSTEMINFO (XP ONLY)
TASKKILL (XP ONLY)
TASKLIST (XP ONLY)
TYPE
VER
WINNT32 (2000 AND XP ONLY)
XCOPY
RECOVERY CONSOLE COMMANDS (2000 AND XP ONLY)
ATTRIB
CD OR CHDIR
CHKDSK
CLS
COPY
DEL OR DELETE
DIR
DISABLE
DISKPART
ENABLE
EXIT
EXPAND
FIXBOOT
FIXMBR
FORMAT
LISTSVC
LOGON
MAP
MD OR MKDIR
MORE
REN OR RENAME
RD OR RMDIR
SYSTEMROOT
TYPE
Chapters 9-13: A Certification Review Questions
Bonus A Certification Practice Questions
Part II: PC Repair and Maintenance
Chapter 14: Introduction to the A Certification Exams
REGISTERING FOR THE A TESTS
TEST SITE REQUIREMENTS AND A LITTLE ADVICE
HOW COMPUTERIZED TESTING WORKS
YOUR STATE OF MIND
USEFUL TOOLS, TIPS, AND STUDY TECHNIQUES
BOOK STRUCTURE AND SAMPLE REVIEW QUESTIONS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Part IIA: A Core Hardware Service Technician Study (Exam 220-301)
Chapter 15: Motherboards, Power, BIOS, and Expansion Buses
SLOTS AND SOCKETS
ELECTRICITY AND THE POWER SUPPLY
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY
COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS)
THE SYSTEM BASIC INPUTOUTPUT SERVICES
PLUG AND PLAY
POWER-ON SELF-TEST (POST) AND ERROR CODES
EXPANSION BUS ARCHITECTURE
PCMCIA (PC CARDS)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 16: Processors and Cache
CLOCK AND BUS SPEEDS
CACHE LEVELS 1, 2, AND 3
CHIPSETS AND CONTROLLERS
SEC AND SEP
PGA AND SPGA
PROCESSORS AND MODES
COOLING FANS AND HEAT SINKS
LIQUID COOLING
THERMAL COMPOUNDS
VRM (VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 17: Understanding Memory
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
MEMORY TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS
Popular DRAM Advances and Technologies
MEMORY PACKAGING
MEMORY PARITY AND ECC
LOGICAL MEMORY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 18: System Resources and Input Devices
HEXADECIMAL
OVERVIEW OF SYSTEM RESOURCES
INTERRUPT REQUESTS (IRQS)
DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS CHANNELS (DMAS)
INPUTOUTPUT ADDRESSES (IOS)
INPUT DEFINED
KEYBOARDS
MICE AND POINTING DEVICES
TOUCH SCREEN
MODEMS
SCANNERS
SOUND CARDS
DIGITAL CAMERAS
PDAS (PERSONAL DATA ASSISTANTS)
LAPTOPS
BATTERIES AND POWER
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 19: Basic Output Devices
VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICES
CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)
VIDEO DISPLAY STANDARDS
MONITOR SHAPES AND SIZES
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
PRINTERS
PARALLEL PORT STANDARDS
DOT MATRIX AND INK-JET PRINTERS
LASER PRINTERS
CADCAM
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 20: Storage Devices and Interfaces
THE HARD DRIVE
DRIVE CONTROLLERS AND INTERFACES
DEVICE INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND TROUBLESHOOTING
RAID (REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS)
OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICES
SUPERDISKS AND ZIP DRIVES
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 21: Cables, Connectors, and Ports
ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION
PARALLEL PORTS AND CONNECTORS
SERIAL PORTS AND CONNECTORS
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE CONNECTORS
VIDEO CONNECTORS
USB CONNECTIONS
FIREWIRE (IEEE 1394)
SCSI CONNECTORS
NETWORKING CONNECTORS AND CABLES
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 22: Basic Networking
OSI REFERENCE MODEL
NETWORK CATEGORIES
NETWORK TOPOLOGY
PROTOCOLS
BRIDGES, ROUTERS, SWITCHES, AND HUBS
NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS
THE INTERNET AND VIRUSES
CABLE, ISDN, DSL, AND SATELLITE
FIREWALLS
TROUBLESHOOTING AND BASIC NETWORKING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Part IIB: A Operating Systems Technologies Study (Exam 220-302)
Chapter 23: Operating System Fundamentals and DOS
OPERATING SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS
INTRODUCTION TO DOS
DOS SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION FILES
DOS FILE NAME STRUCTURE
DOS COMMANDS, SWITCHES, AND WILDCARDS
DOS WINDOWS UTILITIES
MEMORY MANAGEMENT UTILITIES
WINDOWS INITIALIZATION FILES
OPERATING SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 24: Windows 9x
INSTALLATION AND UPGRADING
THE WINDOWS 9x START-UP PROCESS
THE WINDOWS 9x REGISTRY
UTILITIES AND SETTINGS
PRINTERS
WINDOWS 9x NETWORKING
DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 25: Windows NT
NT SERVER VS. NT WORKSTATION
INSTALLATION AND UPGRADING
THE WINDOWS NT START-UP PROCESS
THE WINDOWS NT REGISTRY
WINDOWS NT NETWORKING AND ADMINISTRATION
RESOURCE SHARING AND DRIVE MAPPING
UTILITIES AND SETTINGS
PRINTERS
DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 26: Windows 2000
WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION PROCESS
WINDOWS 2000 UPGRADE PROCEDURES
WINDOWS 2000 START-UP PROCESS
WINDOWS 2000 TOOLS AND UTILITIES
PROFILES
PRINTERS
WINDOWS 2000 NETWORKING AND THE INTERNET
DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 27: Windows Me
WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION PROCESS
WINDOWS ME UPGRADE PROCESS
WINDOWS ME START-UP PROCESS
WINDOWS ME TOOLS AND UTILITIES
PROFILES
PRINTERS
WINDOWS ME NETWORKING AND THE INTERNET
DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 28: Windows XP
WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION PROCESS
WINDOWS XP UPGRADE PROCEDURES
WINDOWS XP START-UP PROCESS
WINDOWS XP TOOLS AND UTILITIES
PROFILES
PRINTERS
WINDOWS XP NETWORKING AND THE INTERNET
DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TEST TIPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REVIEW QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
Appendix: About the CD-ROM
DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
IMAGES AND IMAGE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
A PRACTICE EXAMS
SECURITY EXAM SAMPLE MATERIAL
Glossary
Symbols
A
B-C
D
E-F
G-I
J-M
N-P
R-S
T-V
W-Z
Index
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Y
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Tutorials
CD Content
The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook (Charles River Media Networking/Security)
ISBN: 1584503726
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 390
Authors:
Christopher A. Crayton
,
Joel Z. Rosenthal
,
Kevin J. Irwin
BUY ON AMAZON
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Answers to Assessment Test
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Schedule Planning
Other Planning Processes
Project Control
Microsoft Windows Server 2003(c) TCP/IP Protocols and Services (c) Technical Reference
Local Area Network (LAN) Technologies
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Basics
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Retransmission and Time-Out
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server Service
Internet Information Services (IIS) and the Internet Protocols
Google Maps Hacks: Tips & Tools for Geographic Searching and Remixing
Hack 51. Make a Fullscreen Map the Right Way
Hack 53. Add Flash Applets to Your Google Maps
Hack 56. Pin Your Own Maps to Google Maps with TPhoto
Hack 68. Automatically Cut and Name Custom Map Tiles
Hack 69. Cluster Markers at High Zoom Levels
Visual Studio Tools for Office(c) Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath
The Three Basic Patterns of Office Solutions
Working with Templates
Datasets, Adapters, and Sources
.NET Code Security
Importing an XML Data File into the Mapped Document
Extending and Embedding PHP
Setting Up a Host Environment
Summary
Summary
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Exceptions
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IPTV
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5G: Enhanced Data Services
Mobile Gaming
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