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A+ All-in-One Certification Exam Guide

ISBN: 9780072126792 | 0072126795
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Pub. Date: 2/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
Mike Meyers has done it again. The #1, best-selling study guide for CompTIA's A+ Certification exams has been completely revised and updated for the new 2001 exams. Written by the industry's leading authority on A+ Certification, this must-have reference offers complete coverage of all material on both the Core Hardware and Operating System Technologies exams. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM contains 6 practice tests, hundreds of questions, and LearnKey(tm) video clips. This comprehensive guide not only helps you pass the A+ certification exams, but also teaches you how to be an expert hardware technician.
Introductionxv
The Visible PC
1(50)
CPU
2(3)
... MORE
RAM
5(2)
Motherboard
7(6)
Power Supply
13(2)
Floppy Drive
15(3)
Hard Drive
18(4)
CD-ROM Drive
22(2)
Connectors
24(7)
DB Connectors
25(1)
DIN Connectors
25(1)
Centronics Connectors
26(1)
RJ Connectors
26(1)
BNC Connectors
26(1)
Audio Connectors
27(1)
USB Connectors
28(1)
FireWire Connectors
29(2)
All Kinds of Connectors
31(1)
Sound Cards
31(1)
Video Cards
32(1)
Network Cards
32(2)
Keyboard
34(1)
Mouse
35(3)
Modem
38(1)
Printer
38(3)
Joystick
41(1)
Jumpers and Switches
41(9)
Documentation
46(2)
Review Questions
48(2)
Answers
50(1)
Microprocessors
51(96)
Historical/Conceptual
51(50)
External Data Bus
52(4)
Registers
56(2)
Clock
58(4)
Back to the External Data Bus
62(1)
Running the Program
63(1)
Memory
64(4)
Address Bus
68(4)
Intel Still Defines the Standards
72(1)
CPU Packages
73(5)
The 8086 CPU Family
78(1)
The 80286 CPU Family
79(2)
The 80386 CPU: The 386DX Family
81(1)
The 80386SX CPU Family
82(4)
The 486 CPU Family
86(15)
Test Specific
101(36)
The Pentium CPU: The Early Years
101(15)
Later Pentium-Class CPUs
116(21)
Beyond A+
137(10)
Xeon Processors
137(2)
Pentium 4
139(1)
Slockets
140(1)
Overclocking
140(1)
64-Bit Processing
141(1)
Review Questions
142(3)
Answers
145(2)
RAM
147(46)
Historical/Conceptual
147(25)
DRAM
148(12)
RAM Packaging, Part 1
160(6)
Access Speed
166(1)
Talking the Talk with 30-Pin SIMMs
167(1)
Banking
167(5)
Test Specific
172(21)
RAM Packaging, Part 2
172(9)
Working with RAM
181(8)
Review Questions
189(3)
Answers
192(1)
Motherboards and BIOS
193(66)
Historical/Conceptual
193(10)
BIOS
196(7)
Test Specific
203(56)
Power-On Self Test (POST)
233(7)
The Last BIOS Duty-The Boot Process
240(2)
Motherboard Layouts
242(6)
Motherboard Installation and Replacement
248(7)
Review Questions
255(3)
Answers
258(1)
Expansion Bus
259(72)
Historical/Conceptual
260(60)
It's the Crystals!
260(2)
History of PC Expansion Buses: Part 1
262(12)
Interrupts
274(16)
Understand the ``Big Three!''
290(1)
History of PC Expansion Buses: Part 2
291(8)
AGP
299(1)
PC Cards
300(1)
Plug and Play (PnP)
300(10)
The Rules of Device Installation
310(10)
Beyond A+
320(11)
Chipsets
320(6)
CNR
326(1)
Expansion Bus Forever!
326(1)
Review Questions
327(3)
Answers
330(1)
Power Supplies
331(46)
Historical/Conceptual
331(4)
Understanding Electricity
331(4)
Test Specific
335(42)
The Power Supply
335(2)
Power Connections
337(5)
Motherboard Power
342(8)
Power Switch
350(5)
Connections to Peripherals
355(3)
The Power Supply Fan
358(6)
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
364(6)
Surge Suppressors
370(2)
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
372(1)
Review Questions
373(3)
Answers
376(1)
Floppy Drives
377(34)
Historical/Conceptual
377(5)
Why Floppies?
378(1)
Understanding Floppy Drive Types
379(3)
Test Specific
382(23)
Care and Feeding of Floppy Drives
399(6)
Beyond A+
405(6)
Other CMOS Options
405(1)
Fixing Floppy Drives
406(1)
Review Questions
407(2)
Answers
409(2)
Hard Drives
411(104)
Historical/Conceptual
412(13)
Inside the Drive
412(11)
Hard Drive Interface to the PC
423(2)
Test Specific
425(81)
Partitioning and Formatting
451(42)
The Capacity Issue
493(1)
How to Fix Hard Drives
494(12)
Beyond A+
506(9)
Going Deeper into Drive Technology
506(2)
Zip and LS-120 Drives
508(4)
Review Questions
512(2)
Answers
514(1)
DOS
515(64)
Historical/Conceptual
516(1)
Test Specific
516(63)
Every Computer Needs an Operating System
517(2)
Creating a User Interface
519(2)
In the Beginning, There Was DOS
521(5)
DOS Structure: Three Main Files
526(1)
The DOS User Interface
527(8)
Running a Program
535(1)
Using Function Keys
535(1)
Fun with Files
535(8)
DOS in a Windows World
543(4)
Communicating with Hardware
547(14)
Working with Drives
561(10)
The Computer Virus
571(2)
Antivirus Programs
573(1)
Why Mess with DOS?
574(1)
Review Questions
575(3)
Answers
578(1)
Windows 9x
579(146)
Chapter Prerequisites
579(1)
It All Started with Windows 3.x
580(1)
Historical/Conceptual
580(11)
Test Specific
591(134)
Enter Windows 9x
593(6)
Windows 9x Version History
599(2)
Windows Boot Process
601(6)
The Registry
607(8)
The Windows 9x GUI
615(2)
Windows 9x Power
617(1)
Long Filenames
618(4)
FAT32
622(3)
Major Differences Between Windows 95 and 98
625(4)
The Windows 9x Directory Structure
629(6)
Control Panel
635(2)
Device Installation
637(42)
Installing and Upgrading Windows 9x
679(1)
Preparing to Upgrade/Install
680(2)
Installing vs. Upgrading
682(1)
The Install/Upgrade Process
683(7)
Install Problems
690(2)
Optimizing and Maintaining Windows 9x
692(21)
Troubleshooting Windows 9x
713(8)
The End of Windows 9x?
721(1)
Review Questions
721(3)
Answers
724(1)
Windows 2000
725(94)
Historical/Conceptual
726(12)
Windows NT
726(12)
Test Specific
738(81)
Windows 2000
747(44)
Installing Windows 2000 Professional
791(6)
Optimizing Windows 2000
797(4)
Installing New Hardware
801(1)
Maintaining Windows 2000
801(8)
Dealing with Drives-Disk Management
809(5)
Troubleshooting Windows 2000
814(2)
Review Questions
816(2)
Answers
818(1)
DOS Memory in a Windows World
819(46)
Why DOS Memory Management?
819(1)
Historical/Conceptual
820(4)
Hexadecimal
820(2)
The DOS Memory Map
822(2)
Assigning Addresses
824(1)
Test Specific
824(41)
Conventional and Reserved Memory
824(5)
Expanded Memory
829(8)
Extended Memory
837(3)
Reducing Conventional Memory Use
840(7)
Running DOS Applications in a Windows World
847(14)
The End is Near-Not!
861(1)
Review Questions
861(3)
Answers
864(1)
SCSI
865(34)
Historical/Conceptual
865(2)
Test Specific
867(28)
SCSI Chains
867(12)
SCSI Flavors
879(3)
SE, HVD, and LVD SCSI
882(3)
Bus Mastering
885(1)
SCSI Cables and Connectors
886(2)
ASPI
888(2)
SCSI Performance
890(1)
Compatibility Among Flavors of SCSI
890(1)
Compatibility with IDE
891(1)
Repair and Troubleshooting
891(2)
Cost and Benefits
893(1)
SCSI vs. EIDE
894(1)
Last Notes on Termination
894(1)
Beyond A+
895(4)
Review Questions
895(3)
Answers
898(1)
CD Media
899(38)
Historical/Conceptual
899(3)
CD-ROM
900(2)
Test Specific
902(25)
MPC
902(1)
CD-ROM Speeds
903(1)
CD-R
904(3)
CD-RW
907(2)
Music CDs
909(1)
Installing CD Media Drives
910(17)
Beyond A+
927(10)
Color Books
927(1)
Burning Issues
927(2)
DVD
929(5)
Review Questions
934(2)
Answers
936(1)
Sound
937(32)
Historical/Conceptual
937(3)
Types of Sound
938(2)
Test Specific
940(19)
Sound Cards
940(14)
Troubleshooting Sound
954(5)
Beyond A+
959(10)
3-D Sound
961(2)
3-D Sound on the PC
963(3)
Review Questions
966(2)
Answers
968(1)
Video
969(70)
Historical/Conceptual
970(2)
Video Monitor Components
971(1)
Test Specific
972(9)
Historical/Conceptual
981(10)
Test Specific
991(36)
The Monitor
993(5)
The Video Card
998(9)
Resolution, Color Depth, and Memory Requirements
1007(12)
When Video Cards Go Bad
1019(2)
Troubleshooting Monitors
1021(6)
Beyond A+
1027(12)
Video and CMOS
1027(1)
3-D Graphics
1028(8)
Review Questions
1036(2)
Answers
1038(1)
Modems
1039(32)
Historical/Conceptual
1039(17)
Converting Serial Data to PC Data
1042(4)
File Transfer Protocols
1046(1)
Baud Rate
1047(1)
Flow Control (Handshaking)
1048(2)
Communication Standards
1050(2)
Modem Commands
1052(3)
Telephone Lines
1055(1)
Test Specific
1056(15)
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Chips (UARTs)
1056(6)
Installation and Troubleshooting
1062(3)
When Modems Break
1065(2)
Review Questions
1067(2)
Answers
1069(2)
Portable PCs
1071(34)
Historical/Conceptual
1071(11)
History
1073(2)
Laptops
1075(7)
Test Specific
1082(16)
Mobile Technologies
1082(10)
Power Management
1092(6)
Beyond A+
1098(7)
Profiles
1098(3)
Review Questions
1101(3)
Answers
1104(1)
Printers
1105(38)
Test Specific
1105(38)
Impact Printers
1105(3)
Ink-Jet Printers
1108(1)
Laser Printers
1109(17)
Dealing with Consumables
1126(1)
Parallel Communication
1127(6)
Printing in Windows
1133(5)
Printer Problems
1138(2)
Review Questions
1140(2)
Answers
1142(1)
Networks
1143(76)
Historical/Conceptual
1143(2)
Test Specific
1145(74)
Hardware
1145(8)
Hardware Protocols
1153(16)
Network Protocols
1169(1)
Network Operating Systems
1170(3)
Domain-Based
1173(14)
Sharing Resources
1187(7)
TCP/IP and the Internet
1194(3)
TCP/IP Settings
1197(9)
Dial-up--PPP
1206(8)
Internet Connection Sharing
1214(2)
Review Questions
1216(2)
Answers
1218(1)
Index1219(48)
International Contact Information1267(1)
About the CD1268

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