Chapter 7. Hardware
COMPTIA A+ PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
1.1 Given a scenario, install, configure and maintain personal computer components
Storage devices
HDD
SATA
PATA
Solid state
FDD
Optical drives
CD / DVD / RW / Blu-Ray
Removable
External
Motherboards
Jumper settings
CMOS battery
Advanced BIOS settings
Bus speeds
Chipsets
Firmware updates
Socket types
Expansion slots
Memory slots
Front panel connectors
I/O ports
Sound, video, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, serial, IEEE 1394 / Firewire, parallel, NIC, modem, PS/2
Power supplies
Wattages and capacity
Connector types and quantity
Output voltage
Processors
Socket types
Speed
Number of cores
Power consumption
Cache
Front side bus
32bit vs. 64bit
Memory
Adapter cards
Graphics cards
Sound cards
Storage controllers ...
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