Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to PC Hardware

Essential Skills for On-the-Job Success Mike Meyers, one of the premier computer and network skills trainers, has developed a learning system designed to teach A+ PC technician skills in an easy-to-understand way that will prepare you for an IT career. Mike gives you helpful tips throughout the book, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Completely up to date for the new CompTIA A+ standards, this comprehensive guide will help you pass the A+ Core Hardware exam and become an expert hardware technician. Inside this book, you will learn how to: bull; bull;Configure CMOS and BIOS settings bull;Identify expansion bus slots and install expansion cards bull;Work with motherboards, CPUs, and RAM bull;Provide proper power and cooling bull;Install, partition, and format hard drives bull;Install and troubleshoot floppy, CD, and DVD drives bull;Create SCSI chains bull;Install sound and video cards bull;Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies bull;Manage printers and connect to networks The CD-ROM features: bull; bull;Three full practice exams with hundreds of questions for the Core Hardware requirement. Available in Practice or Final Mode. bull;Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians bull;One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Michael Meyers teaching key A+ topics (online registration required) Each chapter includes: bull; bull;Learning Objectives bull;Many Figures and Illustrations bull;Real-World Examples bull;Try This! and Cross Check Exercises bull;Tech Tip Sidebars bull;Helpful Notes and Warnings bull;End-of-Chapter Quizzes and Lab Projects Part I of Mike Meyers' A+ Certification GuideMeyers, Michael is the author of 'Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to PC Hardware', published 2004 under ISBN 9780072231199 and ISBN 007223119X.