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A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition - Hardware Functions and Troubleshooting

This guide provides comprehensive information on hardware functions of a computer, with a focus on managing and maintaining your PC. It covers topics such as ports, motherboard, expansion slots, ROM BIOS, CMOS configuration, jumpers, DIP switches, and troubleshooting techniques.

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A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition - Hardware Functions and Troubleshooting

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  1. Chapter 1 Introducing Hardware

  2. Functions of a Computer A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  3. Ports A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  4. Hardware Inside the Case A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  5. The Motherboard A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  6. The Motherboard (continued) A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  7. Types of Expansion Slots A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  8. The Electrical System (continued) A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  9. Instructions Stored on the Motherboard • ROM BIOS (most are flash ROM) • System BIOS • Startup BIOS • CMOS setup • Motherboard BIOS supports ACPI, APM, and Plug and Play technologies A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  10. ROM BIOS Chip A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  11. Motherboard Configuration Settings • CMOS chip • Stores setup (configuration) information • Powered by a battery on motherboard when power is off • Setup information can also be set by jumpers and DIP switches A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  12. CMOS Configuration Chip A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  13. Setting Jumpers A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  14. Using DIP Switches A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  15. Chapter 2 How Hardware and Software Work Together

  16. OS as a Middleman A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  17. The Shell and the Kernel A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  18. Common Operating Systems • DOS • Windows 9x • Windows NT, Windows 2000, andWindows XP • Unix • Linux • OS/2 • Mac OS A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  19. Tracks, Sectors, and Clusters A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  20. Files and Directories A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  21. Partitions and Logical Drives A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  22. How an OS Uses Device Drivers to Manage Hardware • Device drivers provide OS with software necessary to control devices • 16-bit real-mode drivers • Supported by Windows 95/98 • 32-bit protected-mode drivers • Supported by Windows 95/98, Windows Me, and Windows NT/2000/XP A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  23. OS Tools to Examine a System • Device Manager • System Information utility • Microsoft Diagnostic Utility (MSD) A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  24. Chapter 5 The Motherboard

  25. Typical AT Motherboard A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  26. Typical ATX Motherboard A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  27. CPU Heat Sinks and Cooling Fans A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  28. Combination Heat Sink and Cooling Fan A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  29. Hardware Configuration • Setup data stored by DIP switches • Setup data stored by jumpers • Setup data stored in CMOS memory A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  30. Setup Data Stored by DIP Switches A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  31. CMOS Setup Main Menu A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  32. CMOS Setup Boot Menu A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  33. Wire Connectors A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  34. Troubleshooting the Motherboard and CPU • Look for clues from POST • Reports errors as beep codes • Cautiously substitute good hardware components for those you suspect are bad. • Make Sure Power Supply is not bad!!! A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

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