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Introduction | xiii | |
Self-Assessment | xxi | |
Chapter 1 | A+ Certification Exams | 1 |
The Test Site | 2 | |
Test Layout and Design | 3 | |
Take Your Test Seriously | 4 | |
Question-Handling Strategies | 5 | |
Additional Resources | 7 | |
Chapter 2 | Motherboards | 9 |
System Boards: A Brief History | 10 | |
Components of the Motherboard | 12 | |
Slots and Sockets | 17 | |
Power Supply | 20 | |
Expansion Bus Architecture | 21 | |
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) | 23 | |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) | 25 | |
PC Card (PCMCIA) | 30 | |
Practice Questions | 31 | |
Need to Know More? | 34 | |
Chapter 3 | Processors | 35 |
Central Processing Unit (CPU) | 36 | |
Processor Families | 38 | |
L-1 and L-2 Caches | 45 | |
Pentium Processors | 45 | |
AMD Processors | 51 | |
Practice Questions | 53 | |
Need to Know More? | 56 | |
Chapter 4 | Memory | 57 |
Conceptual Overview | 58 | |
Read-Only Memory (ROM) | 59 | |
A RAM Game | 62 | |
Cache Memory | 64 | |
Memory Pages | 66 | |
Types of RAM | 67 | |
Packaging Modules | 72 | |
Memory Diagnostics--Parity | 75 | |
Practice Questions | 79 | |
Need to Know More? | 82 | |
Chapter 5 | Peripherals: Input Devices | 83 |
Interrupt Requests (IRQs) | 84 | |
Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channels | 87 | |
IRQs, DMA, and I/O Ports | 88 | |
Basic Electronics | 93 | |
Keyboards | 96 | |
Mice and Trackballs | 97 | |
Modems | 99 | |
Scanners | 101 | |
Practice Questions | 105 | |
Need to Know More? | 109 | |
Chapter 6 | Peripherals: Storage Devices | 111 |
Floppy Disks | 112 | |
Floppy Drive Components | 113 | |
Floppy Drive Configuration | 116 | |
Controllers | 117 | |
Fixed Disks/Hard Drives | 118 | |
Hard Drive Controllers | 121 | |
ATA Interface | 121 | |
Hard Drive Configuration | 127 | |
Removable Media and Drives | 128 | |
Flash Memory | 129 | |
Optical Storage | 131 | |
Practice Questions | 136 | |
Need to Know More? | 139 | |
Chapter 7 | Peripherals: Output Devices | 141 |
Transient vs. Final Output | 142 | |
Video Displays | 143 | |
Standard VGA | 145 | |
SVGA and UVGA | 146 | |
Screen Size | 147 | |
Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) | 152 | |
Printers | 156 | |
Dot Matrix | 159 | |
Printer Problems | 160 | |
Fonts | 163 | |
Laser Printers | 166 | |
Paper Feed Process | 173 | |
Practice Questions | 175 | |
Need to Know More? | 178 | |
Chapter 8 | Networking | 179 |
Chaining Devices | 180 | |
SCSI Interface | 181 | |
Universal Serial Bus (USB) | 183 | |
Plug and Play (PnP) | 187 | |
IEEE 1394 | 188 | |
Networking Overview | 189 | |
Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) | 190 | |
Token Ring (IEEE 802.5) | 193 | |
Bridges and Routers | 194 | |
The Internet | 197 | |
Practice Questions | 201 | |
Need to Know More? | 204 | |
Chapter 9 | Cables and Connectors | 205 |
Basic I/O Interfaces | 206 | |
Parallel (LPT) Ports: 8 Bits Across | 208 | |
Serial (COM) Ports: 1 Bit after Another | 210 | |
Network Cables and Connectors | 212 | |
Practice Questions | 217 | |
Need to Know More? | 220 | |
Chapter 10 | DOS | 221 |
Operating Systems | 222 | |
DOS | 223 | |
The Command Interpreter | 228 | |
COMMAND.COM | 232 | |
The Environment | 234 | |
Logical Formatting and Partitions: FDISK | 238 | |
FORMAT.COM | 243 | |
File Systems | 245 | |
File Management | 249 | |
DEFRAG.EXE | 254 | |
File Names | 256 | |
DOS Commands | 259 | |
The Path | 261 | |
The DIR Command: File Searches | 263 | |
Operating Systems vs. Shells | 267 | |
Batch Files | 270 | |
Practice Questions | 274 | |
Need to Know More? | 278 | |
Chapter 11 | Booting, Windows 3.11, and Memory | 279 |
Booting and System Files | 280 | |
The CONFIG.SYS File | 285 | |
MSDOS.SYS | 289 | |
Beep Codes | 290 | |
The Bootable Disk | 291 | |
Windows | 294 | |
Starting 16-Bit Windows | 304 | |
WIN.COM | 307 | |
Windows 3.x Core Files | 309 | |
Initialization (INI) Files | 310 | |
PROGMAN.INI | 313 | |
Memory | 315 | |
HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE | 324 | |
Virtual Device Drivers (VxDs) | 331 | |
An Example CONFIG.SYS File | 333 | |
Practice Questions | 338 | |
Need to Know More? | 342 | |
Chapter 12 | Windows 95, 98, and ME | 343 |
Supplemental Releases | 345 | |
FAT32 | 346 | |
Windows 9x vs. Windows 3.x | 347 | |
The Registry | 350 | |
REGEDIT.EXE | 356 | |
Installing Windows 95, 98, and ME | 358 | |
Installation Phases | 359 | |
Installation Log Files | 364 | |
Starting Windows 9x | 366 | |
Start Sequence | 369 | |
Final Steps to Loading Windows 9x | 370 | |
Loading Device Drivers | 371 | |
Useful Extra Utilities | 373 | |
Startup Menu (F8) and Safe Mode | 374 | |
The Installable File System (IFS) Manager | 378 | |
Reports and Utilities | 383 | |
Windows 98 | 385 | |
Windows ME | 391 | |
Practice Questions | 393 | |
Need to Know More? | 396 | |
Chapter 13 | Windows NT and Windows 2000 | 397 |
Multitasking | 398 | |
The Origins of Windows NT | 398 | |
NT Versions 3.1 and 4.0 | 399 | |
Version Convergence | 400 | |
The Interface | 401 | |
NT Workstation and NT Server | 405 | |
The NT Registry | 405 | |
NT Networking | 406 | |
User Accounts | 411 | |
Starting Windows NT | 415 | |
NT File System (NTFS) | 417 | |
NT Disk Administration | 418 | |
Troubleshooting Tools | 423 | |
NT Error Messages | 426 | |
Windows 2000 | 428 | |
Active Directory | 432 | |
Windows 2000 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting | 434 | |
Practice Questions | 441 | |
Need to Know More? | 444 | |
Chapter 14 | Troubleshooting | 445 |
Boot Problems | 446 | |
Hardware Problems | 448 | |
Startup Problems | 450 | |
Diagnostics Tools | 451 | |
Connectivity Problems | 456 | |
Viruses | 459 | |
Practice Questions | 462 | |
Need to Know More? | 465 | |
Chapter 15 | Sample Test | 467 |
Chapter 16 | Answer Key | 489 |
Glossary | 507 | |
Index | 521 |
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