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Motherboard Maintenance
Motherboard Cleaning procedures
Troubleshooting and testing motherboards
Chapter 5 - The MEMORY
Types of Memory
Comparing different types of memory
Memory identification
Adding and Removing Memory
Memory packaging
Memory upgrading
Memory Maintenance
Memory cleaning procedures
Determine failed memory devices using memory diagnostics test
Troubleshooting RAM errors
Chapter 6 - STORAGE DEVICES
The HARD DRIVES
Types of hard drives
Hard drive manufacturers
Hard Drive Identification
Identifying drive capacity
Hard drive controllers
SATAIDE/SCSI cables
Hard drive configuration (Master/Slave layout)
Hard drive installation
Upgrading to large Hard-disks
Optimizing hard disk performance
Hard drive maintenance
Hard drives problems troubleshooting and repairing
Chapter 7 - OTHER DATA STORAGE DEVICES
CDROM drive
DVD/DVD+R/RW drive
CD-R drive
CD-RW drive
CD/DVD controllers
CD/DVD configuration (Master/Slave layout)
Chapter 8- PC Assembly/Disassembly
Static Electricity
Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
Radio Frequency Interference
AC Power
Spikes, Brownouts, Blackouts
UPS
Common errors occurring after PC Assembly
Properly assemble a Personal Computer
Properly disassemble a Personal Computer
Primary Partition
Extended Partition
Logical Drive
Volume
Preparing a brand new hard drive
Partitioning a Hard Drive
Formatting a Hard DriveStatic Electricity
Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
Radio Frequency Interference
AC Power
Spikes, Brownouts, Blackouts
UPS
Common errors occurring after PC Assembly
Properly assemble a Personal Computer
Properly disassemble a Personal Computer
Chapter 12 - BIOS/CMOS Management
BIOS
Function of a BIOS
Accessing CMOS Setup
Navigating and Changing CMOS values
Upgrading the BIOS
Troubleshooting system faults using POST
BIOS and POST codes
Using POST audio and Video error codes
Standard IBM POST error codes
Determining what POST can not test
Upgrading the BIOS
Chapter 13 - Advance PC HARDWARE Servicing
PC Troubleshooting strategy
Designing a troubleshooting methodology
Establishing where to begin the testing
Determining common causes of failures
Finding and isolating the board with the problem
Utilizing advance diagnostic programs to test for:
Solving Interrupt (IRQ) and I/O conflicts
MODULE 2 - ADVANCED PC SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION,
TROUBLESHOOTING & DATA RECOVERY
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Common Windows errors
Desktop Operating Systems
Network Operating Systems
Overview of Windows Operating System Windows Boot Process Windows
configuration files Windows core files Windows System Directories
Chapter 3 - Windows File Systems
FAT (File Allocation Table)
Types of File Systems (FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS4, NTFS5 & HPFS)
File System Care
Checking the drive for errors
Supported File Systems of different versions of Microsoft Windows
Chapter 4 - HARD DISK MANAGEMENT & CONFIGURATIONS
Hard disk configurations
Hard disk partition
Primary Partition
Extended Partition
Logical Drive
Volume
Preparing a brand new hard drive
Partitioning a Hard Drive
Formatting a Hard Drive
Deleting Hard Disk partitions
Hard Disk Diagnostic test
Repairing the Master Boot Record
Fixing a damaged partition table
Repairing Hard Disk with Bad Sectors
Low-level Formatting a drive
Chapter 5 - Operating System Installations and upgrades
Hardware requirements
Hardware compatibility
Common errors during installation
Installing Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
Chapter 6 - Hardware Device Driver Installation
What is a Device driver?
Function of a device driver
Determining hardware model & manufacturer Where to find Hardware drivers
Searching for drivers in the internet
Installing device drivers (Video card, LAN card, Modem, printers etc..)
Post-install operations
Chapter 7 - Software Installation
Software compatibility
Hardware requirements
Dealing with failed installation
Installation methods (Control Panel, Installer)
Installing Software (MS-Office, Anti-Virus, Network games programs etc..)
Software updates and Service packs
Uninstalling Software
Dealing with failed uninstallation
Manual Removal of installed Software
Chapter 8 - Virus Management: Detecting and Removing
What is a virus?
Types of virus