CompTIA A+ Certification Training Course Outline Introduction to Computer Subsystems 01 Introduction to course 02 Module Objectives 03 What is a Computer 04 3 Stages of Computing 05 Input Stage 06 Processing 07 Output 08 Storage 09 Connections 10 The Motherboard 11 Power Systems 12 Review 13 Data 14 Communication 15 Bits 16 Bytes 17 Speed of Communication 18 IRQ 19 Review 20 Conclusion Computer Assembly and Disassembly 01 Introduction 02 Preparation 03 PC Repair Tools 04 Starting the Disassembly 05 Diagram the Parts 06 Remove the Boards 07 Remove the Drives 08 Motherboard Connections 09 Remove the Motherboard 10 Reassemble 11 Connectors 12 Installing the Motherboard 13 Motherboard Connectors 14 Installing the Drives 15 Installing the Boards 16 Finishing the Installation 17 Conclusion Motherboards 01 Introduction 02 What is a Motherboard 03 Bus Subsystem 04 Types of Buses 05 Bios 06 ROM Bios 07 Chip Sets 08 Review 09 Considerations 10 Conclusion The Central Processing Unit 01 Introduction 02 What is the CPU 03 The CPU 04 Arithmetic Logic Units 05 Math Coprocessor 06 Internal Cache 07 Registers 08 Speed of CPU 09 Quiz 10 Clock Speed 11 Front Side Bus Speed 12 CPU Considerations 13 Intel Processors 14 The XT 15 The 286 16 The 386 17 The 486 18 The Pentium 19 The Pentium Pro 20 Pentium MMX 21 The Pentium II 22 The Celeron 23 Xeon 24 Pentium III 25 Pentium IV 26 Review of Processors 27 Multiprocessing 28 Clustering 29 Review of Terms 30 Conclusion Computer Memory 01 Introduction 02 What is Memory 03 Memory 04 Types of Memory 05 Volatile Memory 06 Read Only Memory 07 ROM in Motherboard 08 ROM in Adapter Cards 09 Flash ROM 10 DRAM 11 Types of DRAM 12 SRAM 13 Cache Memory 14 L1 Cache Memory 15 L2 Cache 16 Review 17 Access Speed 18 Memory and Performance 19 Installing Memory 20 Conclusion Hard Disks 01 Introduction 02 Data Storage 03 How a Hard Disk Works 03 Review 04 Sectors and Tracks 05 Low Level Formatting 05 Review 06 Partitions 07 Primary and Extended 08 High Level Formatting 09 File Allocation Table 10 Fragmentation 11 Performance and Reliability 12 Seek Time 13 Latency 14 Rotational Speed 15 Transfer Rate 16 Reliability 17 Storage Interface 18 Enhanced IDE 19 SCSI 20 Fibre Channel 22 RAID 23 Stripped Disks 24 Mirrored Disks 25 RAID 5 26 Hardware - Software RAID 27 Conclusion Expansion Buses 01 Introduction to Buses 02 Statement of Problem 03 The System Bus 04 Connections to the Bus 05 Bus Path 06 Bus Speed 07 Expansion Buses 08 Review 09 Reason for interfaces 10 System Bus 11 ISA 12 Disadvantages of ISA 13 MCA 14 EISA 15 VL Local Bus 16 PCI 17 AGP 18 PC Card 19 USB 20 FireWire 21 Benefits of Bus types 22 Disadvantages of Bus types 23 Conclusion Printers 01 Introduction 02 Printer Technologies 03 Impact Printers 04 Dot Matrix Printers 05 Ink Jet Printers 06 Cost of Ink Jets 07 Laser Printers 08 How Laser Printers Work 09 the paper assembly 10 Toner Cartridge 11 Laser Scanning Assembly 12 The transfer corona 13 Fuser 14 Circuitry 15 High voltage power supply 16 Review of components 17 mechanics of laser printing 18 Communicating 19 Processing 20 Rasterization 21 Drum Cleaning 22 Charging the corona 23 Imaging the drum 24 Developing 25 Transfering 26 Fusing 27 Review 28 Factors to consider 29 Users Printing Needs 30 Conclusion Monitors 01 Introduction 02 Display Technologies 03 The CRT display 04 How CRT works 05 CRT Factors 06 Monitor Size 07 Monitor Resolution 08 Dot pitch 09 Refresh Rate 10 Review 11 LCD Displays 12 Benefits of LCD 13 Disadvantages of LCD 14 LCD considerations 15 Conclusion Introduction to Operating Systems 01 Introduction 02 The Operating System 03 Graphical Interface 04 Desktop 05 Icons on Desktop 06 Customizing the Desktop 07 Task Bar and Start Menu 08 Customizing Shortcuts 09 Start Menu 10 Points to keep in mind 11 Explorer 12 File Management 13 Control Panel 14 Device Manager 15 Network Connections 16 Review 17 Conclusion Fundamental Concepts of Networking 01 Welcome to the Course 02 Module Objectives 03 The Need for Information 04 The Computer Network 05 Networking Configurations 06 Peer-to-Peer Networks 07 Advantages of Peer-to-Peer 08 Client/Server Networks 09 Servers 10 Server Software 11 Specialized Servers 12 Review of Configurations 13 Review of Servers 14 Parts of a Typical Network 15 Network Hardware 16 The Hub 17 Passive Hubs 18 Active Hubs 19 Intelligent Hubs 20 Network Cabling 21 Network Software 22 Review of Network Parts 23 Network Topology 24 Bus Topology 25 Bus Topology Advantages 26 Bus Disadvantages 27 Star Topology 28 Disadvantages of Star Topology 29 Ring Topology 30 The Token 31 Advantages of Ring Topology 32 Mesh Topology 33 Review of Network Topology 34 Conclusion Network Hardware 01 Introduction 02 How data moves 03 Installing a network card 04 Updated Drivers 05 Resources 06 I/O address 07 Installing network adapter 08 Repeaters 09 Hubs 10 What is a Hub? 11 Advantages of using a hub 12 Passive Hubs 13 Active Hubs 14 Intelligent Hubs 15 Bridges 16 Routers 17 Gateway 18 Conclusion Network Cables 01 Introduction 02 Coaxial Cable 03 The RG family of cables 04 Installation 05 Types of coaxial cable 06 Parts of a Thinnet network 07 Thickness uses N-connect 08 Twisted-Pair Cable 09 UTP Cable 10 UTP Categories 11 Connectors for UTP 12 Fiber-Optic Cable 13 Comparison of Cable Media 14 Choosing the correct cable 15 IBM Cabling 16 IBM Cabling Types 17 Wireless Media 18 Radio 19 Microwave 20 Infrared 21 Conclusion Network Architecture 01 Introduction 02 Ethernet 03 10BASE2 04 10BASE5 05 10BASE-T 06 10BASE-FL 07 100VG-AnyLAN 08 100BASE-X 09 Token Ring 10 TOKEN-RING Data Frame 11 ARCNet 12 FDDI 13 Apple Talk 14 Conclusion Wide Area Networks 01 Introduction 02 Analog Transmission 03 Dial-Up Service 04 Leased Line 05 Choosing Dial-up 06 Digital Connections 07 Digital Data Service 08 Switched 56 09 X.25 10 ISDN 11 ISDN 2 12 Frame Relay 13 T-Carrier Lines 14 T1 Lines 15 ATM 16 ADSL 17 Cable Modems 18 Conclusion Network Troubleshooting 01 Introduction 02 Steps to Troubleshooting 03 Troubleshooting Tools 04 Protocol analyzers 05 Digital Volt Meter 06 Time-Domain Reflectometer 07 Oscilloscope 08 Common Network Problem 09 Network Cards 10 Broadcast Storms 11 Cabling 12 HUBs and MSAUs 13 Repeaters,Bridges,Rounter 14 Troubleshooting Network 15 Software Tools 16 Source of Information 17 Technical Support 18 Web Sites 19 User groups 20 Periodicals 21 Conclusion Disaster Recovery 01 Introduction 02 The need to protect data 03 Backup Strategy 04 Backup Hardware 05 Type of Backup Hardware 06 Location of Data 07 Server Backup 08 Workstations Backup 09 Multiple Server Backup 10 Extent of Backup 11 Frequency of Backup 12 Backup Log 13 UPS 14 What to look for in a UPS 15 Configure the UPS 16 UPS Characteristics 17 Recovering system failure 18 Using RAID 19 RAID 0 20 RAID 1 21 Disk Duplexing 22 RAID 2 23 RAID 3 24 RAID 4 25 RAID 5 26 Sector Sparing 27 Disk Manager Snap-in 28 Virus Protection 29 Anti Virus Software 30 Limit External Access 31 Conclusion Setup Windows XP 01 Starting Setup 02 Setup Screen 03 License Agreement 04 Language Options 05 Upgrading to NTFS 06 Copying Files 07 Restart Computer 08 Rebooting 09 Setup Tasks 10 Regional Settings 11 Personalize Installation 12 Computer Name 13 Display Settings 14 Data and Time 15 Connecting to a Network 16 Detect Network 17 Custom Network Settings 18 Network Components 19 Join a Domain 20 Completing the Setup 21 Finished Setting Up 22 Conclusion Hardware Settings 01 Objectives 02 Plug and Play 03 Hardware Tools 04 The Hardware Tab 05 The Add Hardware Wizard 06 Manually Adding a Device 07 Device Manager 08 Layout of Device Manager 09 System Resources 10 Adjusting Device Properties 11 The Advanced Tab 12 The Driver Tab 13 Resource Tab 14 Hardware Profiles 15 What are Hardware Profiles 16 Using Hardware Profiles 17 Hardware Profiles Windows 18 Copying Hardware Profiles 19 Renaming a Profile 20 Disabling a Device 21 Driver Signing 22 Conclusion Monitoring Performance 01 Objectives 02 Introduction 03 Performance Monitor Tools 04 Performance Planning 05 Frequency of Monitoring 06 Choosing what to monitor 07 Remote Monitoring 08 System Monitor 09 Starting System Monitor 10 Using System Monitor 11 Adding Counters 12 Viewing Counters 13 Different Views 14 Setting Properties 15 Performance Logs and Alert 16 Adding Log Counters 17 Log File Specifications 18 Reading a Log File 19 Alerts 20 Setting the Alert 21 Analyzing Performance 22 Solving Problems 23 Strategy for Tuning 24 Tunning Recommendations 25 Conclusion The Registry 01 Objectives 02 Statement of Problem 03 Benefits of the Registry 04 Drawbacks of the Registry 05 Configuring the Registry 06 How the Registry is Used 07 Managing the Registry 08 Registry Precautions 09 Registry Structure 10 Subtree Exercise 11 Keys 12 Value Entries 13 HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE 14 Review 15 Review Parts of the Registry 16 Conclusion	CompTIA A+ Certification Training Package: 2 CD ROMs (Hands On) 20+Training Modules Practice Questions 50 Hours of High Quality Interactive Training 30 Day Money Back Guarantee $99.00- View Course Outline View Screen Shots of Lessons Try a Free Course Questions ? 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