Overview
Main description
Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career
Written by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass CompTIA A+ exam 220-801 and become an expert PC technician. Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Guide to 801: Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Fourth Edition is completely up to date with the new CompTIA A+ standards. Inside, you’ll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. End-of-chapter solutions and answers are only available to instructors and do not appear in the book.
Learn how to:
- Work with CPUs, RAM, BIOS settings, motherboards, power supplies, and other PC components
- Work with PCs safely using the proper tools
- Install and configure hard drives
- Manage input devices and removable media
- Install video and multimedia cards
- Install and configure wired and wireless networks
- Connect to the Internet
- Manage and maintain portable PCs
- Install, configure, and manage printers
- Protect your PC and your network
- Build and customize specialized PCs
Electronic content features:
- Practice exams for 801 with hundreds of questions
- An “Introduction to CompTIA A+” video by Mike Meyers
- Links to Mike’s latest favorite shareware and freeware PC tools and utilities
- Adobe Digital Editions eBook—free download (subject to Adobe system requirements)
Each chapter includes:
- Learning objectives
- Photographs and illustrations
- Real-world examples
- Try This! and Cross Check exercises
- Key terms highlighted
- Tech Tips, Notes, and Warnings
- Exam Tips
- End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Path of the PC Tech
Chapter 2: Operational Procedures
Chapter 3: The Visible PC
Chapter 4: Visible Networks
Chapter 5: Microprocessors
Chapter 6: RAM
Chapter 7: BIOS
Chapter 8: Motherboards
Chapter 9: Power Supplies
Chapter 10: Hard Drive Technologies
Chapter 11: Removable Media
Chapter 12: Input Devices
Chapter 13: Video Hardware
Chapter 14: Local Area Networking
Chapter 15: Wireless Networking Components and Standards
Chapter 16: The Internet
Chapter 17: Multimedia
Chapter 18: Portable Computing
Chapter 19: Printer Technologies and Installation
Chapter 20: Securing Computers
Chapter 21: The Right PC for you
Glossary
Appendices
Appendix A: Mapping to the CompTIA A+ Objectives
Appendix B: About the CD
Author comments
Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, MCP, is the industry’s leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and the bestselling author of seven editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. He is the president of founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.
