Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Second Edition

Overview

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Mike Meyers, the leading authority on CompTIA A+ training and certification, has helped hundreds of thousands of people master CompTIA A+ PC technician skills-and now he can help you, too. Completely updated for the new CompTIA A+ standards, Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Second Edition will help you pass the CompTIA A+ certification exams and become an expert hardware technician. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:

• Work with CPUs, RAM, and motherboards
• Install, partition, and format hard drives
• Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies
• Install, upgrade, and troubleshoot Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP
• Install sound and video cards
• Manage printers and connect to networks
• Implement security measures
• Understand safety and environmental issues
• Establish good communication skills and adhere to privacy policies

The CD-ROM features:

• Eight full practice exams covering CompTIA A+ Essentials and Exams 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604
• One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Mike Meyers teaching key CompTIA A+ topics
• Electronic copy of the book
• Complete exam objective map for all four exams
• List of official CompTIA A+ acronyms
• Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians

Each chapter includes:

• Learning objectives
• Photographs and illustrations
• Real-world examples
• Try This! and Cross Check exercises
• Tech tips, notes, and warnings
• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Table of contents

Chapter 1: The Path of the PC Tech
Chapter 2: The Visible PC
Chapter 3: Microprocessors
Chapter 4: RAM
Chapter 5: BIOS and CMOS
Chapter 6: Expansion Bus
Chapter 7: Motherboards
Chapter 8: Power Supplies
Chapter 9: Hard Drive Technologies
Chapter 10: Implementing Hard Drives
Chapter 11: Removable Media
Chapter 12: Installing and Upgrading Windows
Chapter 13: Understanding Windows
Chapter 14: Working with the Command-Line Interface
Chapter 15: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Windows
Chapter 16: Input/Output
Chapter 17: Video
Chapter 18: Sound
Chapter 19: Portable Computing
Chapter 20: Printers
Chapter 21: Local Area Networking
Chapter 22: The Internet
Chapter 23: Computer Security
Chapter 24: The Complete PC Tech
APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE CD-ROM
APPENDIX B: MAPPING THE CompTIA A+ OBJECTIVES
GLOSSARY
INDEX

Biographical note

Mike Meyers, A+, Network+, MCP, is one of the industry's leading authorities on A+ certification. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA, and the United Nations. Mike is the bestselling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, which has sold 500,000 copies in five editions.