Mike Meyers' A+ Guide

Overview

Essential skills for IT professionals

Mike Meyers A+ Guide to PC Hardware Lab Manual, Second Edition features 40-plus lab exercises that challenge you to solve problems based on realistic case studies and step-by-step scenarios that require critical thinking. You'll also get post-lab observation questions that measure your understanding of lab results and key term quizzes that help build vocabulary.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the A+ Exams
Chapter 2: The Visible PC
Chapter 3: Understanding CPUs
Chatper 4: Understanding RAM
Chapter 5: Understanding BIOS and CMOS
Chapter 6: Understanding the Expansion Bus
Chapter 7: Understanding Motherboards
Chapter 8: Understanding Powering PCs
Chapter 9: Implementing Hard Drives
Chapter 10: Understanding Removable Media
Chapter 11: Installing and Upgrading Windows
Chapter 12: Understanding Windows
Chapter 13: Maintaining Windows
Chapter 14: Input/Output
Chapter 15: Understanding Video
Chapter 16: Portable Computing
Chapter 17: Understanding Printers
Chapter 18: Local Area Networking
Chapter 19: Computer Security
Chapter 20: The Complete PC Technician
INDEX

Biographical note

Mike Meyers is the industry's leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training. He is the president and 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.Dennis Haley is the administrator and an instructor for the E2C and Microsoft IT Academy programs at Polytech High School.