A+ Guide to Hardware, International Edition (with Printed Access Card) - Softcover

Andrews, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133135374 ISBN 13: 9781133135371

Publisher: Course Technology, 2013

Synopsis

This step-by-step, highly visual text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to managing and maintaining computer hardware. Written by best-selling author and educator Jean Andrews, A+ GUIDE TO HARDWARE, International Edition closely integrates the CompTIA A+ Exam objectives to prepare you for the hardware portions of the 220-801 and 220-802 certification exams. The new Sixth Edition also features extensive updates to reflect current technology, techniques, and industry standards in the dynamic, fast-paced field of PC repair. Each chapter covers both core concepts and advanced topics, organizing material to facilitate practical application and encourage you to learn by doing. Supported by a wide range of supplemental resources to enhance learning--including innovative tools, interactive exercises and activities, and online study guides--this proven text offers an ideal way to prepare you for success as a professional PC repair technician.

About this title

Review:

1. Working Inside a Computer. 2. All about Motherboards. 3. Supporting Processors and Memory. 4. Suppporting Hard Drives. 5. Installing and Supporting I/O and Storage Devices. 6. Satisfying Customer Needs. 7. Troubleshooting Hardware Startup. 8. Supproting Network Connections. 9. Networking Types, Devices, and Cables. 10. Supporting Laptops. 11. Supporting Printers. Appendix A: Keystroke Shortcuts in Windows. Appendix B: CompTIA A+ Acronyms.

About the Author:

Jean Andrews has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry as well as more than 13 years of teaching in the college classroom. She has worked in a variety of businesses where she's designed, written, and supported application software. She has also managed a computer repair help desk and handled troubleshooting for wide area networks. Ms. Andrews has written numerous books on software, hardware and the Internet. In addition to this bestselling A+ GUIDE TO IT TECHNICAL SUPPORT, she's written the A+ GUIDE TO HARDWARE: MANAGING, MAINTAINING AND TROUBLESHOOTING. She lives in north Georgia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Course Technology
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133135374
• ISBN 13: 9781133135371
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 768