Computer Hardware Technician

Module-1 “PC Components and Functions”

After completion of this module the trainee will

be able to:
Apply theoretical knowledge gain on PC Hardware
components & functions to practical situations.

By
S.Lankeswaran, BSc. in CS
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 System case

• Parts of the system case

• Styles and sizes
• Form factor
• Case switches
• Case LEDs
• Drive bays. Go to
System Case

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 Power Supply Unit
• External power
• Power supply unit
• Types
• Power exhauster Fans
• Power pin voltages
• Wire colour code
Go to
PSU

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 Motherboard & system devices
• Motherboard parts
• Integrated components
• System chipset
• System buses
• System BIOS
• System cache
• System resources.
• Slots
• Ports

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 The Microprocessor
• Digital logic
• Physical characteristics
• Architecture
• Operation
• Families
• Speed
• Types
• Pin numbering

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 System Memory
• Memory technology Types
• Speed
• Access and timing
• DRAM & RDRAM technology
• Size and packaging
• Errors detection & correction
• Logical memory layout
• SD RAM, DDR RAM
• Capacities
• Sharing Memory
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 Display Cards
• Video system interfaces
• Video modes
• Resolution and color
• Video memory
• Speed and technology
• Video display standards
• 3D video acceleration
• Full motion video
• Card performance
• Accelerated graphic
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 Visual Display Units
• Construction and operation
• Resolution
• Color and refresh
• Monitor size
• Monitor power
• Safety
• LCD technology

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 Harddisk Drive
1. Brief history
2. Operational overview
3. Platters and media
4. Read write heads
5. Read write head operation and
technology
6. Hard disk head sliders
7. Arms and actuators
8. Spindle motor
9. Hard disk connectors and jumpers
10.Hard disk cache
11.Hard disk packaging and mounting
12.Data encoding and decoding
13.Tracks Cylinders and sectors
14.Formatting and capacity
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1. Disk quality and reliability
2. SCSI disks
3. RAID technology
4. BIOS and hard disk
5. Hard disk size barriers
6. Overcoming BIOS disk size barriers
7. Hard disk interfaces and configuration
8. Operating systems and file systems
9. PC file system
10.Disk structure and boot process
11.FAT
12.Clusters and file allocation
13.Partitioning, disk compression
14.New Technology File System (NTFS)
 Floppy Disk Drive
• Construction and operation
• Disk formats and logical structures
• Disk interface and configuration

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 CD/ DVD Drive
• Construction and operation
• Compact disk media
• Formats
• CD-R
• CD-RW
• CD-ROM performance and reliability
• CD-ROM interface and configuration
• DVD Technology
• DVD family and DVD formats.

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