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Lecture Notes

UNIT 1:

American Megatrends

Busses: Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)

General Symptoms

PCI Symptoms.

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

UNIT 2:

Architectural performance features

CISC Vs RISC CPU – Processor speed

CMOS Maintenance and Troubleshooting

CMOS: The Role of CMOS

UNIT 3:

Drive Power modes – Drive Installation/ replacement Guidelines

Keyboard Interfaces - Keyboard Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Keyboards: Keyboard Basics

Platters and media

UNIT 4:

Monitor specifications and Characteristics – CRT – Pixels and Resolution –

Troubleshooting a Color Monitor

Understanding active motherboards

Motherboard Troubleshooting: Active, Passive and Modular

UNIT 5:

USB Troubleshooting

Inside a sound Board

USB Devices

Microphone Types