A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide (2nd Edition) - Hardcover

Moulton, Pete

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130652032 ISBN 13: 9780130652034

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2002

Synopsis

Offering hands-on performance-based exercises, real-life PC troubleshooting and repair scenarios, and hundreds of sample test questions, this complete test-preparation handbook covers the fundamentals of PC configuration, installation, and upgrading; troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair techniques; PC components; and other essentials. (Advanced)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Written by the team who trained 1200 Compaq employees for the A+ exam!

Covers the new 2001 Core A+ and Windows modules!

• A great A+ prep guide and an outstanding on-the-job tech reference!
• Best practices for PC configuration, installation, upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Up-to-the-minute coverage: Pentium 4, Itanium, FireWire, USB, Windows Me/2000, flat panel monitors, and more
• Includes even more sample test questions—and carefully explained answers

A great A+ study guide and a great technician's reference in one book!

A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide, Second Edition is more than a great A+ exam preparation guide: it's an outstanding day-to-day reference for every PC technician and support professional—regardless of experience! Top A+ trainers Pete Moulton and The Moulton Company cover every objective required by the January 2001 update of both CompTIA's A+ exams and present more useful information—and more challenging sample questions—than ever before!

• All the basics of configuring, installing, upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting PCs
• Up-to-the-minute coverage of all key PC components such as motherboards, CPUs, and memory
• Powerful new technologies: Pentium 4, Itanium, USB, FireWire, flat panel monitors, and more
• Windows 9x/Me/2000 fundamentals, architecture, configuration, and more
• Networking, notebook PCs, printers, and much more

A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide, Second Edition delivers practical, real-world coverage of every new A+ exam objective—with more sample exam questions, more detailed answers, and complete "study break" reinforcement sections in every chapter. Use it to get certified fast... then, refer to it every day, for the accurate, concise solutions you need to succeed as a technical professional!

From the Inside Flap:

Preface

This book is the work of the team at The Moulton Company. Without the writing of Jeremy Moulton and Phil Crouse and the help of Jason Moulton, Julie Labra, Melissa Clawson, Phil Lowry and Drew Thomason the book would not have been completed. Each played an important role.

As for the final book itself, Jeremy covered Windows 95 and NT, Phil Crouse covered customer service, Jason did Internet research, and Pete worked it all into a single book. Jeremy, Jason and Pete all have A+ Certifications. The basic materials were developed from the PC Troubleshooting course attended by thousands of PC administrators and technical support personnel and taught by the people working at Moulton, Minasi & Company in the 1980s. Pete's troubleshooting experiences and mistakes made back at the dawn of IBM PC time (1981) when he began selling and building PC's also contributed to the content. Jeremy started his PC experience with Apple II PCs, and Jason teaches a network server repair and maintenance class for Compaq.

The people at Prentice-Hall publishers including Mary Franz, Miles Williams, Jim Markham, Kathleen Caren, and others have made this process as painless as it can be. They are largely responsible for keeping and improving some of the tidbits of nerd humor found throughout the book.

We hope you enjoy this book and find it a useful reference even after you have achieved your A+ certification. —Pete and Jeremy

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130652032
• ISBN 13: 9780130652034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1094