The A+ Exams Guide: (Exam 220-301), (Exam 220-302) (TestTakers Guides)

Chapter 2: Motherboards, Power, BIOS, and Expansion Buses

Figure 2.1: Baby AT (Socket 7) motherboard and components.

Figure 2.2: ATX (Slot 1) motherboard and its components.

Figure 2.3: P9 and P8 power supply connector wiring.

Figure 2.4: Baby AT motherboard.

Figure 2.5: ATX Motherboard

Chapter 3: Processors and Cache

Figure 3.1: Processor liquid cooling process

Chapter 4: Understanding Memory

Figure 4.1: A 30-pin SIMM (memory module).

Figure 4.2: A 72-pin SIMM (memory module).

Figure 4.3: A 168-pin DIMM (memory module).

Figure 4.4: A Small-Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (SODIMM).

Figure 4.5: A Micro Dual Inline Memory Module (MicroDIMM).

Figure 4.6: A Rambus Inline Memory Module (RIMM).

Figure 4.7: A memory module.

Figure 4.8: A memory module.

Figure 4.9: A memory module.

Figure 4.10: A memory module.

Figure 4.11: A memory module.

Figure 4.12: A memory module.

Chapter 5: System Resources and Input Devices

Figure 5.1: Eight-bit byte and base 2 increments.

Figure 5.2: Windows 2000 display of IRQ settings.

Figure 5.3: Windows 2000 Direct Memory Access (DMA) assignments.

Chapter 6: Basic Output Devices

Figure 6.1: Representation of a triad pixel element.

Figure 6.2: Windows 2000 Display Properties window

Figure 6.3: Windows Energy Star Compliance logo.

Figure 6.4: Windows print queue with print jobs waiting to print.

Figure 6.5: The electrophotographic (EP) laser printing process.

Chapter 7: Storage Devices and Interfaces

Figure 7.1: A single side of a platter sector and track.

Figure 7.2: A hard drive with built-in connectors.

Figure 7.3: A Serial ATA cable.

Figure 7.4: Serial ATA motherboard connections.

Chapter 8: Cables, Connectors, and Ports

Figure 8.1: ATX form factor and external ports.

Figure 8.2: A parallel printer cable.

Figure 8.3: Male and female DB 9-pin and DB 25-pin serial connectors.

Figure 8.4: A 5-pin DIN and 6-pin mini-DIN connector.

Figure 8.5: A typical Type A USB connector.

Figure 8.6: A FireWire connector.

Figure 8.7: Basic SCSI connectors and their pin configurations.

Figure 8.8: A BNC and BNC T-connector.

Figure 8.9: An RJ-11 connector.

Figure 8.10: An RJ-45 connector.

Figure 8.11: A basic wireless network.

Figure 8.12: 802.1X wireless authentication.

Chapter 9: Basic Networking

Figure 9.1: A bus topology network.

Figure 9.2: A star topology network.

Figure 9.3: A ring topology network.

Chapter 10: Operating System Fundamentals and DOS

Figure 10.1: Checking the version of Windows in System Properties.

Figure 10.2: Checking the Windows version at a Windows 2000 command prompt.

Figure 10.3: Windows 9.x display of file attributes.

Figure 10.4: The /? switch results displayed at a Windows 2000 command prompt.

Figure 10.5: MS-DOS prompt Advanced Program Settings.

Figure 10.6: The results of SYSEDIT in Windows 2000.

Chapter 11: Windows 9.x

Figure 11.1: The Windows 9.x Registry.

Figure 11.2: System Monitor.

Figure 11.3: Windows Task Manager.

Figure 11.4: Windows 9.x Device Manager.

Figure 11.5: Windows 9.x Display Properties settings window.

Figure 11.6: Graphics Adapter Properties window.

Figure 11.7: Windows 9.x virtual memory settings.

Figure 11.8: The Disk Cleanup window.

Figure 11.9: Add/Remove Programs Properties window.

Figure 11.10: Network configuration window for Windows 9.x.

Chapter 12: Windows NT

Figure 12.1: The Startup/Shutdown tab of the System Properties window.

Figure 12.2: Windows NT Registry Editor displaying subkeys and values.

Figure 12.3: The Windows NT User Manager.

Figure 12.4: Sharing a folder in Windows NT.

Figure 12.5: Windows NT Security Tab.

Figure 12.6: Windows NT Disk Administrator.

Chapter 13: Windows 2000

Figure 13.1: Choosing a default OS in the Startup and Recovery window.

Figure 13.2: The Driver Signing Options window.

Figure 13.3: The Computer Management window.

Figure 13.4: The Windows 2000 Backup utility.

Figure 13.5: Setting compression and encryption attributes.

Figure 13.6: The Add Printer Wizard suggesting a manual printer installation.

Chapter 14: Windows Me

Figure 14.1: Windows Me Display Properties applet.

Figure 14.2: Windows Me System Configuration Utility.

Figure 14.3: Windows Me System Restore—Restore Point selection applet.

Figure 14.4: Windows Me System Properties applet—Hardware Profiles tab.

Figure 14.5: Windows Me Password Properties User Profiles tab.

Figure 14.6: Windows Me users Personalized Items Settings selection.

Figure 14.7: Windows Me dial-up networking connection properties Networking tab.

Figure 14.8: Windows Me Network Configuration tab.

Figure 14.9: Windows Me Internet Explorer Security Settings window.

Chapter 15: Windows XP

Figure 15.1: The Windows XP Upgrade Advisor: updating the setup files.

Figure 15.2: The enhanced Driver tab featuring the new Roll Back Driver.

Figure 15.3: Enabling Auditing with Local Security Policies.

Figure 15.4: The Network Setup Wizard.

Figure 15.5: Enabling Internet Connection Firewall.

Figure 15.6: Pinging localhost (127.0.0.1).