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System Timer
Reserved for the system and can't be changed by the user. |
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Keyboard
Reserved for the system and can't be altered even if no keyboard is present or needed. |
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| COM 2 (Default) COM 4 (User) |
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| COM 1 (Default) COM 3 (User) |
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| Sound card (sound blaster pro or later) or LPT2 (User) |
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| LPT 1 (Parallel Port) or sound card (8-bit Sound blaster and compatibles) |
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| Free / Open interrupt / Available / SCSI |
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| Free / Open interrupt / Available / SCSI |
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| PS/2 connector Mouse / If no PS/2 connector mouse is used, this can be used for other peripherals |
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Math co-processor
Can't be changed |
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Primary IDE
If no Primary IDE, this can be changed |
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| What computer part affects all other parts? |
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| When replacing a processor, what documentation should you look at? |
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What costs more, having less RAM expansion slots or more? |
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| Less slots because to upgrade in RAM, it will cost more for the RAM sticks to get to that point. The more RAM slots you have, the less it costs to get to the point that you want it to. |
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| Can all power supplies handle anything that we want to add to the computer? |
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No, as you add more, you must upgrade the power supply to get more power so that everything can run. |
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| If you want to play games on your computer, what device would you want to upgrade? |
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| What card slot is being phased out that you use for graphics? |
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| What is it being replaced with? |
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What is the bandwidth for this new slot?
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| In January a new version of this expansion slot came out, what was it called? |
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| What company created this new expansion slot? |
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| A good system will do the following to keep itself cool? |
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| Up the fan speed, BIOS may be able to respond to the cooling issues, and it may auto-turn off to protect itself. |
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| What happens if you forget to use thermal grease when installing a new processor? |
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| It's not going to transfer the heat away from the CPU very well. |
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| When installing drives, what do jumpers do? |
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| A short length of conductor used to close a break in or bypass part of an electrical circuit. |
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| When upgrading, which devices would you have to go into the BIOS and change settings? |
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| If you change out your hard drive, which devices will you have to make sure are compatible? |
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1) OS 2) Hard drive 3) Motherboard 4) Cables 5) Power supply |
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| After reinstalling the OS, if your computer still tries to continually reboot, what should you do? |
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| If your CPU fan fails, what can and usually will happen? |
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You could have CPU damage and an Unstable system. |
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| If someone set the BIOS password and you do not know the password, what do you do? |
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| Pull the CMOS battery and leave it out for a few minutes so that the BIOS resets. |
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| Which components must function properly to pass the POST test? |
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1) Hard drive 2) Video card 3) CPU 4) RAM |
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| Interrupt Request. A phrase used to refer to either the act of interrupting the bus lines used to signal an interrupt. |
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| What are I/O addresses used for? |
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Input/Output addresses. Specific area of memory that a component uses to communicate with the system. |
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| How are I/O addresses different from IRQs? |
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| I/O's are Hexed and IRQ is just a number. |
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| Show me the IRQ for your network card? |
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Direct memory access. A feature of modern computer that allows certain hardware subsystems within the computer to access system memory for reading and/or writing independently of the central processing unit. |
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What is a resource conflict? |
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| When a program uses a lot of the virtual memory that another program needs |
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| What devices does Window automatically recognize? |
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| An application debugger included with the operating system. |
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| They are used to test the connection in cables. |
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| What are the three main parts of the Event Viewer? |
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1) Application 2) System 3) Security |
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| What are four parts of the Task manager? |
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1) Applications 2) Processes 3) Performance 4) Networking |
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| What does each part display? |
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Applications - What's currently being ran by the user Processes - What's all being ran Performance - CPU usage and the Page file usage Networking - The network speed and utilization |
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| How do you make Command Prompt take up the whole screen? |
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Right click, properties, under the option tab. |
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| What Command Prompt command locates bad sectors and recovers readable information? |
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| What Command Prompt command is used to show the File System? |
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| What would you use a Multimeter for? |
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| It is used to check the voltage of the power supply or the wall outlet or something of that nature. |
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