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| It is not vital to have a properly functioning power supply for a computer to work correctly. |
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| Most power supplies, excluding a few early ATX power supplies, use a cooling technique called negative pressure. |
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| All multimeters are equipped with red and black test leads. |
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| Multimeters use only one method of readout style. |
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| Low-cost surge suppressors are often just as useful as their more expensive counterparts. |
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| A hard disk can be used as slow substitute if the installed amount of RAM is not large enough to withstand the contents. |
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| Constant electricity is required for motherboards that use the static RAM memory module to periodically refresh its contents. |
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| Parity checking is available and supported by all types of memory modules and motherboards |
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| All desktops provide support for ECC and should be enabled or disabled through the system BIOS. |
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| on systems that use SIMMs, they can also use DIMM, or double-sided SIMMs. |
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| A majority of newer systems enable differences in memory timing. |
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| Disabling parity checking within the system BIOS enables the use of parity and nonparity memory to be used. |
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| It is not necessary to fully lock the side tabs of a memory stick when doing an installation. |
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| Touching the connectors on the bottom of a memory module can cause corrosion and ESD. |
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| there are two different types of UPS systems. |
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| Aluminum is the only material used for all heatsinks in computers today. |
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| thermal compound should always be applied when installing a new passive or active heatsink on a processor, northbridge or southbridge chip, GPU, or other component. |
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| The BIOS chip is by design manufactured to support all types of hardware, operating systems, and devices without continual upgrades. |
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| In older motherboards, a CMOS checksum error should not occur after a user replaces the BIOS chip. |
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| When talking about the form factor of a motherboard, we are actually talking about the size of the computer case. |
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| SCSI host adapters come in two basic types: either Narrow or Wide. The type of cable you use determines the maximum number of drives you can attach. |
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| A common point of system failure on a laptop computer is the TV turner card. |
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| Loopback plugs check input/output functions by connecting transmission pins to receive pins to see if the port is physically working properly. |
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| if you do not see, hear, or feel any static electricity discharged from your finger to a computer device, it is safe to assume that no damage has occurred. |
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| A gaming PC's components are selected with objectives that include fast download speeds and print capability. |
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| A home server PC configuration is designed to permit resource sharing, media streaming, and high-speed data retrieval from online or local storage. |
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| The PCI expansion slot is used as a general-purpose slot type among many different manufactures and devices. |
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| A fan shroud is found on low-performance video cards and relies on case fans to elevate the excess heat. |
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| windows automatically runs in 16-bit color mode, with low resolution, when devices drivers do not match the video card installed. |
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| The HDMI standard has the capability to provide both audio and video support through a single cable. |
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| Onscreen controls, also known as the OSD, can be used to configure picture size, centering, contrast, and brightness on both CRT and LCD monitors. |
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| The AGP speed settings, found in the BIOS settings, do not allow for overriding of speed settings to improve graphics performance. |
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| Systems with USB 2.0 ports provide backward - compatibility with USB 1.1 devices and speeds. |
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| A SCSI interface can provide accommodation only for hard disk drive devices. |
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