Course Objectives
- Describe and analyze the system architecture of a computer.
- Identify different input-output devices, cords, cables, connectors and system busses.
- Describe the architecture and components of a mother board.
- Install baby cards such as control or display cards to expansion slots and improve system capabilities.
- Compare the features and distinguish between various microprocessor types and sockets.
- List and compare the features of different memory components.
- Install, upgrade and manage main memory in computers.
- Describe the working principles and compare the features of solid state, magnetic and optical storage units.
- Install, manage and optimize storage devices.
- Compare various system bus structures, such as ISA, EISA, PCI, PCIe, IEEE1394 and USB.
- Connect and remove I/O Devices from the computer system.
- List the hardware requirements to have networked computers.