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1) Discussion Question: Reliable and Credible Resources
As an IT professional, you must remain current with changes in technology, including the dynamics of hardware and software and how they interact with each other.
A trusted network of resources helps you remain current. To build your network of resources, choose reputable and credible sites that provide unbiased and accurate information. Multiple sites expand your knowledge of technology and its capabilities. For example, a manufacturer site is credible and reliable for information related to that manufacturer’s products only. The same site may not be reliable for comparison information to other manufacturers.
Note: This discussion will assist you in completing the Individual Assignment, “Create A Resource Guide,” due this week.
Research reputable and credible websites for the following topics:
- Price check sites
- Product review sites
- Troubleshooting sites
- Computer benchmark tests and tools
Research one site for each topic above and address the following for each site:
- Provide a brief description of what each site offers.
- Include the website address or URL of each site.
- Ensure each site is credible and reliable
2) Chapter 1 Motherboard
A motherboard is the main printed circuit board in a computer. The motherboard is a computer’s central communications backbone connectivity point, through which all components and external peripherals connect. You can open your computer, the biggest piece of silicon you see is the motherboard. Attached to the motherboard, you’ll find the CPU, ROM, memory RAM expansion slots, PCI slots, and USB ports. It also includes controllers for devices like the hard drive, DVD drive, keyboard, and mouse. Motherboards are developed, they often use new chipsets. Your motherboard is what makes the computer well put together at the end.
3) Chapter 1 A+ Foundations
I really enjoyed this reading. I found this to be a great refresher for me. I currently work in the Army as an Information Technology Specialist and as such A+ was a required course and certification to have and maintain when I attended training. I personally believe the it is incredibly important to have the basic knowledge of how a computer system works and is put together especially in this day-and-age seeing as how computers are literally everywhere now. The only thing that I wonder about after the reading is how in depth should most users knowledge be on A+ related foundations? Should more users have this basic general knowledge or should this knowledge be more reserved for the I.T. Professionals and the Hobbiests?
4) Chapter 2: In depth Characteristics
This section was very informative to me. As I stated in my previous post, I have had to become certified in and maintain a my certification in A+ for my current career. With that being said I do not recall ever going over the characteristics and anatomies of a power supply or storage device. I was always aware of their functions and how to easily identify each item but I was never taught the inner workings of each device like this. I found this information to be interesting and this just goes to show that just because you may know what something is and its intended purpose does not mean that you actually know everything going on within the device to make it work. This information is valuable as it allows you to further troubleshoot a faulty system further and potentionaly find whatever issues the system may have.
5) Chapter 2 Anatomy of a Hard Drive
Learning the anatomy of a Hard drive was pretty interesting. It is constructed in a cleanroom to avoid the introduction of contaminants into the hermetically sealed drive casing. Most manufacturers seal one or more of the screws with a sticker warning that the removal of or damage to the seal will result in voiding the warranty. Now I understand better as to why that is. Removing that seal allow contaminants into the sealed casing which then can damage it. Some of the terms used to describe the components are platters, read/write heads, tracks, sectors, cylinders and cluster. I think it would be interesting to get an old hard drive to take apart and look at the inside.
6) Chapter 3 Input devices
The input device is the hardware device used to transfer or send information to the computer for processing. Without the input device, the capability of the computer will be useless, and the computer will remain unable to change from its default boot-up state. The input devices transmit data to the computer through the cable or wireless transmission. There are dozens of input devices; however, the keyboard and the mouse are the two most important input devices. The other kinds of input devices that we use most frequently are the scanner, touchpad, barcode reader, multimedia devices, motion sensor, gamepads and joysticks, biometrics, stylus, remote, webcam, and much more as the technology advances on a daily basis.
7) Discussion Question: Choosing a Motherboard
There are many considerations to keep in mind when choosing a motherboard.
Describe two considerations for selecting a motherboard for a new build. Would these considerations change if you were selecting a motherboard for an existing system?
Find and share resources on reliable performance information for motherboards.
Post your answer to the discussion forum.
8) Reply to discussion question
Motherboards
Considerations I like to inquire about when I’m looking at motherboards is what they’ll be doing and how much abuse a computer will be taken by a customer. Gamers usually will get the Intel route in my preferences whereas AMD is just for the people who surf the web and aren’t as rough on it. I like Intel because their chips seem faster and perform much better than AMD and seem to last a good bit longer. When choosing on a particular motherboard in any case I’d also like to know specs on how much memory slots it has, how many open slots for peripherals to plug in, what type of video adapters they have, and USB slots. This is just my personal preference. Anymore intakes on this?
9) Motherboard considerations
When selecting a motherboard for your PC there are actually a few choices that have to be made based on the type of system you are trying to build. For example, if you are looking to build a gaming system you may be doing in depth research about what chip set you are going to trust to run your system. Usually this is a simple choice between Intel or AMD but it can take some time to make this decision. After choosing that you have to find the motherboard archetype that works with your chosen chip set. so if you decided to make a build with an AMD FX-8350 processor you will have to look into motherboards that support AM3+ socket processors. You will also have to take into consideration the size of your build, if you will be building a full tower, mid-tower, micro, or a custom case. This will help determine if you need a Mini-ITX, Mini-ATX, microATX, or any other form factor that may work for you. Then of course there is the power needs of the motherboard and chip set, whether or not the motherboard fits your GPU needs, and other such needs for your desired system.
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