Talk:A+ Certification
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I gave up on this wikibook. Blah. I would need the work of probably 20+ people to actually build this. --Cyberman 08:48, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Wanna form a team?
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[edit] I would, but...
I would help, but I found this because I need to learn all of it. I will definitely contribute some basics once I learn (and pass) the A+ test. Until then, I'll see if I can recruit others to contribute. In september, I go back to school, and I'm pretty sure I could get a teacher to help out (the one who teaches A+ certification, of course)
[edit] I'll help
I'm just about to pass the A+ soon, and time allowing I'll try to make a few additions to the hardware section.
- --asm2750
Well I'm now certified, I guess I'll put some of my knowlege into this book, hopefuly we can get the hardware portion done by december since its alot of info to go over.
[edit] Perhaps I could help.
I've practically completed quite a few certifications and is currently writing a formal book on hardware. drop me an e-mail if you are interested. I'm also looking for some geeks out there that can truely contribute to some real techno discussions and ideas.
email: dccc@tiscali.co.za
nytcrawler
[edit] Multi-Page Format
This monolithic page structure isn't working for this book anymore, so I propose that we start a project to break up this book into several pages, with a centralized table of contents, and maybe even a title page. Here are my ideas for the different pages that we can break this book into. In general it is a good idea to have enough material on a page to make it substantial, but not too much that the page becomes gigantic.
- What is A+?/Introduction
- Computer Hardware Basics (CPU, RAM, Sockets, Chipsets, Peripherals, etc)
- Computer Resources (IRQ, I/O Ports, Reserved Memory Ranges, etc)
- Busses (ISA, PCI, AGP, USB, ect)
- Drives: Maintenance (fdisk, checkdisk, defrag, etc)
- Drives: Hardware (IDE, SCSI, RAID)
- Printers (installation, Terminology)
- Hardware Installation/upgrading
- Troubleshooting/Preventative Maintenance
- Microsoft Windows
- OS Utilities
- Boot Process
- Basic Networking
This is just a basic outline so far, and other people should feel free to comment on it, or to edit it. Also, if the major contributors here are against such an action, say so here, and I will abandon the idea. --Whiteknight(talk) (projects) 15:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
14. Review Questions
I second the multipage translation, it would make additions and navigation much easier Califman831 20:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I toke the test
I just toke the hardware test and the questions focus mainly on network connections, I/O ports, and printers.
[edit] Rearranged page
This could be a very useful book, but it is just a mess of impertinent, sloppily organized information. I made a start to the organization, but it needs lots of help. J. Finkelstein 01:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I would like to help
I'm taking the exam next week, so I would like to help on this. Tell you all what, if its alright with everybody, I'll work on the boot process. If I don't get a reply from anybody, then I will go ahead and get started. Start with baby steps, work my way up.
Reply:
Right now this wiki states that the power supply is one of the components tested during the POST test.
I believe this is inaccurate. Im pretty sure this is one of the questions on the A+ test.
There is no need to test the power supply because the post will not start until the correct voltage is registed by the power good wire.
Anyway, good work this is a useful wiki.
