NET 111: A+ Hardware
Course Description
Provides students with experience installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and networking recent and current personal computer hardware. Recommended preparation: CIS 101, NET 101, NET 106, or equivalent experience.
Course Outline
- Introducing Hardware
- PC Repair Fundamentals
- Form Factors and Power Supplies
- Processors and Chipsets
- Motherboards
- Upgrading Memory
- Hard Drives
- Installing and Supporting I/O Devices
- Multimedia Devices and Mass Storage
- PCs on a Network
- Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs
- Supporting Printers and Scanners
Required Materials
- A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, Fourth Edition – Course Technology – ISBN: 0-619-21762-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-619-21762-4
- A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, Fourth Edition, Lab Manual – Course Technology – ISBN: 0-619-21766-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-619-21766-2
- Internet access and a Harper Blackboard account configured with your current email address.
- A computer that can be partitioned, reformatted, etc. As an alternative, you can use a PC with VMWare to create virtual machines for many of the lab exercises. Harper lab I 205 has computers and software that may be configured as necessary for this course.
Course Format
This course is currently offered in an online format and will also be available in a blended format in Fall 2008. In addition to Internet availability, the instructor and lab technicians are also available to assist you in person during regularly scheduled hours. To register for this course, see Harper College Credit Registration.
Faculty Contact
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If you have any questions about this course, please contact the department coordinator.