Wiley Pathways PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual

Before making a new purchase of any PC hardware, readers must take a look at this comprehensive project manual to accompany PC Hardware Essentials. It offers practical and concise explanations of contemporary and popular hardware, covering everything from multicore CPUs and SATA hard drives to PCIe expansion buses and peripherals.

You can get there

The PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental PC hardware concepts. You will develop the core competencies and skills you'll need in the real world, including how to:

• Use System Properties to determine basic PC configuration
• Remove and replace drives, drive cables, and expansion cards in a PC
• Locate the various components of a motherboard, and identify its type and form factor
• Use the Device Manager and System Information utility to resolve system resource conflicts
• Perform hard disk drive setup and maintenance activities
• Install and configure various I/O devices on your computer
• Share devices over a network
• Upgrade a laptop's internal components

With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, the PC Hardware Essentials Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses and is an excellent companion to Groth's PC Hardware Essentials ISBN: 978-0-470-07400-8.

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The texts and project manuals in this series offer a coordinated curriculum for learning information technology. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.