The
Foundation Module Courses
Introduction
to Hardware
Course
Objectives
1- MotherBoard
a. CPU
• CPU Speed
• Data Bus
• Address Bus
• Internal cache memory
• Pipelines
• Co-processors
• Generations of CPU
b.
Input/Output buses
•
Bus Speed
• Bus Width
• Bus Mastering
• Interrupt, DMA, I/O addresses and memory addresses
• ISA, VESA, PCI, AGP and usb
• Installing new circuit boards( plug and play, solving
conflicts and device drivers)
c.
ROM
d. Configuration memory ( setup program, backup battery)
e. Real time clock
2-
RAM
Static
RAM
Dynamic RAM
3-
Hard disk driver
• Disk geometry
• Disk performance characteristics
• Drive interfaces (IDE, EIDE, SCSI)
• Hard disk software installation( Low level format, partitioning,
high level format)
4-
Floppy disk drive
5- Video Adopters and displays
o Parts of the video adapter ( RAM, DAC, ROM, Video clip)
o Resolution and color
o Video monitor characteristics
6-
Optical Storage ( CD-ROM, CDR, CDR/W)
7- Power Supply(AT, ATX)
8- How laser printer works?
9- How inkjet printer works?
10- How Scanner works?
Total
Hours
Workshops 9 hrs
