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• BIOS & UEFI
• BIOS Page ( Temperature Monitoring, Fan Speed & etc)
• Differentiate between motherboard components:
Sizes: ATX, Micro-ATX, ITX
• CPU sockets
• Chipsets: Northbridge/Southbridge, CMOS battery
• Compare and contrast RAM types and features
• Types: DDR, DDR2, DDR3, SDRAM, SODIMM, RAMBUS, DIMM
RAM configurations (Single channel vs. dual
channel vs. triple channel)
RAM compatibility and speed
• Differentiate among various CPU types
• Socket types
• Characteristics: Speeds, Cores, Cache size/type, Hyperthreading, Virtualization
support, Architecture (32-bit vs. 64-bit), Integrated GPU
• Cooling: Heat sink, Fans, Thermal paste, Liquid-based

• Optical drives: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Blu-Ray
• SATA, IDE and SCSI
• RAID types

• Install and configure expansion cards. Sound cards
Video cards
Network cards
USB cards
• USB 1.1 vs. 2.0 vs. 3.0 speed and distance characteristics (connector types: A, B, C
mini, micro)
• SATA1 vs. SATA2 vs. SATA3, eSATA
• Analog vs. digital transmission (VGA vs. HDMI)
• Bluetooth
• Scanner
• Microphone
• Speakers

• LCD LED Plasma Projectors OLED
• Refresh Rate
• Resolutions
• Brightness

• Thin client
• File sharing
• Print sharing

• Topologies
• OSI
• Cables
• Sockets
• Ethernet Standards and Colors
• Making a Ethernet Cable

• Differences Between Size of Device Parts

• PXE
• Windows Installation