Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

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Chaper 7 Quiz

Starting in Chapter 7, p303, answer the following in a comment to this Blog:

1. What are the 4 main steps for installing external storage devices?
   
2. What 2 command line utilities are used [by Windows] to optimize the organization of an HDD?
   
3. What are the 3 critical HDD specifications associated with disk drive performance?
   
4. Of PATA, SATA, & SCSI, what 2 HDD types are considered “high-performance”?
   
5. Are all PATA cables are the same?
   
6. After you’ve connected a new HDD’s power and signal cables, what system recognizes the HDD before startup?
   
7. If you’re installing a PCI video adapter card onto a system with onboard video, what must be done before the card can be used by the system?
   
8. What type of expansion slot is used by most newer PC’s?
   
9. Higher refresh rates are generally more desirable, T/F?
   
10. List 3 ports that a scanner could connect to.
    
11. What type of image file (image format type) is generally saved by digital cameras?
    
12. What are the 5 main steps to upgrading a PC’s adapter?
    
13. What “Wizard” is opened under Windows 2000 and Windows XP when a new USB or Firewire device is installed?
    
14. What are the 6 main steps to upgrading peripheral devices?
    

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Chapter 6 Test

Here's your chapter 6 test.

It is open note, NOT OPEN NEIGHBOR!!!


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Chapter 6

Just a reminder that all four chapter six blog assignments are due by Friday.


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Chapter 6.4 ?'s

Starting on page 260, answer the following in a comment to this Blog:

1. Define CRT.
2. Define LCD.
3. In a CRT monitor, what is shot out of the "gun"?
4. How many colors are in a single pixel?
5. A video display adapter converts a ___ signal to a ___ signal.
6. How is active cooling different from passive cooling?
7. NTSC is the video standard in America, what is the video standard in Europe?
8. Define SLI. Explain what it is.
9. Image quality is determined by what 2 factors?
10. List the following video standards in order of increasing resolution: XGA, WUXGA, VGA, SVGA, UXGA, SXGA.
11. Is it better to have a large dot pitch?
12. What is the difference between 1080p and 1080i?
13. What is the aspect ratio of normal TV? What about theater quality movies?
14. What is fidelity?
15. What is the sampling frequency of CD-quality audio?

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Chapter 6.3 ?'s

Starting on page 245, Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

1. Identify each of the ports shown below:
2. What is the maximum length for a parallel printer cable?
   
3. Define EPP & ECP.
4. Why is asynchronous transfer slower than synchronous transfer?
5. What is the standard input for a game port?
6. Where is a keyboard's encoder located?
7. Where is a keyboard's controller located?
8. List 4 pointing devices.
9. What are the 2 types of joysticks?
10. Explain biometric authentication.
11. Where might you find a barcode scanner?
12. Video capture cards convert ____ signals to ____ signals.

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Chap 6.2 ?'s

Answer the following in a comment to this Blog:

1. What 3 audio ports are included on most PC's?
2. How many pins are in a VGA connector?
3. Aside from VGA, name 5 video ports.
4. Which video port provides the highest quality?
5. Define MIDI.
6. Name 3 legacy ports.

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Chap 6.1 ?'s

Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

1. What 3 things make up an I/O unit?
2. What are the 4 ways that I/O transfers are initiated?
3. What are the 4 main system resources that a device can have allocated to itself?
4. Define IRQ.
5. What is the standard IRQ of a keyboard?
6. What are non-PnP devices otherwise known as?
7. What connector/ port has gain the most widespread use?
8. What port type do older mouse & keyboards connect through?
9. What color is designated for the mouse?
10. How many devices can be connected to a USB controller?
11. Explain what "hot-swappable" means.
12. How many wires are in a USB cable?
13. What transfer speeds can be attained using USB 1.1? What about USB 2.0?
14. What 3 institutions worked together to create Firewire?
15. What transfer speeds are possible using Firewire?
16. IEEE-1394 cables are most similar to what other type of cable?
17. Infrared ports are slowly being replaced by what other type of transfer method?
18. What is the fastest transfer speed that can be attained using infrared?

A+ Chapter 6

Welcome back...

Today, we're starting A+ Chapter 6.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Happy Turkey Day!

Have a great break!

Stay out of trouble. Stay warm. Be safe. Have fun. Get stuffed.

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Arrrrrrrrrggggg

Today we're going to watch a few videos on media copyrights and the spread of internet piracy.

THERE WILL BE AN A+ TEST TOMORROW!!! It will cover chapters 3, 4, & 5.

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Goose-frabba

Today, we're going to review a bit the keep keeping on through chapter 5.

THE 2 CHAPTER 5 BLOGS ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!

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Chap 5 - Part 2

Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

1. Define DVD.
2. What are the main mechanical differences between a FDD and a CD_ROM drive?
3. Define "modulated".
4. How does a CD-ROM read laser differ from a CD-R write laser?
5. What is a DAC?
6. How long does a CD-ROM disk last?
7. How many tracks are on a CD-ROM disk?
8. What is the range of spin speeds (in RPM's) for a CD-ROM drive?
9. How do CD-R's differ from CD-RW's?
10. What is a WORM drive?

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Chap 5 - Part 1

Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

1. List the major components of a personal computer system.
2. How does the internal structure of HDD's and FDD's compare?
3. List the major components of an HDD/ FDD.
4. What is "the heart" of a disk drive?
5. Do HDD's usually need manually configured CMOS settings?
6. What is a PVR?
7. What are the 2 major types of PVR's?
8. What Windows OS's facilitate use as a PVR?
9. What does RAID stand for?
10. Define RAID 0.
11. Define RAID 1.
    
12. Define RAID 2. Why isn't it used for personal computers?
    
13. Define RAID 3. 
    
14. Define RAID 4.
    
15. Define RAID 5. Why is it so popular?
    
16. Define RAID 6. How does it differ from RAID 5?
    
17. Currently, what is the most practical function of a FDD?
18. What is the capacity of a DSHD floppy disk?
19. What are magnetic tape drives mostly used for?
20. What internal drive interfaces can be used by tape drives?

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Moondag

We're goning to quickly finish up the Chapter 3.

THESE questions are due Friday.

Remember that all the Blog entries are due Tomorrow!!!

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PDF's

HERE THEY ARE!!!

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Chap 4 moremoremoermmmmmooooooor

Answer the following using your notes:

1. What was the first chip to use L1 cache?
2. T/F - Nobody really knows where the L2 cache is located really; it could be fictitious.
3. What was the first processor to use L3 cache?
4. How many pins are on DDR2 modules?
5. 184-pin modules are for which memory package?
6. EDO RAM uses how many pins?
7. Define SIMM & DIMM.
8.  Who makes RDRAM?
9. Why did RDRAM fail?
10. Which type of memory module rates thier speed using the following format: #-#-#-#

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Chapter 4; Part Uno

Answer the following concerning RAM:

1. Define SRAM.
2. Define DRAM.
3. Which is faster, SRAM or DRAM?
4. Define "volatile" as it pertains to RAM.
5. Define ROM.
6. Define SDRAM.
7. Define DDR.
8. What is the appropriate RAM voltage for DDR2 RAM?
9. Who makes RDRAM?
10. What are the 4 main types of SRAM?
11. What is meant by "memory overhead"?
12. What is the most popular for of RAM error detection?
13. Define ECC.
14. Is cache memory fast or slow?
15. Why is are cache sizes relatively small?

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A+

Your assignment involves this PDF.

In a Word document, write an exam-style question for each of the following 24 topics covered in the PDF. Use the PDF to come up with a quality exam-style questions. Save the document as "studyguide_questions_02.doc" and upload by 1:35pm or complete as HOMEWORK.

A+ CPU's

Answer the following questions:

1. Is the L1 cache in the P4 larger or smaller than that of the PIII?
2. What is the operating voltage of the P4?
3. What is HTT? What does it do?
4. What processor saw the advent of L3 cache?
5. What server processor employs EPIC processing?
6. When you use HTT on a dual-core processor, how many threads can be handled?
7. LGA 775 is also known as what?

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A+ Microprocessors

Answer the following ?'s:

1. What does AMD stand for?
   
2. How are PGA and SPGA different?
   
3. What was the operating voltage of the original Pentium chip?
   
4. What does MMX stand for?
   
5. What is the purpose of the gold-plated copper/tungsten cover on the Pentium Pro chip.
   
6. Where is L2 cache?
   
7. What is the fastest clock speed achieved by PIII and Celeron chips?
   

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Finishing up...

We really really really need to get the auto annex job done. We're going to be dividing up into 2 teams- home team (making cables) and away (punching at the annex).

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Chilly

Today we're going down to the Annex. 

(I hope you're not in shorts, Lee).

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Test

You have the entire class period to complete your 9wks test.

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Back to A+

We're going to continue on with A+ Domain #2.

Take your folders home and study for Friday's test.

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Back to A+ Today

We're going back to A+ for a few days.

This will be the bulk of your test on Friday.

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Tuesday - ???

You may be going with Mr. Gotshall down to the auto annex to work on the wiring project.

                If you’re not going down there today, your assignment is to use Google to answer the questions in this worksheet.

Write your answers on a piece of paper and hand them in by the end of class.

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BPA

We're going to focus on BPA for a few days...

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+A

Your assignment involves this PDF.

In a Word document, write an exam-style question for each of the following 17 topics covered in the PDF. Use the PDF to come up with a quality exam-style questions. Save the document as "studyguide_questions_01.doc" and upload by the end of class. 

 

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A+++

Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

1. What does BIOS stand for?
   
2. POST relies on what 2 motherboard features?
   
3. What is the purpose of riser cards?
   
4. What is the usual voltage for residential electric in the US?
   
5. What 2 main companies produce CPU chips for PC's?
   
6. What does VPM stand for?
   
7. What are the 2 main types of RAM in use today?
   

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A++

Answer the following in a comment to this blog:

• What is the capacity of a CD-ROM?
  
• What is the capacity of a single-sided DVD-ROM?
  
• What is the capacity of a double-sided DVD-ROM?
  
• List 2 examples of 'solid-sate' storage devices.
  
• List 1 obsolete and 1 modern motherboard form factor.
  
• What 2 chips constitute a 'chipset'?
  

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A+

Define/ Identify the following in a comment to this blog:

• FDD
  
• HDD
  
• Platter
  
• CD
  
• DVD
  
• RW
  

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A+ Domain 1

We've got a lecture over what should be review for domain 1.0 for the A+ exam.

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Dirty South

Our disposal pickup is tomorrow. So we're going to be getting the broken stuff out of here.

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BPA Duties

For each of your BPA events, write a detailed paragraph containing the following in a comment to this blog:

• What is the event?
• What are your specific responsibilities for this event?
• What are you currently doing to prepare for this event?
• What will you need to do to prepare for this event?
• What do you need/ want from me to better prepare for your event?
• On a scale of 1 - 10, how seriously are you taking this event?

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B to the P to the A to the G to the R to the OUP WORK.COM

Everybody sing along.

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BPA

BPA for some...

I'll clarify...

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A+++++++++++++++++++++++

We're going to review the 2 worksheets from yesterday and yesteryesterday.

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Tuesday & Thursday

I'm not here for the next 2 days.

Tuesday:

• Finish A_01.doc using Google
• Hand in at the end of class
• Work individually on BPA when you're done

Wednesday:

• Finish A_02.doc using Google
• Hand in at the end of class
• Work individually on BPA when you're done

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Thank You!!!

Yesterday, we were all much better in class. Let's keep it up.

Next week, we're going to be starting some A+ prep.

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Back to the PC fundraiser...

Listen, you guys are far too ruckus during class. You guys need to be more calm and stay on task. There's far too much yelling and slacking. I'm tired of it- I feel like a babysitter.

There are a couple of you that I'm really wondering if you should be here. If you're going to waste your time in here, you can move into a studyhall and waste your time there. I don't care what your grades are like, I don't care what laughs we've shared. If you want to constantly socialize, go to the mall. If you want to be a part of this class, then act like it.

If we can't get a handle on this, I'm calling home to your parents and taking you down to Mr. Knight. We may abandon the PC fundraiser and ban groupwork altogether in class. I'm done with the jokes, I'm done hounding you guys, and I'm done with the yelling. We need a week or so of organized focused work. If you aren't sure what to do, take a guess at what needs done- and ask me if that's the direction you should go.

I like to have fun. I want to enjoy class- but this is CLASS. You're all nearly adults- start acting like it. This is it; choose your side.

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WOOO HOOO!!!

Yesterday was a[wghh]wesome! You guys worked well and we got a lot done. We're going to stick with it today.

Next week we'll be mixing it up a bit so be warned.

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New assignments...

I'm assigning more specific tasks for our ongoing projects:

Savannah: PC #1 @ #2

Sarah: PC #3 @ #4

Ben: PC #5 @ #6

Zach: PC #7 @ #8

Chris: Cables (4 x 20') & Posters

Nick: Old PC Cataloging & Posters

Castiel: Exam Force Installation

Lee, Mike, Taylor, Brandon, & Jason: Testing Lab

After you see your task assignment, log out and begin quietly working.

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Work, Work, Work...

We're still working on our ongoing projects: the testing lab, the PC fundraiser, and now software installation.


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Friday

If you're logged in and reading this during class, get logged out and join your team working on PC's.


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Red Team Leader...

Today, we're going to break into teams to start messing with the mountain-o-old-PC's.


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Changin' Gears

We're going to be putting the annex work on hold; we've gotta order supplies.

So, I figure that now may be a good time to think about our PC fund raiser. We'll break into pairs to brainstorm the following:

1. What specs would potential customers want to know about if they were buying a PC?
2. What software and features would potential customers want to have installed on their new [old] PC?
3. Assuming minimal installed RAM, what OS's should be installed for P1's? P2's? P3's? And Celeron's?
4. How much should our PC's cost? Check Ebay or ask Google.
5. How should we market our PC's?

You and your partner will write your responses on a sheet of paper and submit it to me FOR A GRADE! Take this seriously.


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Mo' cables - Mo' problems

Goal #1: We still have quite a few cables that need to be made for the auto annex.

Goal #2: We may be starting the PC fund raiser. We may be starting work on the testing lab. We may be installing test prep software on the new Dells. We may be going crazy. No, we're surely going crazy. No- wait, yeah- we're going crazy.


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Annex Wiring Fiasco II

Today, we're making cables. Yes, cables- lots of cables. We need to make 24 2-foot cables. That's 2 per person. You will be receiving a grade for these cables.

Enjoy ;)


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Annex Wiring Fiasco

Today we're dividing up into teams to get our super-duper-completely-awesome school wired and connected. I'll explain what each team is responsible for.

Team 1 - @ the auto annex with Mr. Gotshall

• Sarah
• Lee
• Jason
• Nick
• Brandon
• Taylor

Team 2 - in rm 235 with Mr. Howard

• Castiel
• Chris
• Savannah
• Mike

Team 3 - in rm 132 with Mr. Pye

• Zach
• Ben

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G'ed up from the feet up

Your first assignment:

Get an account through Google; this account must have your real name associated with it. If you already have a Google account, just make sure that your real name is associated with it.

After signing up with Google, use your login and password to post a comment to this blog entry with the following information:

1) Your name
2) Your parent's name(s)
3) Your home phone number
4) Your mailing address address
5) Your email address
6) Whether or not you have computer and internet access at home
7) What do you expect to get from this class?
This assignment should be an easy 'A'


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Welcome Back

This is the blog page for Network Systems II for the 08-09 year.

Check this page daily for assignments, resources, and general randomness.

Nothin' new here...

Bookmark this page!!!

We're going to be going here: howardm.com

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