1. Computer -An Introduction

• Analog computer
• Digital computer
• Personal computer
• How computers work?
• Control unit
• Arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)
• Memory
• Input/output (I/O)
• Desktop computer
• Hardware
• Main Components of a PC
• Communication Ports

2.  Input Devices

• Mouse
• Keyboard
• Keys of Computer Keyboard
• Optical mouse
• Image scanner
• Digital camera
• Touch screen
• Magnetic ink character recognition
• Optical mark recognition (OMR)
• Optical character recognition
• A barcode reader
• Graphics tablet
• Microphone
• Joystick

3. Output Devices

• Computer monitor
• Cathode ray tube (CRT Monitor)

• Liquid crystal display (LCD Monitor)
• Video Graphics Array (VGA Technology)
• Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA)
• Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP Display)
• Video memory (VRAM)
• PCI Express
• 3D display
• Plasma display
• Computer printer
• Laser printer
• Multiple steps occurring at once
• Laser printer maintenance
• Inkjet printer, Thermal Ink Jet
• Dot matrix printer
• Dye-sublimation printer
• Inkless printers

4. Microprocessor

• CPU design
• Performance analysis and benchmarking
• CPU operation
• Clock rate
• CPU socket
• Pentium Processor
• Pentium III
• Pentium 4
• Pentium D
• Intel Pentium Dual-Core
• Intel Core 2
• Multi-core (computing)
• What is Centrino?

5. Computer Memory: RAM, DRAM and Flash

• Principle of operation
• Common DRAM modules
• Variations
• DIMM (Dual in-line memory module)
• Speeds
• Form factors
• Flash memory

6. Hard disk Drive

• Technology
• Access and interfaces
• Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
• Fiber Channel (FC)
• Serial ATA (SATA)
• SATA power and data cables
• Power connector
• External SATA
• SATA and PATA
• SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s
• SATA and SCSI

7. Optical Storage: CD/DVD/BI

• Compact Disc or CD

• Optical disc drive
• DVD
• Blu-ray Disc

8. Operating Systems (DOS/ Windows/UNIX/Linux)

• Graphical user interfaces vs command line interfaces
• MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)
• Introduction of Unix Operating System
• Standard
• Components
• Introduction of Linux Operating System, Distributions
• Comparison with Windows
• Servers, supercomputers and embedded devices
• Microsoft Windows

9. Assembling A PC

10. Assembling PC with various Motherboards

Intel Chipset (P4-Dual-915GL)

• Specifications
• Motherboard Layout
• 8CH I/0 of Motherboard
• Pre-installation Precautions, CPU Installation
• Installation of CPU Fan and Heat sink
• Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM), Installing a DIMM
• Expansion Slots (PCI, AMR, AGI, and AGI Express Slots)
• Installing an expansion card, Surround Display Feature
• Jumpers Setup
• Onboard Headers and Connectors
• Serial A ATA A (SA SATA) A) Hard Disks Installation
• BIOS SETUP UTILITY, BIOS Menu Bar
• Main Screen, Advanced Screen
• CPU Configuration in BIOS Setup Menu
• Chipset Configuration
• ACPI Configuration
• IDE Configuration
• PCIPnP Configuration
• Floppy Configuration, Super JO Configuration
• USB Configuration
• Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen
• Boot Screen
• Boot Settings Configuration, Security Screen
• Exit Screen, Install Operating System
• Support CD Information
• intel SiS Chipset (645-DX)
• Specifications
• Motherboard Layout
• INPUT/OUTPUT Ports
• CPU Installation
• Installation of CPU Fan and Heat sink
• Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
• Expansion Slots (PCI and AGP Slots), Installing an expansion card
• Jumpers Setup
• Connectors, BIOS Setup Utility
• BIOS Menu Bar, Main Menu
• Install Operating System
• Advanced BIOS Setup
• Security Setup Menu
• Power Setup Menu
• Boot Setup Menu, Exit Menu

11. MS Windows XP: installation and Troubleshooting

• Troubleshoot Windows installation problems
• To install Windows by performing a clean installation
• To reinstall Windows Vista
• Install more than one operating system (multiboot)
• Create and format a hard disk partition
• To create and format a partition (volume)
• To format an existing partition (volume)
• What is reformatting?
• What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
• What file system should I use?
• What's a quick format?
• What are partitions and volumes'?
• How do I create more partitions?

12. Computer Booting: Process and Problems

• Second-stage boot loader
• BIOS boot devices
• Boot sequence on standard PC (IBM-PC compatible)
• Hard reboot, Soft reboot
• Random reboot
• Blue Screen of Death
• Red screen of death
• Triple fault, Possible Causes of Triple Faults
• Micro reboot
• Master boot record (MBR), MBRs and system bootstrapping
• MBRs and disc identity, Programming Considerations

13. System Optimigation

• BIOS Post Screen
• BIOS Setting, BIOS Updates, Firmware Updates, IRQs
• Driver installation
• Memory Optimization
• Windows Memory Management Settings
• Virtual Memory
• Drive Optimization
• Boot Optimization
• SYSTEM Properties
• Windows Firewall
• System Configuration Utility
• Cleaning Windows
• Windows Registry
• Registry Tweaks

13. Troubleshooting of Hardware and Software