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1.0 PC Hardware
- Install firmware upgrades – flash BIOS
- BIOS component information
- RAM
- Hard drive
- Optical drive
- CPU
- BIOS configurations
- Boot sequence
- Enabling and disabling devices
- Date/time
- Clock speeds
- Virtualization support
- BIOS security (passwords, drive encryption: TPM, lo-jack)
- Use built-in diagnostics
- Monitoring
- Temperature monitoring
- Fan speeds
- Intrusion detection/notification
- Voltage
- Clock
- Bus speed
- Sizes
- Expansion slots
- PCI
- PCI-X
- PCIe
- miniPCI
- CNR
- AGP2x, 4x, 8x
- RAM slots
- CPU sockets
- Chipsets
- North Bridge
- South Bridge
- CMOS battery
- Jumpers
- Power connections and types
- Fan connectors
- Front panel connectors
- USB
- Audio
- Power button
- Power light
- Drive activity lights
- Reset button
- Bus speeds
- Types
- DDR
- DDR2
- DDR3
- SDRAM
- SODIMM
- RAMBUS
- DIMM
- Parity vs. non-parity
- ECC vs. non-ECC
- RAM configurations
- Single channel vs. dual channel vs. triple channel
- Single sided vs. double sided
- RAM compatibility and speed
- Sound cards
- Video cards
- Network cards
- Serial and parallel cards
- USB cards
- Firewire cards
- Storage cards
- Modem cards
- Wireless/cellular cards
- TV tuner cards
- Video capture cards
- Riser cards
- Optical drives
- Combo drives and burners
- CD-RW
- DVD-RW
- Dual Layer DVD-RW
- BD-R
- BD-RE
- Connection types
- External
- USB
- Firewire
- eSATA
- Ethernet
- Internal SATA, IDE and SCSI
- IDE configuration and setup (Master, Slave, Cable Select)
- SCSI IDs (0 – 15)
- Hot swappable drives
- Hard drives
- Magnetic
- 5400 rpm
- 7200 rpm
- 10,000 rpm
- 15,000 rpm
- Solid state/flash drives
- Compact flash
- SD
- Micro-SD
- Mini-SD
- xD
- SSD
- RAID types
- Floppy drive
- Tape drive
- Media capacity
- CD
- CD-RW
- DVD-RW
- DVD
- Blu-Ray
- Tape
Though rapidly becoming obsolete, floppy disk drives may be found in some legacy systems and are often still used for archival applications. The most recent configuration accepted a removable 3 1/2" disk with a storage capacity of 1.44 MB and were traditionally assigned drive letters A and B.
Typically, a floppy disk drive is installed into a 3 1/2" drive bay. Data is transferred to and from the motherboard through a keyed 34-pin flat ribbon cable and power to the drive is provided by a 4-pin polarized Berg connector.
- DL DVD
- Socket types
- Intel: LGA, 775, 1155, 1156, 1366
- AMD: 940, AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, F
- 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
- Physical connections
- USB 1.1 vs. 2.0 vs. 3.0 speed and distance characteristics
- Connector types: A, B, mini, micro
- Firewire 400 vs. Firewire 800 speed and distance characteristics
- SATA1 vs. SATA2 vs. SATA3, eSATA, IDE speeds
- Other connector types
- Serial
- Parallel
- VGA
- HDMI
- DVI
- Audio
- RJ-45
- RJ-11
- Analog vs. digital transmission
- Speeds, distances and frequencies of wireless device connections
- Connector types and their voltages
- SATA
- Molex
- 4/8-pin 12v
- PCIe 6/8-pin
- 20-pin
- 24-pin
- Floppy
- Specifications
- Wattage
- Size
- Number of connectors
- ATX
- Micro-ATX
- Dual voltage options
- Graphic / CAD / CAM design workstation
- Powerful processor
- High-end video
- Maximum RAM
- Audio/Video editing workstation
- Specialized audio and video card
- Large fast hard drive
- Dual monitors
- Virtualization workstation
- Maximum RAM and CPU cores
- Gaming PC
- Powerful processor
- High-end video/specialized GPU
- Better sound card
- High-end cooling
- Home Theater PC
- Surround sound audio
- HDMI output
- HTPC compact form factor
- TV tuner
- Standard thick client
- Desktop applications
- Meets recommended requirements for running Windows
- Thin client
- Basic applications
- Meets minimum requirements for running Windows
- Home Server PC
- Media streaming
- File sharing
- Print sharing
- Gigabit NIC
- RAID array
- Types
- CRT
- LCD
- LED
- Plasma
- Projector
- OLED
- Refresh rates
- Resolution
- Native resolution
- Brightness/lumens
- Analog vs. digital
- Privacy/antiglare filters
- Multiple displays
- Display connector types
- DVI-D
- DVI-I
- DVI-A
- Displayport
- RCA
- DB-15
- BNC
- miniHDMI
- RJ-45
- miniDin-6
- Display cable types
- HDMI
- DVI
- VGA
- Component
- Composite
- S-video
- RGB
- Coaxial
- Ethernet
- Device connectors and pin arrangements
- SATA
- eSATA
- PATA
- Floppy
- USB
- IEEE1394
- SCSI
- PS/2
- Parallel
- Serial
- Audio
- RJ-45
- Device cable types
- SATA
- eSATA
- IDE
- EIDE
- Floppy
- USB
- IEEE1394
- SCSI
- 68pin vs. 50pin vs. 25pin
- Parallel
- Serial
- Ethernet
- Phone
- Input devices
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Touch screen
- Scanner
- Barcode reader
- KVM
- Microphone
- Biometric devices
- Game pads
- Joysticks
- Digitizer
- Multimedia devices
- Digital cameras
- Microphone
- Webcam
- Camcorder
- MIDI enabled devices
- Output devices
- Printers
- Speakers
- Display devices
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