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3.1 Install and configure laptop hardware and components.
- Expansion options
- Express card /34
- Express card /54
- PCMCIA
Acronym for and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, designed as expansion devices for laptop computers. A PCMCIA card is correctly referred to as a PC Card (16 bit) or CardBus (32 bit), though the PC Card is now considered legacy. The most common form factors include types I, II, and III and are now used as interfaces for several expansion options, including hard drives, networking, USB devices and more.
- Type I - 16-bit, 3.3 mm thick
- Type II - 16-bit or 32-bit, 5.0 mm thick
- Type III - 16-bit or 32-bit, 10.5 mm thick
PCMCIA Tutorial
- SODIMM
SODIMMs (Small Outline Memory Modules) are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size (68mm x 32mm) of regular DIMMs. SO-DIMMS are commonly used in systems which have space restrictions such as notebooks, small footprint PCs, high-end upgradable office printers, and networking hardware like routers.
- 72-pin slots - 32-bit data path, now obsolete
- 100-pin slots - 32-bit data path, two notches
- 144-pin slots - 64-bit data path, single notch near the center
- 200-pin slots - 64-bit data path, single notch nearer to one side
- 204-pin slots - 64-bit data path, single notch nearer to one side
- Flash
- Hardware/device replacement
- Keyboard
- Hard Drive (2.5 vs. 3.5)
- Memory
- Optical drive
- Wireless card
- Mini-PCIe
- Screen
- DC jack
- Battery
- Touchpad
- Plastics
- Speaker
- System board
- CPU
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