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BPC170: Computer Maintenance I: A+ Prep

Tentative Schedule

Schedule may be adjusted to meet the specific needs of the class.  Changes to this schedule will be announced in class and posted to the Web site.  Please be sure to update your syllabus accordingly.

 

Date

Chapter / Topic

Comments

Tuesday, Aug. 26
Thursday, Aug. 28

Syllabus & Introduction
Chapter 1: Introducing Hardware
Chapter 2: How Software and Hardware Work Together

 

Tuesday, Sep. 2
Thursday, Sep. 4

Chapter 3: Understanding the Boot Process and Command Line

 

Tuesday, Sep. 9
Thursday, Sep. 11

Chapter 4: Electricity and Power Supplies

 

Tuesday, Sep. 16
Thursday, Sep. 18

Chapter 5: The Motherboard

 

 

 

Tuesday,

Sep. 23

Thursday, Sep. 25

Chapter 6: Managing Memory

 

Chapter 7: Floppy Drives

 

Tuesday, Sep. 30

Thursday, Oct. 2

Chapter 8: Understanding and Installing Hard Drives

Chapter 9: Optimizing and Protecting Hard Drives

 

Tuesday, Oct. 7
Thursday, Oct. 9

Chapter 10: Supporting I/O Devices

 

Chapter 21: Supporting Printers

 

Tuesday, Oct. 14
Thursday, Oct. 16

Chapter 11: Multimedia Devices and Mass Storage

 

Tuesday

Oct. 21

Thursday Oct. 23

Chapter 12: Supporting Windows 9X

 

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Thursday, Oct. 30

Chapter 13: Understanding and Installing Windows 2000 and Windows NT

Chapter 14: Managing and Troubleshooting Windows 2000

 

Tuesday, Nov. 4
Thursday, Nov. 6

Chapter 15: Installing and Using Windows XP Professional

Chapter 16: Managing and Supporting Windows XP

 

Tuesday, Nov. 11

No Class—Veteran’s Day Holiday

 

 

 

Thursday, Nov. 13

Chapter 17: Supporting Modems

 

Tuesday, Nov. 18
Thursday, Nov. 20

Chapter 18: PC’s On A Network

 

Chapter 19: PC’s On the Internet

 

Tuesday, Nov. 25

Chapter 20: Notebooks and PDAs

 

Chapter 22: All About SCSI

 

Thursday, Nov. 27

No Class—Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Tuesday, Dec. 2

Thursday, Dec. 4

Chapter 23: Purchasing a PC or Building Your Own

Chapter 24: Troubleshooting and Maintenance Fundamentals

 

Tuesday, Dec. 9
Thursday, Dec. 11

Finish Lab Assignments

Final Exam Review and Lab Assignments Due

 

Dec. 16

Final Exam

All Chapters