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| May 26 | Course Introduction | Lecture: "Introduction to PC Physical Architecture" | Set up the room. Figure out which computers work OK. |
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| May 27 | PC Architecture | Lecture: "Introduction to System Startup, POST, and the Bootup Process" | Chapters 1, 2 | Chapter 1: Projects 1, 2, 4. Microsoft Diagnostics Exercise
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| May 28 | Principles of Operation | Lecture: "PC Hardware and Software Internals"
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Appendix A, D Chapter 10 (Not a typo....) |
Chapter 2: Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 | Review Questions (handwritten) for Chapters 1, 2. |
| May 29 | More Principles of Operation | Lecture: "TSRs" Hand out Take-Home Test 1 |
Chapter 3
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Finish up the above. Dismantle all working PCs. (See text Pages 132-134 and 374.) Chapter 3: Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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| June 1 | Floppy Drives Pointing Devices |
Lecture: "Floppy Disk Hardware" Lecture: "Mice and Other Pointing Devices" (reference only) |
Chapter 4 | Reassemble all working PCs. Chapter 3: Projects 8-13. |
Review Questions Chapter 3. Take-Home Test 1 due. |
| June 2 | Video System | Lecture: "Video Devices, Modes, Standards, and Accelerator Cards" | Chapter 4: Projects 1-6. | Review Questions Chapter 4. |
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| June 3 | Hard Disks | Lecture: "Advanced Hard Disk Concepts and
Techniques" Hand out Take-Home Test 2. |
Chapter 5 | Chapter 5: Projects 1, 2. "Practicing DOS" 1-10. |
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| June 4 | Hard Disks (cont.) | Lecture:
"Advanced Hard Disk..."
(cont.) Lecture: "Advanced System Control Using Configuration Files" (reference only) Lecture: "Backup Concepts and Practices" |
Chapter 6 | Chapter 6: Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. | Review Questions Chapter 5. |
| June 5 | Troubleshooting | Lecture: "Virus Protection and Removal" | Chapter 7 Appendix E |
Do the "Bugging Assignment." "Troubleshooting a Boot Problem", Page 380. |
Review Questions Chapter 6. Take-Home Test 2 due. |
| June 8 | Peripheral Devices | Lecture: "Device Drivers" Lecture: "Parallel and Serial I/O Ports and Protocols" Hand out Take-Home Test 3. |
Chapter 8 | "Search the Internet for a
Video Driver" (All steps.)
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| June 9 | More Peripheral Devices | Lecture: " Principles of CD ROM Operation"
(reference only) Lecture: "Principles of Printer Hardware and Software" |
Do the "Debug Assignment." | Review Questions Chapter 8.
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| June 10 | Memory | Lecture: "Advanced PC Memory Management"
Hand out Take-Home final. |
Chapter 9 | Experiment with the MEM and MSD commands to explore your memory configuration. | Take-Home Test 3 due. |
| June 11 | Windows 95 | Lecture: "Windows 95 Startup Sequence" (review) | Chapter 11 | Document PCs and clean up the lab. | Review Questions Chapter 9.
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| June 12 | More Windows 95 | Lecture: "Device Management Under Windows 95"
(reference only) Lecture: "A Look Inside the Windows 95 Registry" |
Review Questions Chapter 11. Take-Home final due. |