PC Maintenance and Repair

Your at-home learning course includes six Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you’ll employ in your new career in PC Maintenance and Repair. Your first Instruction Set will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

We recommend that you have two PCs, one for disassembly practice and the other for software use. For the practice PC used in hands-on exercises, we suggest a Pentium II/Pentium III or an AMD K2-6 processor with a minimum of 128MB of RAM, a 5 to 10GB hard drive, a 56K modem, and a Windows® 98 Second Edition/Me or Windows NT®4.0/2000 operating system. For your OS/software studies, we suggest a PC with Windows® XP (Home or Professional) operating system with an active Internet account.

Instruction Set 1

• Learning Strategies
• Technology and Society
• Introduction to PC Repair

Instruction Set 2

• Introduction to Hardware and Software
• Preparing for Your Career as a PC Maintenance and Repair Technician

Instruction Set 3

• Working with Disk Drives
• System Boards and Component Identification
• Understanding Memory
• Multimedia — CD and DVD Drives
• Installation and Support of Hard Drives
• Multimeter Operation Manual
• Power Supplies
• Equipment: Multimeter

Instruction Set 4

• Notebooks, Laptops, and PDAs
• External I/O Devices and Printers
• Basic Troubleshooting and Support
• Buying and Building a PC
• PC-to-PC Modems and the Internet
• Learning Aid: Diagnostic Software
• DVDs:
  • Personal Computer Repair
  • Personal Computer Assembly

Instruction Set 5

• Introduction to Operating Systems
• Viruses and Disaster — Data Protection and Recovery
• Understanding Windows NT®
• Understanding Windows® 9x and ME
• Standard Operating and Maintenance Procedures
• Understanding Windows® 2000 and XP
• Apple® Computers

Instruction Set 6

• Network Protocols and Internet Working
• Textbook: Hands-on Networking Fundamentals

Online Library and Librarian
Students in ICS Canada have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and assist students in research activities during their studies with ICS Canada.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

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Apple is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. registered in the United States of America and other countries.