COMP –325 PC SYSTEM & PERIPHERAL REPAIR

COMP –325   PC  SYSTEM &  PERIPHERAL  REPAIR

  

COURSE CONTENTS:

1.           PREVENTIVE AND PRACTICAL MAINTENANCE

1.1      SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND ERROR/FAULT RECORD.

1.2      ENGINEER’S TOOLBAG AND USE OF TESTING/MEASURING INSTRUMENTS.

1.3      MAINTENANCE THROUGH REPLACEMENT.

1.4      SECOND LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE.

1.5      HARDWARE DIAGNOSTIC ROUTINES AND DIAGNOSTICS SOFTWARE.

2             TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR OF MOTHERBOARD

2.1      MOTHERBOARD BLOCK DIAGRAM AND COMPONENTS.

2.2      CPU CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES.

2.3      DAUGHTER BOARDS.

2.4      COMMONLY  OCCURING  FAULTS AND  IMPORTANT  SIGNALS  FOR  FAUL        

 TRACING.

2.5      DIAGNOSTICS  TESTS.

2.6      CARD  SUBSTITUTION  METHOD  AND  REPLACING A  MOTHERBOARD.

2.7.     PREVENTIVE  MEASURES.

3             TROUBLESHOOTING  AND  REPAIR  OF  POWER SUPPLY

3.1.     OPERATING  PRINCIPLE OF A  POWER SUPPLY.

3.2.     TROUBLE SHOOTING  PROCEDURES AND COMMONLY OCCURING FAULTS.

3.3.     REPAIR  TECHNIQUES  AND  REPLACING A POWER SUPPLY.

4             TROUBLESHOOTING  MEMORIES  AND  STORAGE  DEVICES

4.1.      OVERVIEW OF RAM AND ROM: DIP, SIMM, AND  DIMM  PACKING.

4.2.      TYPES OF MEMORIES.

4.3.      TROUBLE SHOOTING ROUTINES.

4.4.      FDD, HDD   AND IDE  HDD  AND  SCSI.

4.5.      TAPE  DRIVE  AND  COMPACT  DISKS.

4.6.      BERNOULIS  DRIVE AND  ZIP DRIVE.

5              PERIPHERALS

5.1.      CONFIGURING  THE  PERIPHERALS  AND THE CONFIG.SYS FILE.

5.2.      AUTO-CONFIGURATION AND PLUG AND PLAY  DEVICES.

6              MAINTENANCE  AND  REPAIR  OF  PRINTERS.

6.1       DOT MATRIX  PRINTER.

6.2       AN OVERVIEW: WORKING OF A DOT  MATRIX  PRINTER.

6.3       USER  LEVEL PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE  MAINTENANCE.

6.4       COMMON FAULTS.

6.5       DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY OF DOT MATRIX PRINTER.

6.6       REPAIRING THE DOT MATRIX PRINTER.

6.7       LINE  PRINTER.

6.8       LINE PRINTER: AN  INTRODUCTION.

6.9       OPERATING  LINE PRINTER: CONTROL PANEL AND INDICATORS.

6.10                        USER CONTROLLED  PREVENTIVE  MAINTENANCE.

6.11                        STEPS FOR TECHICIAN LEVEL MAINTENANCE.

6.12                        JET INK PRINTER.

6.13                        JET IN PRINTER: AN INTRODUCTION.

6.14                        USER LEVEL PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE  AND INDICATORS.

6.15                        DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY OF JET INK  PRINTER.

6.16                        COMMON  FAULTS AND REPAIRING JET INK PRINTER.

6.17                        LASER PRINTER.

6.18                        INTRODUCTION OF LASER.

6.19                        COMMON  FAULTS  AND  SAFETY  MEASURES.

6.20                        PREVENTIVE  MAINTENANCE  AND CORRECTIVE  MAINTENANCE.

7             MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SCANNERS

7.1.       AN OVERVIEW: IMAGE  READING.

7.2.       DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY OF SCANNER.

7.3.       COMMON FAULTS: STEPS  OF PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE   MAIN-

            TENANCE.

8             MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MONITORS                 

8.1.        OVERVIEW OF VIDEO  MONITOR  DISPLAY.

8.2.        COMMON  FAULTS OF A  MONITOR.

8.3.        DIADNOSTICS,  PREVENTIVE AND REPAIR OF MONITORS.

           

9.           MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF KEYBOARD

                        9.1.      BASIC  WORKING OF  KEYBOARD AND  KEYBOARD  INSTALLATION.

                        9.2.      DISASSEBLY AND ASSEMBLY OF A  KEYBOARD.

                        9.3.      INTENFACE  PROBLEMS.

9.4.       DIAGNOSTICS,  PREVENTIVE  AND REPAIR  TECHNIQUES.

10.           MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MOUSE

10.1.     WORKING OF A MOUSE AND INSTALLATION.

10.2.     DISASSEBLY AND ASSEMBLY OF A MOUSE.

10.3.     CLEANING AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

11.           TROULESHOOTING BASIC I/O INTERFACE CARD & SURFACE MOUNT    

               PCB

11.1.                       THEORY OF BASIC INPUT PORT AND OUTPUT PORT.

11.2.                       CONSTRUCTION OF AN I/O CARD.

11.3.                       FAULT DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS.

11.4.                       WORKING OF SMD.

11.5.                       USE OF SPECIAL TOOLS FOR SOLDERING.

11.6.                       TROUBLESHOOTING AN IC AND SMD.

BOOKS:

1.      MICROCOMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIRS, 2Ed, STEPHSON AND CAHILL, HWORD W. SAMS COMPANY, MCMILLAN.

2.      MICROPROCESSORS AND INTERFACING, 3Ed, BARRY B. BREY.

3.      PC UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE, 8Ed, MARK MINASI, BPB PUBLICATIONS, INDIA.

4.      UPGRADING AND REPAIRING PC, 8Ed, SCOTT MEULLER, QUE CORPORATION,

5.      HARDWARE TECHNICIAN IN CD.