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                    Session 1: The Visible Computer                                                               Session 6: Power Supplies


                    What is a Computer?                                                                           The Power Supply


                    Primary PC Connections                                                                        Mounting a Power Supply

                    External Connections                                                                          Choosing a Power Supply


                    Inside the PC                                                                                 Cooling Your PC


                                                                                                                  Troubleshooting Power Supplies


                    Session 2: CPUs                                                                               Troubleshooting Core Components


                    What is a CPU?


                    CPU Speeds and Cores                                                                          Session 7: Mass Storage Technologies


                    Caching                                                                                       Introduction to Mass Storage

                    CPU Sockets                                                                                   Magnetic Disk Drives


                    Installing a CPU                                                                              Solid State Drives


                    Liquid Cooling                                                                                SCSI


                                                                                                                  Boot Order


                    Session 3: RAM


                    RAM Technology                                                                                Session 8: Implementing Mass Storage

                    RAM Capacity                                                                                  New Installation - First Drive


                    RAM Features                                                                                  RAID


                    Installing RAM                                                                                Hardware RAID


                                                                                                                  Mass Storage Troubleshooting


                    Session 4: Firmware


                    What is the BIOS?                                                                             Session 9: Essential Peripherals


                    POST                                                                                          Optical Media

                    System Setup                                                                                  USB Standards


                    Troubleshooting Firmware                                                                      Understanding USB


                                                                                                                  Configuring USB


                    Session 5: Motherboards                                                                       Thunder and Lightning


                    Form Factors                                                                                  Keyboards and Mice


                    Chipsets                                                                                      Sight and Sound

                    Touring the Motherboard                                                                       Readers and Scanners


                    Touring the Case                                                                              Using Expansion Cards


                    Installing a Motherboard
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