Course : Computer Hardware Engineering

Domain : Electronics

1. Introduction to Electronics
2. Basic Electronics
Describe various laws, component characteristics, etc.
Describe about Transistor, IC, PCB, CRT, LCD, UPS etc.

3. Applied Electronics
Describe various Amplifiers, etc.
4. Digital Electronics
Logics, Logic Gates, Registers, etc.

5. Testing & Measuring Instruments (From the Book Inside the PC HARDCORE
Aptech)
a. Some important instruments
b. Electrical quantities that can be measured with the help of Multimeter.
c. Use of CRO
d. Use of Function Generator

Domain : Computer Architecture

1. Basic concepts of a Personal Computer (PC)

(From the Book Inside the PC HARDCORE Aptech)

2. MS-DOS (From the Book Inside the PC HARDCORE Aptech)

a. Define MS-DOS
b. Basic Functions of MS-DOS
c. Use of Ctrl+Alt+Delete Key combination
d. Computer Boot Process
e. Importance of COMMAND.COM file
f. Internal & External DOS commands
g. Use of command lien switches
h. Demonstrate proper use of DOS commands

3. Motherboards (From A+ Book)

1. Introduction to Motherboards
2. Motherboard Form Factor
AT
ATX
3. Parts of motherboard
a. Buses : The circuits in Circuit Board
b. CPU Slot or Socket
 c. RAM Slots
d. Expansion Slots
e. Drive Connectors
f. Battery
g. Chipset
h. Jumpers
i. BIOS & CMOS
4. Working with BIOS Setup Program
5. Chipsets

4. CPU
1. How CPU works
How data is processed
Data Processing Speed
Interaction with RAM
2. Types of CPU Packaging
Pre-PGA CPUs
PGA CPUs
SEC CPUs
3. History of CPU Features
8086/8088 CPUs
80286 CPUs
80386 CPUs
80486 CPUs
Pentium CPUs
Pentium Pro CPUs
Pentium II, III, and 4 CPUs

5. Memory
1. Types of Memory
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
2. Understanding the Differences in RAM
RAM Banks and Packaging
Parity Checking
RAM Capacity
Speed
Technology
3. Virtual Memory : The Un-Memory
4. Installing & Removing Memory
SIMMs
DIMMs

6. Drives
1. HDD
2. FDD
3. Zip Drives
4. CDROMs

7. Expansion Boards
1. Video (Display) Card
2. Audio (Sound) Card
3. NIC (Network) Card
4. SCSI Card
5. TV Tuner Card

8. Power supply

Domain : Computer Peripherals

1. Input Devices
a. Keyboard
b. Mouse
c. Pen
d. Touch Screen
e. Scanner

2. Output Devices
a. Monitor
b. Printer
c. Plotter

Domain : Operating System

1. Introduction to Windows 98
2. Features of Windows 98
3. Adding / Removing Hardware in Windows 98
4. Installing / Uninstalling Programs in Windows 98
5. Troubleshooting in Windows 98