Comp TIA A+

2008-09-08 01:48:04

#1

molotov<bf2>: Member; +15|6711|uk

Just wondering if anyone is/has studied this? Particularly interested in ppl who have studied alone with just a reference book.

Did you have a cheap alternative to your PC that you could pull apart & work on?

2008-09-08 06:49:22

#2

CodePhoeniX: Member; +13|6482|USA

I have taken a class during highschool on this. We had books (Not free ) and everyone had their own PC to pull apart & work on. (PentiumIII's FTW)

So,

1. Yes
2. Yes

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I would recommend having a spare PC, one that no one needs and contains no important data. Your local computer store should have a cheap computer that will do what you need it to do for about $100 ish.(Tell them your trying to learn, and maybe thell give you a better price)

2008-09-08 06:53:32

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

Dunno, but we ripped apart and put computers back togheter in school today. We got three hours, and I was done in 14 minutes. What a waste of a day.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-09-08 07:17:25

#4

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6916

Is the A+ actually difficult? From what I've heard about it it sounds pretty simple, but apparently it's a useful cert to have?

2008-09-08 07:20:35

#5

chittydog: less busy; +586|7102|Kubra, Damn it!

ghettoperson wrote:
Is the A+ actually difficult? From what I've heard about it it sounds pretty simple, but apparently it's a useful cert to have?

It's not that hard, and it's not terribly useful unless you want to get a job working in a help desk or fixing PCs at Best Buy.

2008-09-08 07:20:52

#6

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7003|Salt Lake City

I received mine almost 15 years ago. I'm sure the test has changed quite a bit since then. Back when I took it you still had to know about manually setting IRQs and the addresses used by serial ports, parallel ports, sound cards, settings jumpers, etc. Plug and Play had not yet matured to the point it is now, and the operating systems didn't support IRQ sharing.

Ahhh, the good old days.

2008-09-08 08:34:39

#7

mikkel: Member; +383|6868

chittydog wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Is the A+ actually difficult? From what I've heard about it it sounds pretty simple, but apparently it's a useful cert to have?
It's not that hard, and it's not terribly useful unless you want to get a job working in a help desk or fixing PCs at Best Buy.

2008-09-08 08:54:17

#8

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6916

Which certs are actually worth taking? CompTIA do do decent ones, or are there other organisations that are worth looking at?

2008-09-08 08:56:50

#9

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7003|Salt Lake City

ghettoperson wrote:
Which certs are actually worth taking? CompTIA do do decent ones, or are there other organisations that are worth looking at?

Cisco, especially if you also get certs for security and telephony.

2008-09-08 08:58:10

#10

chittydog: less busy; +586|7102|Kubra, Damn it!

It depends on what you want to do. Do you want to do networking, helpdesk, programming, databases?

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