Hardware Components

Question 1

To address the weakness of the compact nature of laptops what devices are used?

Answer 1

Expansion cards/Express Cards.

Question 2

What are the two standards of laptop expansion cards?

Answer 2

34mm and 54mm.

This refers to their width respectively.

Question 3

What are some examples of fucntionality that can be added with express cards?

Answer 3

Additonal Memory Card Reader.
External Hard Drive Access.
TV Tuner Cards.
USB and FireWire ports.
Wi-Fi Connectivity.

Question 4

How do you remove a hot-swappable express card?

Answer 4

1. Click the safely remove hardwrae option in system tray. Ensure that it is not on.
2. Click device you want to remove.
3. Remove Device.

Question 5

What are the specifications of ExpressCard/54?

Answer 5

Size: 75 x 54 mm
Thickness: 5mm
Interface: PCI Express, USB 2.0 and USB3.0
Examples: Smart Card Reader, Compact Flash Reader and 1.8 Disk Drive.

Question 6

What are the specifications of ExpressCard/34?

Answer 6

Size: 75 x 34 mm
Thickness: 5mm
Interface: PCI Express, USB 2.0 and USB3.0
Examples: FireWire, Tv Tuner, Wireless NIC

Question 7

What form do external flash drives take? How do they attach to laptops?

Answer 7

They can take up to the form of SSDs or smaller devices like pen drives.
They attach through eSATA cables, FireWire or USB.
They provide fast access to data, are highly reliable and have reduced power usage.

Question 8

What are flash cards? How do they attach to laptops?

Answer 8

These are small cards used to store data. They typically come in the form of SD or SDHD. They are small, portable and frequire little to no power to maintain.
They are commonly used in laptops, mobile devices and cameras.
They require Flash Card readers suhc as MiniSD readres to use.

Question 9

What are the two forms of smart card technology? How do they work?

Answer 9

Contact-This requires a physical connection to the card through insertion.
Contacless-This requires no connection, just for the card to be scanned.

Question 10

Wha can smart card readers be used for?

Answer 10

Electronic Payments.

Telephone Calls.

Question 11

What is the microprocessor on smart cards there for?

Answer 11

Security.

It can hold much more information than a magnetic stripe found on a credit card.

Question 12

What pin configurations support SODIMM 32 bit configurations?

Answer 12

72 pin and 100 pin.

Question 13

What pin configurations support SODIMM 64 bit configurations?

Answer 13

144-pin 200-pin and 244-pin.

Question 14

Wher can the currently installed amount of RAM be viewed?

Answer 14

POST Screen. BIOS or System Properties.

Question 15

What are CRUs? What is their purpose? What examples are there of this?

Answer 15

These are Custom Replaceable Units. These are parts of the laptop that the customer can replace.
Examples would be RAM, Batteries.

Question 16

What are FRUs? What is their purpose? What examples are there of this?

Answer 16

These are field replaceable units. These are pieces of the laptop that the customer should not replace.
This includes the motherboard, LCD DIsplaysa nd keyboard.

Question 17

What do FRUs require to replace?

Answer 17

Skill in computer hardware replacement.

Question 18

What are common repairs at local repair centers?

Answer 18

Hardware and Software Diagnosis.
Data transfer and recovery.
Keyboard and Fan replacement.
Internal Laptop cleaning.
Screen Repair.
LCD inverter and Backlight repair.