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ETE 134 Computer Hardware Maintenance Student Information  Syllabus: On the Syllabus you will find valuable information such as the text for the class, the grading criteria, the homework assignments and the instructor information. Please note that the documents below represent what was done in the last semester, the content of the labs may change substantially when they are next assigned.  Labs: (All are word Documents) Lab 1: Electrical Measurements -(doc ver. 1/9/06) Performed 1/19/06 (due1/26/06) Lab 2: Introduction to Computer Hardware - (doc ver. 1/24/05) Performed 1/26/06 (due 2/2/06) Lab 3: Re-building your Computer (doc. ver. 11/10/05) Performed 2/2/06 (due2/9/05) Lab 4: “CMOS Settings”  (doc. ver. 2/6/06) Performed 2/9/06 (due 2/16/06) Lab 5:  System Resources (doc. ver. 2/2/06) Performed 2/16/06 (due 2/23/06)) Lab 6:  DOS Commands (doc. ver. 11/10/05) Performed Take-Home (due 3/2/06) Lab 7: DOS Drive Maintenance Commands (doc. ver. 3/20/06) Performed 3/22/06 (due 4/4/06) Lab 8: FAT File system (doc. ver. 3/29/06) Performed 3/29/06 (due 4/6/06) Lab 9:  NTFS File System (doc. ver. 11/10/05) Performed 4/6/06 (EXTRA CREDIT) Lab 10:  Additional Hard Drives and Partitions (doc. ver. 4/13/05) Performed 4/13/06 (due 4/20/06) Lab 11:  Methods of Drive Connection (doc. ver. 11/10/05) Performed 4/19/06 (due 4/25/06) Lab 12: Using the Backup Utility (doc. ver. 4/25/06) Performed 4/25/06 (due 4/25/06) Test Study Guides Study guides will be posted a week prior to the Midterm and Final exams. Midterm: March 9, 2006; OB 117 Final: 9:30 A.M., Tuesday, May 2, 2006; OB 117 Extra Credit Example Some have asked for what I am looking for in Extra Credit. linked below is an example.  Do not try to hand this in for credit! Extra Credit Example 11/24/03 (pdf) Helpful Links For information on the basic workings of NTFS, this article is pretty good: http://www.winntmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/3455/pg/1/1.html Km Komando has a Radio Show that discusses computers.  Occasionally she has some articles with descent basic information on technology.  Here are some that I found interesting: USB, Fire Wire and Bluetooth DVD's and CD's A great source of basic information on computer technology and how it works can be found at PCuide: http://www.pcguide.com/topic.html.  The sight is a bit dated, but the concepts are still valid.  Another useful site is Tom's Hardware Page. For a particularly interesting article on what happens to your computer without a heat sink, check out this article.  Tom's Hardware Heat sink Failure A good page on DOS commands can be found at Computerhope.com. One warning about this page, in the case of some commands, specifically the xcopy command, it will list switches not actually supported by Win 95.  The switches listed work for MSDOS 6.0 and Win98.  Win95 had substantially fewer. Mike Binzer ET Program Coordinator Office: 859-257-4872 ext. 4109 Outside 859 area code call toll free: 1-866-774-4872 x 4109 Email: mike.binzer@kctcs.edu BCTCD/LCC is an Equal Opportunity Institution For questions about this page or to report problems, please contact Mike Binzer Revised 4/25/06