HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and Software Companion ...



HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and Software Companion Guide, Second Edition

(Cisco Networking Academy Program)

ISBN: 1-58713-136-6

Cisco Press

Errata

Page 53 At the top of the page, in the third bulleted point, Megabytes per second (MBps), the second sentence should read, “A data transfer rate of 1 MBps is approximately a rate of 1 million bytes or 1,000 kilobytes per second.”

Page 53 At the top of the page, in the fourth bulleted point, Megabits per second (Mbps), the second sentence should read, “A data transfer rate of 1 Mbps is approximately a rate of 1 million bites or 1,000 kilobits per second.”

Page 58 In Table 1-6 The Binary Number System, the Power of 10 representation should read, "Power of 2 representation.”

Page 58 In Table 1-7 Converting the Decimal Number 35 to Binary Form, the Power of 10 representation should read, "Power of 2 representation.”

Page 77 In the Key Terms, in the megabits per second (Mbps) definition, the second sentence should read, “A data transfer rate of 1 Mbps is a rate of approximately 1 million bits or 1,000 kilobits per second.”

Page 77 In the Key Terms, in the megabytes per second (MBps) definition, the second sentence should read, “A data transfer rate of 1 MBps is a rate of approximately 1 million bytes or 1,000 kilobytes per second.”

Page 101 In the first paragraph, the second sentence should read, “Motherboards can be described as Slot 1, Socket 370, and so on.”

Page 129 In Figure 2-27 Internal and External Daisy Chain, the third drive in the external daisy chain should read, “Do Not Terminate.”

Page 143 In the last paragraph, the last sentence should read, “Combo drives combine a CD recorder with a DVD player or recorder in a single drive.”

Page 159 In the second bulleted point, it should read:

▪ Trackpoint--Moves the cursor when the user pushes the point with a finger.

Page 181 In the “ESD Precautions” section, in the bulleted list under the second paragraph, the second bulleted point should read:

▪ Keep the humidity at 20-50 percent.

Page 207 In Figure 3-11 Types of Memory Modules, the first memory module should be labeled as “168-pin DIMM card,” and the second memory module should be labeled as “72-pin SIMM card.”

Page 218 In Figure 3-18 Pin-1 Ribbon Cable Identification, the label, “Red Ribbon,” should read, “Red Stripe.”

Page 243 Delete all of Question 12, “What is the function of the PC power supply?” and its multiple choice answers.

Page 255 In the first paragraph, the third bulleted point should read:

▪ Archive—This is a bundle of other files contained in one file itself. Archives do not compress files; they just tie files and their structure together. Today many archive formats feature built-in compression to save space.

Page 260 In Table 4-1 Common DOS Commands (Continued), in the “COPY” row, in the “Type” column, it should read, “Internal.”

Page 280 In the Key Terms, the first term should read:

archive file This is a bundle of other files contained in one file itself. Archives do not compress files; they just tie files and their structure together. Today many archive formats feature built-in compression to save space.

Page 287 In the Check Your Understanding section, for Question 8, “Which of the following is an external DOS command,” change Answer Option C to:

C. FDISK

Page 288 In the Check Your Understanding section, delete Question 18, “What happens if the HIMEM.SYS file is corrupt or missing?” and all of its multiple choice answers.

Page 289 In the Check Your Understanding section, delete Question 21, “What file should not be edited by the user?” and all of its multiple choice answers.

Page 339 The last bullet should only read:

▪ A 3-1/2-inch high-density floppy disk drive and a CD-ROM drive are required.

Delete the last sentence, “A 32x CD-ROM drive is the recommended minimum.”

Page 356 In Figure 5-76 Performance Tab, the window should read, “Device Manager Properties.”

Page 363 In the Summary section, in the fifth bullet, change paragraph to:

▪ If preparing the hard drive for the operating system, installation includes partitioning the drive. The partitioning process creates spaces of contiguous sectors on the hard drive. DOS can have up to four partitions on a hard drive.

Page 375 In the first paragraph, delete the first two sentences, which read, “The FAT file system is simple and reliable. Data is not lost if the computer crashes in the middle of an update by stalling or by not responding.”

Page 375 In the fourth paragraph, the fourth sentence should read, “The FAT32 file system was created to support partitions larger than 2 GB in size, whereas NTFS can handle larger partitions of 2 terabytes (TB) or more in size.”

Page 377 In Table 6-3 Utilization of Disk Space, change the following:

In the Disk Size (MB) column, from top to bottom, the numbers should be replaced with:

260 meg

8 gig

60 gig

2 tril

In the Cluster Size (KB) column, from top to bottom, the numbers should be replaced with:

4 K

8 K

16 K

32 K

In the Efficiency (%) column, from top to bottom, the numbers should be replaced with:

96.6%

92.9%

85.8%

73.8%

Page 380 In the second paragraph, the third sentence should read, “Microsoft used this file system with its Windows NT 3.51 operating system.”

Page 397 In the second paragraph, the first sentence should read, "The three types of volumes that can be created with Windows 2000 Professional are simple, striped, and spanned, as described in the following list:"

Page 412 In the second paragraph, the fifth bullet should read:

▪ The system must have a CD-ROM drive.

Delete: “The CD-ROM drive must be capable of reading at a speed of 12x or higher.”

Page 458 In the first paragraph, in Step 1, change and include the following:

Step 1 Insert the Windows XP CD in the CD-ROM drive.

The Welcome to the Windows XP Setup Window appears.

If Setup does not auto start automatically then go to

Start > Run. In the Run box, type D:\i386\winnt32,

where D is the drive letter for the CD-ROM, and then

press Enter.

Page 513 In the last paragraph, “Speed Ratings,” change all references of “kbps” to “KBps,” and change all references of “kilobits” to “kilobytes.”

For example, the third sentence should read, “The read speed of a CD-ROM drive is measured in multiples of 150 kilobytes per second (KBps) and is denoted by a numeral followed by an x.”

Page 515 In the last paragraph, the third sentence should read, “For example, a CD-R drive that can write at 3000 KBps has a 20x—or 20 times 150 kb—write speed.”

Page 532 In the Key Terms for Chapter 8: Multimedia Capabilities, the definition of dot pitch should read:

The physical limitation on the potential image sharpness of a screen image.

Page 537 Delete all of Question 14, “Which items need to be considered when determining the quality of a sound card?” and its multiple choice answers.

Page 550 Under the second paragraph, change “Lab 9.1.4 RAID” to read as:

Worksheet 9.1.4 RAID

This worksheet is a review of the information that was covered on the different types of RAID that are used in a network environment.

Page 565 Under the first paragraph, change “Lab 9.4.3 Adding Processors” to read as:

Worksheet 9.4.3 Adding Processors

The steps to add a new processor and to add an additional processor are reviewed in this worksheet.

Page 597 In the last paragraph, the fifth sentence should read, "When someone presses the button on the microphone to transmit, the person on the other end can hear what is being said."

Page 614 In the first paragraph, the sixth sentence should read, “A DNS server, when consulted by a computer, may not always get an IP mapping for the host name sought.”

Page 654 For Figure 10-64 Tracert Option, replace the window image with the window image at the top of page 655, which is:

C:\WINNT\System32\cmd.exe

Page 655 For Figure 10-65 Linux Traceroute Output, replace the window image with the window image at the bottom of page 654, which is:

root@jesselinux:~-Shell - Konsole

Page 676 In the Key Terms for Chapter 10: Networking Fundamentals, modify the following definition:

hybrid topology-- Combines more than one type of topology.

Page 678 In the Key Terms for Chapter 10: Networking Fundamentals, modify the following key term:

Packet Internet Groper (ping)

Page 713 In Figure 11-25 Single In-Line Memory Module (SIMM), change the figure label to read:

Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM)

Page 770 In Figure 12-14 ScanDisk, replace the figure image with the following:

[pic]

Page 770 In Figure 12-15 Defragmenter, replace the figure image with the “Defragmenting Drive C” image from Figure 12-14 ScanDisk in the text.

Remove the entire image “MS-DOS Prompt” from the text.

Page 778 In the last paragraph, the fifth sentence should read, "If the voltage is above the maximum, it is diverted to the MOV and bypasses the computer components."

Page 813 In Figure 13-14 168-Pin DIMM, replace the entire image with the image from Chapter 2, Figure 2-16 168-Pin DIMM, on page 115.

Page 975 In Appendix B: Answers to the Check Your Understanding Questions, for Question 15, “Which of the following are CD-ROM standards that define how information is stored on CD media,” change the answer to read:

B. ISO 9660

CD-ROM On the “Changing File Views in Windows” video, there is a replacement file for Step 4. This video file can be downloaded from:

title/1587131366

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