Chapter 1

Laptop Hardware and Components

This chapter covers the following A+ 220-1101 exam objective:

  • Images 1.1 – Given a scenario, install and configure laptop hardware and components.

Welcome to the first chapter of this book! In this chapter, we focus on laptop hardware only. Software will be covered later in the book. The core of this chapter deals with laptop hardware and device replacement. By that I mean laptop power and batteries, keyboards, memory, storage drives, and so on. You might come into contact with laptops old and new that need to be repaired and/or upgraded. This chapter addresses many of those scenarios. Let’s get to it.

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