Chapter 3
Advanced Computer Hardware
Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:
What are general and fire safety standards?
What are safe working conditions and procedures?
What procedures help protect equipment and data?
What procedures help to properly dispose of hazardous computer components and related material?
What tools and software are used with personal computer components, and what is their purpose?
What is the proper way to use tools?
What should you expect the first time you boot a computer?
What is the BIOS setup program?
How do you use beep codes?
Key Terms
This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the glossary at the end of the book.
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