Product Description

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Mike Meyers, the leading authority on CompTIA A+ training and certification, has helped hundreds of thousands of people master the skills covered on the CompTIA A+ exams--and now he can help you, too. Completely updated for the new CompTIA A+ standards, Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+® Guide: PC Technician will help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604 and become an expert computer technician. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:

• Work with CPUs, RAM, and motherboards
• Configure CMOS and BIOS settings
• Install internal devices and removable-media drives
• Provide proper power and cooling
• Install and configure hard drives
• Work with the command-line interface
• Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP
• Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies
• Install sound and video cards
• Install and troubleshoot printers
• Connect to networks and manage Internet connections
• Implement security measures
• Establish good communication skills

The CD-ROM features:

• Two full practice exams for each CompTIA A+ exam: 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604
• One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Mike Meyers teaching key CompTIA A+ topics
• Electronic copy of the book
• Complete exam objective map
• List of official CompTIA A+ acronyms
• Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians

Each chapter includes:

• Learning objectives
• Photographs and illustrations
• Real-world examples
• Try This! and Cross Check exercises
• Tech tips, notes, and warnings
• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #655100 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 558 pages

About the Author

Mike Meyers, A+, Network+, MCP, is one of the industry's leading authorities on A+ certification. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA, and the United Nations. Mike is the bestselling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, which has sold 500,000 copies in five editions.

Customer Reviews

Great Book!
This book does cover the new A+ exams. Hence the sub-title (602, 603, and 604) the earlier versions of Comptia were not called that by the same numbers. They were just A+ Hardware and A+ Software. This books has been revised to reflect the latest technology as of 2007, so there are always going to be new technology in the computer hardware industries.
M. Meyers gives ample exercises and real life scenarios in his great book. This book was for my A+ class and was very helpful to my passing the new exams from Comptia, A+ Essentials and A+ 220-602 IT technician.

Since passing the exams, I am getting IT Helpdesk and Desktop support jobs left and right!

Thanks to MR. Meyers' helpful insights and expertise.

J. Robbins

Too much for an Outdated Book
This book was for the 1997-98 exams and it did not even come with the disk that is suppose to come with the book that alloes you to take practice exams. Anyone, in the future, make sure you ask what year the exam material covers and if you will be getting the exam test CD with it.