NET-112 TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS
Lab III-1 Evaluating Your System
Objective:
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Assess and Evaluate RAM in the Memory Subsystem and determine correct RAM components
for upgrading system unit including costs
Identify where RAM is located in the system unit and physically replace
Assess and Evaluate the Storage Subsystem of the system unit and determine correct hard drive
for upgrading system including costs
Identify where the Hard Drive is located in the system unit and physically replace the hard drive
Assess and Evaluate the Port Connectivity of the system unit and determine correct network
interface for upgrading system including costs
Identify where the network interface is located in the system unit and physically replace the
network card
Materials
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Tech Essentials Text
Internet Access
System Unit
Ram: Memory Subsystem
Step 1: Sound Byte – Memory Hierarchy Interactive
Step 2: Review the material in the Section about Evaluating RAM on page 227
With your assigned team get your system unit and complete the following
Determine the following information from the system unit
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How much RAM is installed in my system?
There are different types of RAM, what type is yours?
How much RAM can you add to your system unit totally?
What would the cost of adding the maximum amount of RAM?
How much Virtual Memory is this system using?
Explain any special considerations you have discovered
Step 3: Sound Byte – Installing RAM
Step 4: Remove and replace the RAM memory modules in the system unit
Mary Mosiman (Keith A. Jaben)
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NET-112 TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS
Lab III-1 Evaluating Your System
The Hard Disk: Evaluating the Storage Subsystem
Step 1: Sound Byte – Hard Drive Anatomy Interactive
Step 2: Review the material in the Section about Evaluating the Storage Subsystem on page 231
With your assigned team get your system unit and complete the following
Determine the following information from the system unit
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What is the capacity of the hard drive in the system unit?
There are different types of hard drives, what types is yours?
What type will you be installing in your system? What size?
Cost?
Step 3: Remove and replace the Hard Drive in the system unit
Evaluating Port Connectivity
Step 1: Review the material in the Section about Evaluating Port Connectivity on page 242
With your assigned team get your system unit and complete the following
Determine the following information from the system unit
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What types of ports are on your system unit? List them
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How many expansion slots do you have available?
Do you have an existing Ethernet Port?
Your Ethernet card is no longer working and you need to
replace it. What type kind of slots do you have available to put a
Network Interface Card into?
What is the Cost?
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Step 2: Remove and replace the Network Interface Card in the system unit
Mary Mosiman (Keith A. Jaben)
106753712
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