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Cards in this set: Term Pentium II Specs... Ch3 Definition 233-450 Mhz... L1- 32kb.... L2- 512kb.... Single Edge Cartridge.... Slot 1.... Term Pentium II Celeron Specs... Ch3 Definition 266-700 Mhz... L1- 32kb... L2- 128kb on later versions... Single Edge Processor and PGA... Slot 1, Socket 370 Term Pentium III Specs... . Ch3 Definition 450 Mhz - 1.26 Ghz... L1- 32kb... L2- 256kb or 512kb... SEC2 and PGA... Slot1 , Socket 370 Term Celeron II, Pentium III Specs... Ch3 Definition 533-700 Mhz... L1- 32kb... L2- 128kb... PGA... Socket 370 Term AMD Athlon Specs... Ch3 Definition 500 Mhz - 1Ghz... L1- 128kb... L2- 512kb... SEC... Slot A Had 9 pipelines Term AMD Athlon Thunderbird Specs... Ch 3 Definition 650 Mhz - 1.4Ghz... L1- 128kb... L2- 256kb... PGA... Socket A (462 pin) Term AMD Duron Specs... Ch3 Definition 600Mhz - 1.3Ghz... L1- 128kb... L2- 64kb... PGA... Socket A (642 Pin) Term Pentium 4 Specs... Ch3 Definition 1.3 - 3.2 Ghz... L1- 128kb... L2- 256 and 512kb... PGA... Socket 423 and 478 Term AMD Athlon XP Specs... Ch3 Definition 1.3 - 2.16 Ghz... L1- 128kb... L2- 256kb and 512kb... PGA... Socket A (462 pin) Term What is Clock Speed?... Ch3 Definition The maximum number of clock cycles a CPU can handle in a certain amount of time... Also known as the max speed of a CPU Term What are PGA and ZIF?... Ch3 Definition Pin Grid Array... Zero Insertion Force... Term What is DRAM and what are its characteristics?... Ch3 Definition Dynamic Random Access Memory... Needs to have its registers refreshed(volitale)... Northbridge tells DRAM when to refresh Term What are Disk Cache and RAM Cache?... Ch3 Definition Disk Cache supports Hard Drive to Ram... Ram Cache supports Ram to CPU Term Pentium Specs... Ch3 Definition 60 - 200 Mhz... L1- 16kb... Socket 4,5 Term Pentium Pro Specs... Ch3 Definition 166-200 Mhz... L1- 16kb... L2- 256, 512kb, or 1mb... Socket 8... Beginning of MMX technology Handled 4 seperate pipelines Term SIMM Pin numbers... Ch4 Definition 72 pin... 32 bits wide... FPM (Fast Page Mode) DRAM Term DDR RAM Specs... Ch4 Definition Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM Two processes per clock cycle... 184 pins for Desktop... 200 or 172 pin for SO DIMM for Laptops... Speeds - 200,266,333,400 Mhz Term RIMM Specs... Ch4 Definition Rambus DRAM or RDRAM... Speeds up to 800 Mhz... 184 pin for desktop... 160 SO-RIMM for laptop... 64 bits wide... All RIMM slots must be populated on RIMM motherboards... Must be installed in pairs Term DIMM pin numbers... Ch4 Definition 168/184 pins for Desktop... 68/72/144/172 for laptops (SO-DIMM) Single Outline DIMM Term EDO DRAM... Ch4 Definition Extended Data Out DRAM... Needs less refreshing... Comes in 72 pin SIMM's and 168 pin DIMM's Term SDRAM characteristics... Ch4 Definition Synchronous DRAM... Tied to CPU Clock... 66, 75, 83, 100, 133 MHZ... No access speeds as it is tied to the speed of the clock. Term PC100/PC133... Ch4 Definition Came about when Athlon/PIII moved FSB's to 100 and 133Mhz... Use SPD (serial presence detection) to tell the system all about the DRAM (speed, size, bits, etc) Term Boot process of a computer... Ch5 Definition -CPU wakes up... -Reads power good wire (sends built in memory address)... -POST (Power on self test)... -Bootstrap loader (finds OS)... -Passes control to the OS Term POST beep codes... Ch5 Definition 6- 8042 Keyboard... 8- Video problem Term System.ini file... Ch5 Definition -loads 32 bit drivers for DOS... 5 standard sections in the file -boot -keyboard -boot description -386 EnH (majority of drivers stored here) -Drivers Win98/ME require this to boot!!! Term Config.sys ... Ch5 Definition A text file located in root C:... Needed in Win 98/ME... Stores common or native system device drivers Term CMOS Erros... Possible causes... Ch5 Definition -Dead battery... -In and out of PCI/Memory cards... -Touching the motherboard... -Chip creep Term Last 384k in the first 1mb of memory store the... Ch5 Definition BIOS Term PCI... Ch6 Definition Peripheral Component Interconnect... 32 bit, 33Mhz... Self configuring... Full bus mastering and DMA... Sits between the FSB and other expansion buses... Supports memory addresses 3f8h-fffh Term DRQ7... bits and use... Ch6 Definition 16 bit... open Term DRQ 6... Bits and use... Ch6 Definition 16 bit... open Term DRQ 5... Bits and use... Ch6 Definition 16 bit... open Term DRQ 3... Bits and use... Ch6 Definition 8 bit... open Term DRQ 2... bits and use... Ch6 Definition 8 bit... used for Floppy drive controller Term DRQ 1... Bits and use... Ch6 Definition 8 bit... Sound device Term DRQ 0.... bits and use... Ch6 Definition 8 bit.... open Term COM ports are primarily used with... Ch6 Definition Serial ports... Term IRQ 15... Ch6 Definition Secondary hard drive controller... Term IRQ 14... Ch6 Definition Primary Hard Drive Controller... Term IRQ 13... Ch6 Definition Math Co-Processor... Term IRQ 10, 11, 12... Ch6 Definition OPEN for use... Term IRQ 9... Ch6 Definition Cascaded to IRQ 2...Open for use... Term IRQ 8... Ch6 Definition Real time clock... Term IRQ 7... Ch6 Definition LPT1... Term IRQ 6.. . Ch6 Definition Floppy Drive... Term IRQ 5 Ch6 Definition LPT 2 Term IRQ 4 Ch6 Definition COM 1 COM 3 Term IRQ 3 Ch6 Definition COM 2 COM 4 Term IRQ 2 Ch6 Definition Open for use Connects to IRQ 9 Term IRQ 1 Ch6 Definition Keyboard Term IRQ 0... Ch6 Definition System Timer... Term Memory address... 01F0-01F7... Ch6 Definition Primary Hard drive controller... Term Memory address... 00C0-00CF... Ch6 Definition DMA Controller... Term Memory address... 03F0-03F7... Ch6 Definition Floppy Controller... Term Memory address... 02F8-02FF... Ch6 Definition COM 2... (IRQ 3) Term Memory address... 0378-037F... Ch6 Definition LPT 1... (IRQ7) Term Memory address... 03E8-03EF... Ch6 Definition COM 3... (IRQ4) Term Memory address... 02E8-02EF... Ch6 Definition COM 4... (IRQ3) Term Memory address... 0278-027F... Ch6 Definition LPT 2... (IRQ5) Term Memory address... 03F8-03FF... Ch6 Definition COM 1... (IRQ4) Term Memory address... 0064... Ch6 Definition Keyboard Term Memory address... 0020-002F... Ch6 Definition Master IRQ Controller Term Memory address... 0030-003F... Ch6 Definition Master IRQ Controller Term Memory address... 0000-000F... Ch6 Definition DMA Controller Term Expansion cards use/need 4 things from a CPU... Ch6 Definition I/O address... IRQ... DMA... Memory Address... Term ISA Bus specs... Ch6 Definition 2 flavors, 8 and 16 bit... stands for Industry Standard Architecture Term Northbridge handles data between... Ch7 Definition The CPU and RAM Term Southbridge handles data between... Ch7 Definition The expansion cards, mass storage and the CPU... Sits between the expansion slots and the IDE controllers Term P8/P9 connectors line up with the.... Ch8 Definition Black ground wires touching in the middle Term FRU's include... Ch8 Definition Power supplies... RAM... Floppy drives Field replaceable units Term Solid LED on a floppy drive indicates... Ch9 Definition That the ribbon cable is flipped Term Floppy drive ribbon cables consist of... Ch9 Definition 34 pin ribbon... and a 7 wire twist to indicate the primary or master drive Term Which OS's can handle which software RAID's?... Ch10 Definition NT/2000 server - "Disk Management" RAID 0, 1, 5... 2000/XP- can do 0 or 1, but NOT 5 Term RAID 5 is ... Ch10 Definition Disk Striping with distributed parity... Provides redundancy and speed... Requires at least 3 HD's Term RAID 1 is... Ch10 Definition Disk mirroring... for full redundancy... Requires at least 2 HD's... 2 100GB HD's in RAID 1 = 100GB of storage Term RAID 0 is... Ch10 Definition Disk Striping... Provides no redundancy... Used for speed... 2 drives Term DMA data transfer rates for HD's... (ATA/xx = mode x)... Ch10 Definition Can be either 16 or 32 bit... ATA/66 = Mode 4... ATA/100 = Mode 5.. ATA/133 = Mode 6 ALL Require 40 pin, 80 wire ribbon cable Term SATA specs... Ch10 Definition Serial... 7 wire data cables... 1 meter cable lengths... hot swappable... 1 device per controller channel... 150mbps data rate Term PATA/IDE... Ch10 Definition 80286 was the first to use this standard... uses 40 pin, 80 wire ribbon cable... 18" max cable length Term ATAPI... Ch10 Definition Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface... -Used for non-HD devices (CD/DVD ROMS)... -Uses same 40 pin ribbon cable as IDE Term Ultra ATA/33 requires xx pin, xx wire ribbon cable... Ch10 Definition 40 pin, 40 wire Term Hard drive sectors contain X amount of data... Ch10 Definition 512 bytes Term To fix the master boot record in 98/ME, use.... Ch11 Definition FDISK/ MBR Term NTFS 5 OS's and characteristics... Ch11 Definition 2000 and XP... EFS- Encrypting File System... Disk quotas for users... Volume mount points Adjustable cluster sizes Term File systems in each OS... Ch11 Definition -Fat 16... All........... -Fat 32.... 95 OSR2 98 ME 2000 XP............ -NTFS 5.... 2000 XP Term Simple Volume... Ch11 Definition Is a dynamic disk... Acts like a primary partition, bootable Term Dynamic Disks... Ch11 Definition Only in 2000/XP... Use volumes instead of partitions... Can change the size of volumes without deleting them... Not available in XP Home edition Term Extended Partition... Ch11 Definition Not bootable... Up to 3 extended partitions on a drive... Must be divided into at least 1 logical drive to show up in the OS Term Partitioning tools in each OS... Ch11 Definition 98/ME - FDISK (Console)... NT4 - Disk Administrator... 2000/XP- Disk Management Term FDISK... Ch11 Definition Used to partition drives in 98/ME... Allows only one primary (bootable) partition per drive Term Primary Partitions... Ch11 Definition Store operating systems... A hard drive must have a primary partition to boot up... Always C:, can't be changed. Term Volume Boot Sector... Ch11 Definition First sector of the first cylinder of each partition... Stors info on each partition, such as location of OS boot files Term Hard Drive partition tables... Ch11 Definition Support up to 4 bootable partitions per drive Term MBR... Ch11 Definition Looks for partition in the partition table with valid operating systems... Takes control of the boot process from the BIOS. Term Boot Sector... Ch11 Definition First sector on the physical drive... Contains the MBR and the partition table Term Four things NTFS 5 has that NTFS 4 does not... Ch12 Definition Encryption... Mount Points... Disk Quotas... Dynamic disk support Term NTOSKRNL.exe... Ch12 Definition Completes loading the registry,...initializes all device drivers, and starts winlogon.exe... The last step in loading the GUI Term NTBOOTDD.sys... Ch12 Definition Provides boot access on SCSI drives Term NTDETECT.com... Ch12 Definition -When booting NT/2000/Xp, this detects installed hardware Term BOOTSECT.dos... Ch12 Definition If booting to 98/ME, NTLDR reads this file to find the IO.sys file Term BOOT.ini... Ch12 Definition Text file that lists operating systems available to NTLDR... Then points NTLDR to the boot partition Term NTLDR.... Ch12 Definition MBR or MFT start the NTLDR file, which reads the BOOT.ini file Term List the boot process for NT/2000/XP... Ch12 Definition NTLDR... BOOT.ini... NTDETECT.com... NTBOOTDD.sys (if SCSI is present)... Then... NTOSKRNL.exe Term Advantages of NTFS over FAT... Ch12 Definition Long File Names (LFN)- 255 characters... Redundancy- Stores MFT in the middle of the drive... Backward compatible... Recoverability- Transaction logging... Security - EFS Term Which OS's have System Restore?.... Ch12 Definition Win 98 and XP, but not 2000! Term First OS to have Internet Connection Sharing?... Ch12 Definition Win 98 SE.... Term System Information Tool... Ch12 Definition In 98/ME, much like a "read only" device manager.... Is the launch pad for most system utilities in 98/Me Term Start up disks for 98/ME... Ch12 Definition Method for creation is in the OS... Cannot start GUI from the startup disks, only the command prompt Term [386EnH] section of SYSTEM.ini stores... . ch12 Definition All drivers for 386 enhanced mode.... Enhanced mode = OS accessing processors 386 protected mode Term SYSTEM.ini characteristics... Ch12 Definition Required in 98/Me to boot... Initializes resources... Not required in 2000/XP, but provided for backwards compatibility... Use Notepade, EDIT.exe, or SYSEDIT to edit the file Term WIN.com... Ch12 Definition Loads the graphical portion of 98/Me Term HIMEM.sys... Ch12 Definition Provides access to the memory beyond the first 1MB... Required by 98/ME to load the GUI... Is located in CONFIG.sys Term MSDOS.sys... Ch12 Definition Required by 98/ME... No longer part of OS Kernal in DPMI... Replaces many functions of AUTOEXEC.bat and CONFIG.sys prior to the OS starting Term Left control key while "Starting Win98" does.... Ch12 Definition Boots to option menu where you can get to the C:.... IO.sys looks to see if Control is pressed at this time Term DPMI Core files... Ch12 Definition Dos Protected Mode Interface... IO.sys- Combined functions of old DOS's IO.sys and MSDOS.sys... MSDOS.sys- Start up file options, it is hidden and read only on the root .... COMMAND.com- Provides the command prompt. Not needed in the OS unless AUTOEXEC.bat is needed. Stored in the root. Term Advantages of FAT32 over FAT16... Ch12 Definition Long File Names (255 characters)... Partitions can be 2 Terabytes instead of 2 Gigabytes Term Differences between DPMI and DOS... Ch12 Definition DPMI supports LFN and FAT32 Term DPMI in 98/ME... Ch12 Definition 98/ME is really 2 parts, DPMI and Protected Mode GUI... Protected mode means 32 bit... DOS mode starts first, then the GUI Term What are the Swap Files in the OS's?... Ch12 Definition 98/ME- Win386.swp... NT/2000/XP- Pagefile.sys Term HKEY_DYN_DATA... Ch12 Definition Only in 98... Stores registry data in RAM to speed up system configuration.... Contains a snapshot of all hardware currently in use... Updated at boot and as changes are made to the system Term HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIGURATION... Ch12 Definition Shows current device configurations Term HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE... Ch12 Definition Stores data for non-user specific configurations, including all devices on the system Term HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USER... Ch12 Definition Users- Stores all information on ALL users of local machine.... Current user- Stores current user settings. Term HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT... Ch12 Definition Defines the standard class objects.... Class objects - named group of functions Term Characteristics of 98/ME registry files... Ch12 Definition Path- Double click MY COMPUTER>CONTROL PANEL, or START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL... Also, typing in %windir% at run line... 2 binary files, SYSTEM.dat and USER.dat Term cd %systemroot%... Ch12 Definition Takes you to the directory that houses the NT/2000/XP OS files... Term Network Neighborhood and My Network Places... Ch12 Definition Network Neighborhood- Win98... My Network Places- ME/2000/XP Term Windows Explorer... Ch12 Definition Acted seperately from My Computer in all versions prior to XP.... XP combined My computer and Win Explorer. Term 2 configuration files of DOS... Ch12 Definition CONFIG.sys- Loads specialized device drivers and sets OS variables... AUTOEXEC.bat- text file that ran DOS commands each time the PC starts. Term DOS Core files... Ch12 Definition IO.sys- loaded common drivers for system devices, such as keyboard, floppy, hard drives, VGA video... MSDOS.sys... Commmand.com- provided command prompt. Term 4 Command line Attribs... Ch13 Definition -hidden + or - h... -read only + or - r... -system + or - s... -archive + or - a Term BOOTLOG.txt... Ch14 Definition Tracks boot process, logging as each driver and program loads. Term DETLOG.txt... Ch14 Definition Created during hardware detection process.... Tracks detection, query, and installation of devices. Term SETUPLOG.txt... Ch14 Definition Tracks complete installl process.... Logs success and failure of file copying, registry updates, and reboots Term Operating systems that can upgrade directly to XP Pro... Ch14 Definition All Win 98 versions... Win ME... NT 4.0 SP5... 2000 Pro... XP Home Term Hardware requirements for XP... Ch14 Definition 233 Mhz (Intel or AMD)... 64MB RAM... 1.5GB HD..... 800x600/ DirectX 8... CD-ROM, Keyboard, Mouse Term Hardware requirements for 2000... Ch14 Definition Pentium 133 Mhz... 64MB RAM... 2GB HD w/650MB free... VGA video Term Hardware requirements for NT... Ch14 Definition 80486 @ 25Mhz.. 12MB RAM... 128MB HD... VGA Video Term What does CVT.exe do?... Ch14 Definition Converts FAT16 to FAT32 Term Hardware requirements for 98/ME.. Ch14 Definition Any Pentium... 32MB RAM... 455-635MB HD... 640x480 @ 16 colors... Mouse, CD ROM, Sound card Term General Protection faults occur when... Ch15 Definition One program enters the memory area of another.... Check DRWATSON.log Term Troubleshooting when OS won't boot to GUI... Ch15 Definition 1-Corrupt swap file...boot to safe mode, disable virtual memory.... 2-step by step configuration from boot menu (98 only)....... 3-Corrupt registy..... 4-Resource conflicts.....boot to safe mode and go to device manager.... 5-Bad driver....use Automated Skip Driver in safe mode..... 6-Core windows file is corrupt Term What to do when "Error in CONFIG.sys in LINE XX" .... Ch15 Definition Edit CONFIG.sys and put a semi-colon in front of the offending line.... Term "NO OS FOUND" error.... Ch15 Definition -Missing IO.sys or MSDOS.sys files.... Load the startup disk and use the SYS C: command to recopy to the hard drive Term Two files that help support CD ROMS ...... Ch15 Definition OAKCDROM.sys-provides driver for making bootable CD ROM..... MSCDEX.exe-located in the Windows>Command folder Term Path to create startup disks in 98/ME.... Ch15 Definition START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS>STARTUP DISKS. Term System Configuration Utility in 98/ME... Ch15 Definition Located in TOOLS menu...... START>RUN>MSCONFIG......... Programs that autorun can be found here. Contains CONFIG.sys, AUTOEXEC.bat, SYSTEM.ini, WIN.ini, and Startup tabs. Term System Monitor in 98/ME......... Ch15 Definition START>PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES>SYSTEM TOOLS.... Can view free physical memory, CPU usage, and network throughput Term Vcache.... Ch15 Definition Located in all versions of Windows, this monitors and stores files that are continuously requested by the CPU from RAM. Term What OS's hold Scandisk?........ Ch15 Definition 98/ME......... Path START>PROGRAMS>SYSTEM TOOLS Term Emergency Repair Disks....... Ch15 Definition Only found in NT and 2000...... Not bootable, have to use startup disks to get to prompt to use ERD's. Term AGP Specs.... Ch18 Definition Connects directly to the Northbridge.... . 66Mhz... 32bit PCI 2.1.... Strobing- multiplies signals 2x, 4x, or 8x per clock cycle Term VGA... Ch18 Definition 640x480 @ 16 colors... Term 15pin, 3 row, DB type connector... Ch18 Definition VGA video connector Term Active Matrix/ TFT..... Ch18 Definition TFT- Thin Film Transistor..... Transistors control each color dot in LCD..... Faster, crisper, tighter color control, brighter, more colors and wider viewing angle (90-100 degrees) than passive matrix Term Passive Matrix.... Ch18 Definition Slow, tends to overlap between pixels Term Dot Pitch... Ch18 Definition Diagonal distance between phosphorous dots of the same color in a monitor.... Mesuared in mm... Usually between .39 and .18mm... .28 is usually the max usable pitch... Lower the pitch the better Term Functional Aspect Ratio.... Ch18 Definition 4:3... Horizontal to Vertical Term VRR... Ch18 Definition Vertical Refresh Rate... length of time to draw the entire screen and return to uppler left hand corner... Improper VRR is number 1 killer of monitors Term HHR... Ch18 Definition Horizontal Refresh Rate... Speed at which electron beam moves across the screen Term SCSI 3 standards..... Ch19 Definition 8bit... 16bit.... Ultra... 20Mhz ...20Mbps ...40Mbps Ultra2... 40Mhz ...40Mbps ...80Mbps Ultra3... 80Mhz ...80Mbps ...160Mbps ....Hot swappable Term LVD SCSI.... Ch19 Definition Low Voltage Differential... 12 Meters max length cable... Compatible with SE, but not HVD. Takes speed of slower SE when connected together. Term HVD SCSI... Ch19 Definition High Voltage differential... 2 wires per bit of data... SCSI2 standards... 25 meter max cable length... Not compatible with LVD, but is with SE... Very expensive Term SE SCSI... Ch19 Definition Single Ended... Slowest SCSI standard... 6 meter, max cable length Term SCSI 2 standards... Ch19 Definition 8bit (narrow)... 16bit (wide).... 32bit (wide) not used often bc of $$.... 10Mhz (fast SCSI)... Roughly 10Mbps of data throughput Term SCSI 1 standards... Ch19 Definition 8bit and 5mhz ... 7 devices at once (+1 for the host adapter) Term SCSI ID range... Ch19 Definition 0 to 15... Host adapter is usually the highest number... No 2 devices in the same chain can have the same ID Term # of SCSI devices on a chain (SCSI1 and SCSI2)... Ch19 Definition SCSI1- 7 +adapter........ SCSI2- 15 +adapter Term SCSI connections........ Ch19 Definition 68 pin ribbon cable... or... 50pin High Density... Term SCSI Cables... Ch19 Definition Type A- 50 Wires, 8 bit Used by SCSI 1 and 2... Type B- 68 wires. Needed for SCSI, used in parallel with Type A.... P Cable- Replaced the A/B cable combo, 68 wires.... SCSI 3 uses SCA 80 pin cable Term 3 types of Laptop batteries... Ch21 Definition NiCD- Nickel Cadmium Must be recycled... NiMH- Nickel Metal Hydride.... LiION- Lithium Ion Term 2 types of Firewire connections... Ch21 Definition 6 pin powered... 4 pin unpowered... IEEE 1394 handles 63 devices Term Laptop RAM... Ch21 Definition 72 or 144 pin SODIMM... 172 or 200 pin DDR SODIMM Term USB Standards (Speeds)... Ch21 Definition USB 1.1- 12Mbps.... USB 2.0- 480Mbps...... Supply power to devices..... Max cable length of 5 meters.... Handles 127 devices Term 3 types of PCMCIA cards.... Ch21 Definition Personal Computer Memory Card International Association..... 68 pin interface... 32 bit, 3.3 volts... Type 1 3.3mm - flash memory.... Type II 5mm - Modem, NIC..... Type III 10.5mm - Hard drive.... Term 2 sets of drivers used with PC laptop cards.... Ch21 Definition Socket services- physical drivers of slot.... Card Services- software drivers of the function of the card Term Spotty printing of laser printer...... Ch22 Definition Damaged drum .......... Clean the fuser rollers... Term Vertical white lines -laser printer.... Ch22 Definition Clogged toner.... Shake the toner cartridge or replace it Term Ghosting - laser printer... Ch22 Definition Image on drum isn't fully discharged.... Not enough toner or the charge on the toner isn't good enough... Bad cleaning blade on drum Term "Dirty" printouts - laser printer... Ch22 Definition Dirty fusing roller, leaves light dusting of toner on the paper Term Blank page - laser printer... Ch22 Definition Printer is out of toner.... If the image is on the drum, then the transfer corona has failed. Term Blank page - Inkjet printer... Definition Clean the ink nozzles Term 6 Steps of the laser print process.... Ch22 Definition 1. Clean - Drum is scrapped, blasted by erasure lamps.......... 2. Charge - Primary corona wire charges the drum uniformly to ~ -600V........ 3. Write - Laser writes positive image (~ -100V) to the drum...... 4. Develop- Toner is charged (negative charge) and attracted to the paper....... 5. Transfer - Transfer corona positively charges the paper....... 6. Fuse - Pressure roller pushes up, heat roller fuses the toner to the paper (Static eliminator takes charge out of the paper so that it doesn't wrap around the drum). Term ECP mode.... Ch22 Definition Fastest of all parallel standards..... Doesn't monitor transfer progress, just waits for completion signal..... Uses DMA...... Extended Capability Port Term IEEE 1284 Standard....... Ch22 Definition Parallel standards..... 150Kbps...... 5 modes for parallel compatibility - Nibble - Byte - EPP - ECP....... Calls for Centronics on one end and DB25 Male on the other........ 6ft max cable length Term EPP Mode.... Ch22 Definition Enhanced Parallel Mode..... High speed, 2 way data transfers...... 500 Kbps to 2Mbps Term Ozone Filter...... Ch22 Definition Corona's in laser printer emit ozone..... Filter must be vacuumed or replaced routinely...... Term Fuser Assembly.... Ch22 Definition Located close to the bottom of toner cartridge..... Pressure roller on bottom, heated roller on top melts toner onto the paper..... Term Transfer Corona.... Ch22 Definition Gives paper a positive charge so negatively charged toner sticks to it..... Static charge eliminator- removes charge so that paper doesn't wrap around the drum. Term Toner Cylinder.... Ch22 Definition Cylinder gives toner a negative charge (~ -500 to -200V)..... The toner is attracted to the parts of the drum hit by the laser. Term Laser..... Ch22 Definition Writing mechanism inside laser printer..... Gives positive charge (~ -100V) to parts of the drum where toner will stick to Term Primary Corona Wire..... Ch22 Definition Near the drum, but doesn't touch..... Charged with VERY high voltage..... Gives uniform negative (~ -600V) charge to the drum prior to the drum getting the image from the laser Term Erasure Lamps.... Ch22 Definition Blast entire drum with light to remove previous image.... Term Photosensitive Drum.... Ch22 Definition Aluminium cylinder that is grounded in the center. Term InkJet Printers use which 4 colors?..... Ch22 Definition Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Blac...... Resolution is measured in DPI, Dots per inch. Term Impact/Dot Matrix printers use..... Ch22 Definition 9 or 24 pins on the platen.... Term Throughput/Range/Frequency/Compatibility of 802.11 standards..... Ch23 Definition 802.11a ..... 54Mbps.... 150 ft range.... 5Ghz frequencey... Only with A............... 802.11b.... 11Mbps... 300 ft range... 2.4 Ghz frequency... Only with b............. 802.11g.... 54Mbps.... 300 ft range... 2.4 Ghz frequencey... B and G compatible Term NSLOOKUP....... Ch23 Definition Finds DNS servers..... Term WINS..... Ch23 Definition Windows Internet Name Service.... Like DNS, but only for local machines.... Links computer name to IP address.... 2000/XP don't use WINS, but use Dynamic DNS which does same thing. Term Paths to change TCP/IP in different OS's...... Ch23 Definition 98/ME-Modem.... MY COMPUTER>DIAL UP NETWORKING> RIGHT CLICK CONNECTION, then PROPERTIES>SERVER TYPE>TCP/IP SETTINGS...... 98/ME-direct connection CONTROL PANEL>NETWORKS/TCP/IP>PROPERTIES......... 2000/XP- My Network Places Term WEP and WPA..... Ch23 Definition Wireless Equivalency Privacy.... 40 or 104 bit encryption.... Based on Wireless nodes MAC................ WIFI Protected Access.... Uses an encryption key.... Most secure method Term IPX/SPX..... Ch23 Definition Nortel's version of TCP/IP.... Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange..... Works with routers. Term NETBEUI... Ch23 Definition NetBios Extended User Interface.... For Workgroups of less than 200 nodes.... Not routable Term Token Ring.... Ch23 Definition Known as 802.5t.... Star Ring topology.... 4Mbps or 16Mbps.... Can use Cat 3, 4, 5, 6.... 260PC's on STP... 72 on UTP... Max cable length... 100meters on STP.... 45 meters on UTP... Type 1 Shielded Twisted Pair cable Term 10Base FL,FX.... Ch23 Definition Fiber.... Max length is 2000 Meters per segment.... 62.5 /125 multimode fiber cable is used..... SC is square connector, ST is round.... Longest of all 10Base networks Term Category 1 cable... Ch23 Definition Used for phone lines Term Category 2 cable... Ch23 Definition Up to 4Mbps... Used for ISDN/T1 lines Term Category 3 cable... Ch23 Definition Used for phone line... Up to 16Mbps Term Category 4 cable... Ch23 Definition Up to 20MBps Term Category 5, 5e cable Ch23 Definition Cat5 - up to 100Mbps... Cat5e- up to 1Gbps Term Category 6 cable.... Ch23 Definition Up to 10Gbps Term 10BaseT Networks... Ch23 Definition Uses Star Bus topology... Connects using UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair)... Max distance between device and hub is 100 meters.... Max devices per hub is 1024 Term Star Bus Topology... Ch23 Definition Networks that connect through a central point or hub Term 10Base2 ... Ch23 Definition Use Thinnet cable... RG58... Support 30 Devices... Max length of 185 meters.... Use BNC connectors.... Bus topology.... 802.3 IEEE Term 10Base5 .... Ch23 Definition 10Mbps... Uses Thicknet cable... RG8... Supports 100 Devices... Max segment length is 500 meters... Uses 50 ohm terminators Term Bus Topology... Ch23 Definition Uses CSMA/CD... Needs termination... When one break in the chain, all devices go down. Term COMMAND.com is _____ in Win 98 by default.... Definition Archived. Term Which file processes commands from CONFIG.sys in Win 98? Definition IO.sys Term 15 pin 2 Row DB (serial) connector Definition Joystick Term 15pin 3 Row DB (serial) connector Definition VGA video connector Term Hard drive and CD ROM power connectors provide.... Definition 12volts DC Term A COM port is made up of two values,... Definition I/O and IRQ Term Socket 7 has how many pins? Definition 321 Pins Term A CPU pipeline is Definition the series of steps the CPU needs to process a command. Term Pentium II provided _______pipelining. Definition Quad Term 8042 chip on a motherboard is the Definition keyboard controller Term AMD K6/Pentium MMX fits in a Socket ____ Definition 7 Term SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) was first found on a Definition Pentium III Term 3 companies that write BIOS Definition American Megatrends (AMI)....Award......Pheonix Technologies Term DRQ 4..... bits and use... Ch6 Definition 8bit... DMA Controller Term AT and ATX motherboards share one common characterstic.... Ch7 Definition PCI slots Term ATX supports soft power, which... Ch7 Definition Allows software to power a pc on and off Term Molex connectors provide what volatage on red and yellow wires? Ch8 Definition Red 5V and Yellow 12V Term Standard floppy used today is... Ch9 Definition 1.44MB DS/DD 3.5" Term 3 units that combine to define a hard drive's geometry.... Ch10 Definition Cylinders....group of tracks of the same diameter Heads.....read/write data to/from the drive Sectors....512 bytes of data Term LBA.....Ch10 Definition Logical Block Address....must be enabled to allow hard drives larger than 504MB. Term DMA data transfers can be either ____bits or ____bits.....Ch10 Definition 16 bits or 32 bits Term ATA/66 ATA/100 and ATA/133 (Ultra DMA 4, 5, 6) need an ______wire cable....Ch10 Definition (40 pin) 80 wire