Course details

Personal Computers - Technical Maintenance

PTP Acad. year 2004/2005 Summer semester 6 credits

Current academic year

The lecture are devoted to the principles of personal construction, its components and microprocessor construction. During the laboratory tutorials will become acquainted with practical problems, which are solved during PC installation and maintenance.

Guarantor

Kotásek Zdeněk, doc. Ing., CSc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 39 hrs pc labs

Department

Department of Computer Systems (UPSY)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Students will acquire knowledge and practical experience with personal computers, their installation and utilisation.

Learning objectives

Students will become acquainted with PC an its components construction and trends for the future.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites

Study literature

  • Texty přednášek v elektronické podobě.

Fundamental literature

  • Hans-Peter Messmer: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Addison-Wesley, 1997, Anglie, ISBN 0-201-40399-4, 1384 stran
  • Hans-Peter Messmer: The Indispensable Pentium Book, Addison-Wesley, 1995, USA, ISBN 0-201-87727-9, 496 stran
  • Scott Mueller: Osobní počítač, Computer Press, 2001, ISBN 80-7226-470-2, 870 stran

Syllabus of lectures

  • PC Categories and Their Parameters.
  • Intel Microprocessor Architectures.
  • CISC Architectures and Their Implementation in Intel Microprocessors.
  • RISC Architectures and Their Implementation in Intel Microprocessors.
  • Coprocessors, FPU. Function, Structure.
  • System Board Construction. Personal Computer Configuration Before Installation.
  • Actual Chip Set.
  • Memory Organisation, Memory Elements.
  • EDO, BEDO, FPM, SDRAM.
  • System Buses, Adapters.
  • Peripheral Devices (HDD, FDD), the Principles of Control and Service.
  • Peripheral Devices ( Printer, Monitor), the Principles of Control and Service.
  • Hardware for LANs, UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplier).

Progress assessment

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Controlled instruction

Attending laboratory tutorials and written mid-term exam.

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