Course details

Personal Computers - Technical Maintenance

PTP Acad. year 2005/2006 Summer semester 6 credits

Current academic year

The course will provide students with up-to-date information on personal computer technique. Students will acquire the information on the principles of personal computer structure, buses for the communication with peripheral devices. In laboratory tutorials they will get acquainted with the problems which are solved during installations and maintenance of personal computers.

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

To develop knowledge gained in the courses dealing with the construction of computers, the way of implementing these principles in personal computers will be presented. To present evolutionary stages of processor architectures used in personal computers. To explain principles of memories and cache memories. To demonstrate students the principles of system buses and input/output buses operation.To give students a survey on peripheral devices used in personal computers installations.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The principles of digital circuits and digital systems construction, basic principles of peripheral devices and their controllers design.

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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